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Oregon/Northwest News

Another Oregon city plans to tax natural gas appliances to reduce emissions

New Guardrails for AI Companions Could Be Coming to Oregon

Oregon Legislative & Political News

House lawmakers pass lodging tax hike to fund Oregon wildlife

Oregon House passes gun bill bolstering Measure 114 over Republicans’ data privacy concerns

Oregon Senate passes bill to regulate ICE in hospitals

Oregon gun control bill advances with higher permit fees, new rules

Oregon Democrats risk taking away ‘fair and equal chance’ for public input with transportation tax move, secretary of state warns

Bill that would criminalize threats against public officials advances in Legislature

Goodbye, pennies: Oregon bill would allow stores to round to the nearest nickel when giving customers change

Longtime State Sen. Rod Monroe Dies at Age 83

Oregon House passes bill barring law enforcement from using masks

Congressman Bentz introduces O&C Renewal Act

Affordable housing setback: Oregon bill stalls in Senate

A Conversation with the Congresswoman: Hoyle on the PCIP, Epstein, Midterms

Facing a ‘chilling effect,’ Oregon lawmakers seek to beef up abortion, trans health care laws

Portland/Metro News

Audit: Portland needs clear direction, strategies to meet city’s climate goals

Questions Swirl as Portland Public Schools Suddenly Closes a High School for Kids Who Struggle Elsewhere

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Bureau of Land Management proposes opening up federal lands formerly convicted Hammond ranchers once grazed

Hermiston City Council ponders name change for Airport Road

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Feds put Marys Peak up for grabs again, this time for logging

Who’s on the primary ballot for local, state, and federal races?

$12.5 million wrongful death lawsuit filed against Lane County, OSP

Southern Oregon News

Jury awards $7 million to developer over Talent blocking its subdivision

Rogue Valley students get surgical technology training

Developers seek approval for 11 three-story buildings near base of Roxy Ann

UPDATE: Family-owned Sherm’s Markets being sold after decades in So. OR

Klamath Falls educators rally for fair pay during mediation talks

Rep. Bentz introduces O&C Renewal Act of 2026

Shady Cove councilor to be censured and excluded from certain exec sessions

City Council approves new park for west Medford

Basin Transit Services announces new Basin Connect North program

Oregon Tech’s BRIDGE Clinic moves to new location to continue training future practitioners

ATRIO owes $60M to Asante, southern Oregon patients at risk

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Tech giants to sign AI electricity pledge next week

Business/Economic News

Why prices won’t drop after the Trump tariff ruling, according to economists

Smoke alarms sold on Amazon recalled over potential fire hazard

Frozen blueberries recalled in several states under FDA’s highest risk level

Nvidia Beats Back Bubble Fears With Record Sales

Education News

$35 million per year investment in summer school is paying off, Oregon education officials say

Gov. Kotek launches ‘roundtable’ to create blueprint for universal pre-K in Oregon

Energy & Environment News

Tax credits for solar panels are available, but the catch is you can’t own them

Health Care News

Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump

Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications

Democratic AGs sue the CDC over change in childhood vaccine recommendation

Oregon physician turned wellness influencer grilled in surgeon general hearing

Frozen blueberries recalled in several states under FDA’s highest risk level

Data centers’ pollution linked to lung issues: Report

Housing News

HUD reintroduces proposed rule targeting rental aid for mixed-status immigrant households

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

DLF fined $198,800 for seed record-keeping violations

Public Safety News

Transportation News

U.S. House rejects aviation safety bill after Pentagon abruptly withdraws support

Epstein News

Latest on the Epstein files: Missing documents, billionaire apologizes, a Harvard resignation

Nobel Prize-winning Columbia neuroscientist resigns over Epstein ties

Epstein hid trove of evidence for over a decade, documents suggest

Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staff over Epstein ties

DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump

Justice & Court News

Trump’s pick to lead new Justice Department unit scrutinized as president declares ‘war on fraud’

Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees

Trump administration’s ‘third country’ deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules

Court rejects bid to block IRS from sharing immigrants data with DHS

Trump-appointed judge finds DHS in contempt over detainee transfer

Supreme Court to hear oil companies’ effort to toss local climate suit

Court throws out judgment blaming Montana asbestos deaths on BNSF railroad

Federal judiciary asks for control of courthouses

Immigration/ICE News

Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: ‘I’m going to have to shoot this kid’

Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges

International News

Live updates: Iran pushes back against Trump ahead of Geneva talks

Cuban forces fatally shoot 4 people on U.S. speedboat, Havana says

Scoop: Witkoff says any Iran nuclear deal should last indefinitely

Trump told Zelensky he wants to end war ASAP in call

Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency

Cuba says 4 shot dead on US registered speedboat

National News

FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home

Polls/Surveys

Latest Polls

National Campaigns/Elections

Trump plans to take his State of the Union message on the road

Crockett up by double digits in Texas Senate Democratic primary poll

End Citizens United backs Flanagan in Minnesota Senate race 

Democrat wins special state House election in Maine 

Cruz endorses Crenshaw primary challenger

AIPAC’s cash complicates crowded Illinois primaries

National Political News

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger questions whether Americans feel the ‘golden age’ Trump describes

FBI director invites fresh scrutiny over travels with appearance at US men’s hockey team celebration

A look at Trump’s false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speech

Dems ditching State of the Union blast Trump on immigration, ‘lawlessness’

Oregon physician turned wellness influencer grilled in surgeon general hearing

Oregon delegation boycotts Trump speech, gives tickets to Epstein survivors

Colbert on ‘silent defiance’ of Jeffries at State of the Union: ‘Bold rebrand of doing jack squat’

Internal GOP disagreements paralyze 2026 legislative agenda

Senators press Trump BLM nominee over past support for public land sales

Members search for Iran clarity after Trump’s SOTU was short on foreign policy

Can knowledge be power? For salaries on the Hill, maybe

At one point, she sparred with a senator over the benefits of flu vaccination and dodged repeated questions about its efficacy

FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles’ phone records in federal Trump investigation

Congressman demands investigation after Cuba kills 4 on U.S. boat

Jeffries defends Democratic outbursts at State of the Union

National Congressional News

U.S. House rejects aviation safety bill after Pentagon abruptly withdraws support

House appears on track to defeat resolution curbing Trump’s war powers in Iran

Thune: No agreement among GOP senators on talking filibuster

Labor-HHS-Education earmarks are back in House, with limits

ATF pick decries GOP-led budget cuts

Iran war powers votes expected ‘very soon’

Shutdown talks make little progress as DHS bill stalls in Senate

Trump/Administration News

5 takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address

‘We’re winning so much.’ Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters ahead of midterms

Trump’s portrayal of ‘golden age’ is out of sync with how Americans see economy

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

President Donald Trump’s post-State of the Union sales job begins now

Read the complete transcript of Trump’s 2026 State of the Union

Trump in State of the Union speech touts US ‘turnaround for the ages,’ attacks Democrats

Trump uses longest-ever State of the Union to try to convince voters that US is ‘winning so much’

Vance, Oz announce pause in Medicaid funds to Minnesota amid fraud probe

Bessent on new Trump retirement plan: ‘We can do it through reconciliation’

Treasury official to exit after privately objecting to Minneapolis crackdown

5 notable moments from Trump’s State of the Union

What Trump avoided in the State of the Union could haunt him in November

Tariff News

What Trump’s new tariffs mean for climate tech

Tariff rate for some nations will rise to 15 percent: Trade representative

Government Agency News

HUD reintroduces proposed rule targeting rental aid for mixed-status immigrant households

Energy Department doles out its largest-ever loan: $26.5B for power in Georgia, Alabama

Gabbard’s Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Whistleblower Intelligence

Defense/Military News

US forces board third oil tanker in Indo Pacific tracked from Caribbean to Indian Ocean

Exclusive: U.S. must overhaul military readiness and tech metrics, report urges

Iran strikes threaten to deplete US weapons supplies — and put American troops at risk

Opinion

Was this Trump’s last State of the Union?

The most patriotic thing broadcasters can do for America’s 250th

ICE whistleblower sounds alarm on reduced training: dangerous!  

Kennedy is funding dangerous science to validate his anti-vaccine agenda 

The next 2 years will be a bumpy ride for Democratic presidential candidates 

Is the New South old news, or can it rise again?

The inconvenient truth about Donald Trump and the truth

Tariff refunds are the only way

‘Trump really ruins a feel-good moment’: 10 writers on the State of the Union

The Post prevailed in court. Yet the damage is done.

Trump tries to rewrite the history of trade

‘People Power’ is not what ends dictatorships

I’m a doctor. Here’s what opened my mind about the future of medical care.

Trump and the Stakes in Iran

The DHS Shutdown Is About to Bite