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Oregon Political News

Lawmakers Stiffed Arts Groups in 2023

Oregon unemployment rate ties record low in July

Oregon’s new education leader wants students to get caught up from COVID

Gov. Tina Kotek appoints first Indian American to Oregon Supreme Court

Wildfires

Head Fire generated its own wind, fanning flames west of Yreka

Wimer fire gets big response; lightning sparks fires to the south

Evacuations ordered after winds whip Klamath National Forest fire near site of 2022 deadly blaze

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Empty and Unwanted, the Iconic Buildings of Portland’s Skyline Are in Trouble

Multnomah County delays SE Portland safe park shelter debut in latest homeless services stumble

OHSU to merge with struggling Legacy Health, sources say

Head of Portland’s community safety program worked remotely from Las Vegas for months

Multnomah County’s Dysfunctional Jails Have Turned Deadly

The First Responder to Some Low-Priority Medical Calls in Multnomah County Might No Longer Be a Paramedic

With Unparalled Resources, Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Faces Unprecedented Scrutiny on Spending

Salem Area

Willamette Valley under heat, smoke, pollution warnings

Central/Eastern Oregon

Hermiston School Board approves free school meals to all students

Excessive heat warning in effect for region through Thursday

Affordable housing community in Hermiston holds ribbon-cutting

Hanford demolition paves way for cleanup progress near Columbia River

State pauses Treasure Valley Reload Center funding

Roseburg Area

UCC hosts construction workshop for high school students

Goodwin starts town hall tour in Glendale listening to constituents

Cow Creek Umpqua Tribe closes lands due to wildfire risk

Medford Area

Commissioners give up power to appoint members of GP’s Urban Area Planning Commission

US Highway 199 closed at Oregon-California state line

Redwood Highway closed indefinitely just south of Oregon border due to wildfire near Gasquet

Spooked by fire, Phoenix neighbors ask county commissioners for help

UPDATED: No injuries reported in 5-acre fire below Rogue Valley Manor

Southern Oregon Coast

Council asks voters to choose library site

International News

Haiti gang violence: 3,100 flee homes in capital within 24 hours

National News

Ohio effort to legalize recreational marijuana gets enough signatures for November ballot

National Election News

Trump refusal to sign loyalty pledge puts RNC in bind

Greene speculates on political future as Georgia senator, Trump’s VP

Majority says Trump should be prosecuted on charges linked to 2020 election: survey

Environment / Energy News

Washington’s cap-and-trade take tops $900 million for year

Two Southern Oregon Coast sites slated for floating offshore wind farms

Here’s where Biden wants to put wind turbines off Oregon’s coast

Opinion

Albany/Corvallis Area

Jonah Goldberg: Small donors have become a destructive, dividing force in American politics

Roseburg Area

Guest Column: Oregon Voice survey gives insight into the people of Douglas County, and beyond

Medford Area

OTHER VIEWS: Current energy policies will leave us in the dark

OTHER VIEWS: Newspaper raid a grim threat to First Amendment rights