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Oregon News

Keeping the Blazers in Portland is a generational opportunity, according to Oregon business leaders

Gov. Tina Kotek doubles down on Oregon’s sanctuary laws in response to U.S. AG

Oregon Political News /Polls

What to know about special session of the Oregon Legislature

Oregon lawmakers will convene next week to raise taxes, fees for transportation. Here’s what we know so far

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Portland/Metro News

Portland-area taxes need major overhaul, advisory group says

Ethics Commission Will Ask Panel to Review Public Meetings Law

These Are the Questions a County Ethics Investigation Should Ask

How would tax overhaul impact Multnomah County’s universal preschool program? Commissioners say they don’t know

More expensive than lobster? Portland’s coffee prices are rising as Trump’s tariffs set in

Oregon Coast

Providence’s hospital in Seaside, Oregon to close maternity unit

One of the tallest trees in the world is burning near the Oregon Coast

North Bend’s new look school board overturns prior vote, opens door for workforce housing development

Central & Eastern Oregon News

With less federal funding, Oregon ranchers forced to delay wildfire resilience projects

BREAKING: Pendleton City Council meeting draws nearly 200 over homeless proposal

Willamette Valley/Salem News

New center in Dallas will allow people to access free crisis services

Corvallis leaders debate how to evaluate city manager

Southern Oregon

Adapt Integrated Health Care receives multiple awards for healthcare quality

Josephine County jobless rate last month is one of the highest in state, data shows

Medford airport rolling toward expansion

Mining firm stakes 196 new claims near Cave Junction

Repair work forces an indefinite closure of Oregon Vortex attraction

Protesters interrupt Senator Wyden Town Hall

Klamath Advocacy Center, other victims services entities denied all federal funding

Business & Economic News

Trump administration considers stake in Intel as condition of CHIPS funding, official tells CNBC

Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors

Target CEO steps down amid sales slump, boycotts

Bargains are scarce for investors in this market

Education News

Oregon education programs for migrant workers, families could close without federal funds

Portland teen’s documentary sheds light on students failed by the education system

Education Department quietly removes rules for teaching English learners

DEI closures at colleges leave students with ‘a different reality’

Energy & Environment

Health News

Natural Resource News

Forests managed by timber companies more likely to fuel megafires: Study

Public Safety

Eugene man charged in connection with global hacking network

FDA warns customers to toss potentially radioactive frozen shrimp sold at Walmart

Company asks judge to overturn ban of gun at Oregon police academy

Transportation News

ODOT’s Most Persistent Critic Says the State Could Solve Its Road-Funding Crunch—by Scuttling Some Projects

Oregon Cries Poverty, but Its Transportation Spending Is Typical of Western States

‘Heartbreaking’ transportation cuts hit home in GOP districts

International News

Russia signals slow-walk on Trump deal with Ukraine

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce, cutting budget by more than $700 million

Most Americans oppose Russia seizing Ukrainian land: Poll 

NATO scrambles jets after Russian strikes near Romania

Crash in South China Sea underscores “incredibly tense” situation

Russia wants … Russia to have veto over Western security guarantees for Ukraine

Europe thinks Trump’s peace talks will fail. It wants them anyway — to call Putin’s bluff.

National News

Voting officials are leaving their jobs at the highest rate in decades

Hurricane Erin update: Forecast sees huge storm moving closer to U.S.

Texas Democrat abruptly leaves DNC call after being warned she’s committing felony

Hillary Clinton predicts SCOTUS will eventually overturn same-sex marriage

National Campaign News/Polls

Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan as ‘responsible’ as Texas GOP pushes new maps

Mississippi Supreme Court map violates Voting Rights Act, judge rules

Paxton’s lead over Cornyn nearly cut in half: Poll

Newsom edges out Harris among California Democrats in hypothetical presidential primary: Poll

7 in 10 say false information online ‘major threat’ to US: Survey

National Political News

Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums

A look at those Trump has targeted in tactic of revoking security clearances

Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public media agency closes

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ probed by Dems as ICE detention centers multiply in states

Government’s demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors’ notes, texts

Trump purchased $100M+ in bonds since January, filings show

Stephen Miller blasts ‘stupid white hippies’ protesting DC crackdown

House Republican calls for ‘action’ from Johnson to end redistricting

Laura Loomer flexes influence, racks up wins with Trump

“Hippies” and “communists”: Trump team dismisses blowback to D.C. takeover

Trump housing regulator accuses Fed governor Cook of mortgage fraud

Trump’s war on the Fed is escalating

Vance’s trip for burgers crashes into Trump’s DC takeover

Fear of Trump funding ‘wrench’ escalates as Congress faces shutdown cliff

Government Employee News

Trump calls on Federal Reserve official to resign after official accuses her of mortgage fraud

At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says

Gabbard to slash offices, nearly half of staff at ODNI

Hundreds of HHS staffers call on Kennedy to stop misinformation in wake of CDC shooting

HHS workers accuse RFK Jr. of stoking violence against them

Opinion

Editorial: Portland’s missing rental units

GUEST COLUMN: Our at-risk youths need us now more than ever

Justice Sotomayor vs. the Court Packers

There are no entry-level jobs anymore. What now?

Political vampires are draining the country — term limits are the answer

Even Hillary Clinton admits Trump’s foreign policy is working 

Trump’s DC crime rhetoric doesn’t match day-to-day reality