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Oregon News

More people in Oregon buy private health insurance plans as thousands lose Medicaid coverage

Oregon unemployment rate steady at 4.2%

State Faces $10 Million Lawsuit Following Death at Sandy Memory Care Facility

 Supreme Court could let cities with no shelters ban sleeping outside

Audit of DEQ recommends better strategic planning 

State workers demand Kotek take action on payroll issues

Oregon Political & Election News

Gov. Tina Kotek won’t veto millions for water projects but raises concerns about pension upgrades, recovery housing

 .Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek adds $5 million to child care fund for semiconductor workers

 Editorial endorsement May 2024: Elect Maxine Dexter in Democratic primary for 3rd Congressional District

 Editorial endorsements May 2024: Our editorial board’s voting recommendations

 Editorial endorsement May 2024: Janelle Bynum is Democrats’ best pick in primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District

Metropolitan Portland Area

Rene Gonzalez, candidate for Portland mayor, pitches more punitive approach to homeless campers

 Portland needs more shelter beds, more reliable paths from shelter to housing, city auditor says

 Portland audit faults Joint Office of Homeless Services shelter system

‘Ticking time bomb’: Portland residents raise concerns over aging fuel tanks

Nurses in County Jails Demand Leadership Change

 Portland commissioner wants tougher stance on homeless camping

Salem Area

Salem-Keizer School Board approves massive layoff

Central/Eastern Oregon

Pendleton set for regional child abuse conference

Southern Oregon Area

Supreme Court could let cities with no shelters ban sleeping outside

Forum on urban growth boundary swap gets heated

Ashland City Council defers decision on animal shelter tax

Jackson County Republican Party to hold Medford town hall with state Senate candidates

Klamath County commissioner calls water allotment ‘absolute miss’

Business News

Google lays off more employees and moves some roles to other countries

Natural Resource News

Feds accused of sue-and-settle tactics in national grazing lawsuit

Another settlement struck in salmon lawsuit over Oregon dam

Years after renewal, Oregon water ‘reservations’ remain unused by irrigators

Klamath County commissioner calls water allotment ‘absolute miss’

Health News

Legacy Health CEO Kathryn Correia to Retire as Purchase by OHSU Looms

 Nurses in County Jails Demand Leadership Change

Education News

Salem-Keizer School Board approves massive layoff

The surprising effectiveness of having kids study their errors to succeed

Our teachers need to feel safe’: NC student who twice hit teacher charged with assault

International News

EU leaders vow to impose tougher sanctions against Iran as Ukraine’s president pleads for support

Iran president warns of ‘massive’ response if Israel launches ‘tiniest invasion’

Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attack

Palestinian president rejected U.S. requests to hold off on UN membership vote

Israel considered striking Iran on Monday but decided to wait, officials say

National News

Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire

Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left ‘at her feet’

An NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on company has resigned after being suspended

National Political & Election News

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ending trial

What’s inside the $95 billion House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel

Biden is off on details of his uncle’s WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military

Moskowitz confronts Greene on Ukraine, Nazi remarks

GOP effort to make Mayorkas face of border runs into Senate dead-end

GOP: Vulnerable Senate Dems will ‘pay the price’ for Mayorkas vote

Fox News columnist: Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘an idiot’ trying to ‘wreck the GOP’

Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, I want a 5% cut

Opinion

My opinion: Rapid access to care, not jail, will help solve Oregon’s overdose crisis

Washington Post: Measles is more contagious than the coronavirus. And it’s back.

Editorial: Examine votes on warrantless spying on Americans