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Oregon News

How client advocates are quietly reshaping criminal defense

New Lawsuit Aims to Clarify Whether State Bond Dollars Trigger Prevailing Wages

Patients ‘accidentally’ secluded, staff concerns ignored: Federal report details failures at Oregon State Hospital

Oregon early learning, child care programs poised for $45 million in cuts

Utilities barred from shutting off power amid heat waves

Oregon Political News

Former Oregon foster youth sent out of state worries about bill to revive that practice

Bill to grant striking workers unemployment pay fails final vote in Oregon Senate

Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department

Lawmakers advance contentious bill to reset child abuse rules on party line vote

Oregon Wildfire News

Wildfire near Rowena closes I-84; Level 3 evacuations ordered

Metropolitan Portland News

Federal officers, protesters clash in small demonstration near Portland ICE facility

Portland is offering another 10,000 free air conditioners to boost climate resilience

Portland State University suspends professor for video appearing to support Hamas

Council Passes Amendment That Unknowingly Puts Proposed Budget $734,000 in the Red

Washington County to approve six-figure payout for CEO who resigned from embattled sewer agency

Oregon Coast

Coquille educators secure tentative agreement avoiding teacher strike, students walk out over negotiation tactics

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Linn County fire chiefs warn of ‘negative impacts’ if Lebanon birth center closes

Southern Oregon

Jackson County’s budget shines as lone fiscal bright spot in Southern Oregon

Southern Oregon University facing another round of cuts amid budget crisis

Roseburg Council marks Pride Month, approves ban on public syringe exchange

GP School Board tables rewrite of book policy

Murder cases pile up in Southern Oregon; 2 men, 2 teens face fresh charges within past week

In symbolic blow, Dutch Bros will formally move headquarters from Grants Pass to Arizona

Feds list Klamath County as ‘sanctuary’ jurisdiction, threaten funding

Business/Economic News

Inflation report suggests damage from Trump’s tariffs isn’t guaranteed

Dutch Bros will move HQ from Oregon to Arizona

Recall issued for nearly 45,000 pounds of Bornstein Seafoods shrimp

Health News

RFK Jr. picks new members of vaccine committee after purge

What to know about the new ‘Nimbus’ COVID variant

RFK Jr. includes vaccine misinformation spreaders among newly announced ACIP members

Energy & Environment

EPA launches repeal of Obama and Biden-era power plant rules

International News

Scoop: Netanyahu asks U.S. to broker Israel-Syria negotiations

Foreign investors recoil from ‘discriminatory’ tax in Trump’s big bill

Netanyahu’s government faces possible collapse as the opposition seeks to dissolve parliament

National News

US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise

Judge says Mahmoud Khalil can’t be detained
Judges probe whether immunity decision leads to wipeout of Trump conviction

Trump’s ongoing push to erase his criminal conviction lands in federal appeals court

Brian Wilson, the troubled genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at age 82

National Campaign News

Iowa Democrat challenges Ernst after her controversial Medicaid remarks

Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold

National Political News

‘America’s reputation is on the line’: Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine

Hegseth takes fire from Republicans at heated Senate hearing

Hegseth says troops in LA are lawful. He just can’t explain why.

Trump has floated invoking the Insurrection Act. It’s only been done a handful of times in modern history.

Justice Department calls Newsom National Guard lawsuit a ‘crass political stunt’

House GOP to Senate: “Touch very lightly” on Trump budget bill

Incensed House Democrats plan ICE funding war

Musk talked with Trump before tweeting regrets about feud

Scoop: Bessent to take victory lap on tax revenue

Most oppose GOP policy bill: Survey

Cramer: GOP has no ‘stomach’ for Medicare changes in Trump megabill

Senate GOP blocks pair of resolutions on Qatari jet

Thune threatens to nix July 4 recess to finish work on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

House adopts fixes to keep ‘big, beautiful bill’ filibuster-proof

States’ moves to curb cellphone use in schools highlighted in U.S. House hearing

Tariff/Trade News

Bessent: “Highly likely” tariff deadline will slide for countries in talks

Trump says China deal includes magnets, student visas

China Puts Six-Month Limit on Rare-Earth Export Licenses

Trump tariffs to remain in place pending appeal, court rules

Opinion

Editorial: 4 Democrats engineer a surprise in the Oregon Senate

Opinion: Bottle bill isn’t cause of addiction crisis

Chinese Spyware, Only $6.99

We’re cancer doctors. Here’s why Medicare Advantage fails America’s elderly. 

Trump, Congress can end abuse of taxpayers by PBS and NPR

Trump’s military occupation of LA is just the beginning

Who controls tariffs?