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Oregon News

Volunteers fill gaps in rural Oregon emergency medical care

Trump drops ‘roadless rule,’ opening Oregon forests for logging

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon Democrats unveil new road funding plan, as time runs short

Oregon state lawmakers approve budget bill to help stem public defense crisis

Bill requiring big tech to pay for Oregon news fails to pass Senate

Oregon’s only congressional Republican joins chorus against federal land sales

Oregon Senate overrides Gov. Kotek veto, while governor sees priority child welfare legislation die

Oregon lawmakers approve limits on utility rate hikes

Oregon governor signs bill providing unemployment pay for striking workers

Oregon House introduces scaled-down transportation bill with days left in session

Lawmakers, Secretary of State back delaying 2024 Oregon campaign finance law from taking effect

Oregon lawmakers tuck $1 billion into late-session ‘Christmas tree’ spending bill

Democrats propose pared back transportation package that would raise $11.7 billion over 10 years

Legislature poised to require insurance coverage for expanded care for moms, babies

The governor wanted $700 million for affordable rentals. Oregon lawmakers slashed that

Kotek backed bill to lessen regulations on restraining children dies in Salem

Oregon lawmakers propose one-time 12-cent-gas-tax increase

Oregon Wildfire News

Union Pacific Railroad train sparked the Rowena Fire, lawsuit alleges

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland City Council reverses vote to withhold nonprofit youth grant funds

Multnomah County and a Large Shelter Provider Are in the Midst of a Messy Divorce

Oswego Lake isn’t private. It’s just closed to non-residents on a major summer holiday

Oregon Coast

Federal judge orders Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit

Central/Eastern Oregon

BMCC adopts increased budget

Community voices rise against Judge Eva Temple’s court rulings

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Teacher waves finger over blended classrooms as GAPS approves budget

Corvallis eyes $350K federally funded public toilet

Southern Oregon

Deflection programs offer offenders an alternative to jail

Recreational use advisory issued for Lost Creek Lake swimming, boating over cyanobacteria

Rep. Cliff Bentz says proposed sale of public lands in the West not appropriate for federal spending bill

Volunteers fill gaps in rural Oregon emergency medical care

Business/Economic News

Boeing expresses ‘regret’ as systemic failures blamed for door plug blowout over Portland

Boeing gets full blame in door plug blowout, promises major changes in 737 Max

Natural Resource News

Senators hear market concentration causes ranchers to drop ‘like flies’

Burying forest waste could slow heating of planet, study finds

Health News

Panel picked by RFK Jr. will scrutinize the vaccine schedule for kids

Energy & Environment

Judge orders Trump administration to resume distributing money for EV chargers

International News

The US and Iran have had bitter relations for decades. After the bombs, a new chapter begins

Trump grapples for upper hand in debate over damage caused by US strikes on Iran

Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as ceasefire holds

Gabbard: ‘New intelligence’ confirms Iranian nuclear facilities destroyed

Unpacking the conflicting assessments on Iran strikes

Trump calls for Netanyahu to be pardoned, corruption trial canceled

National News

Trump wraps up a NATO summit far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term

Minnesota assassination prompts many lawmakers to wonder: Is service worth the danger?

National Campaign News/Polls

Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City

Mamdani stuns Cuomo: 5 takeaways from the NYC mayoral primary

National Political News

Trump’s signature policy bill is facing trouble on multiple fronts in the Senate

Senators challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and public media in contentious hearing

US default could hit during Congress’ summer recess, think tank predicts

Questions around success of Iran strikes spark fears on Capitol Hill

Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump’s big bill

Trump immigration crackdown hits hiccup with farmworker conundrum

“Leaks are a problem”: Congress feuds over Trump limits on sharing intel

Democrats rage as Trump limits classified intel sharing with Congress

Government Employee News

Trump budget director faces bipartisan heat in Senate on DOGE cuts

Opinion

Editorial: Portland City Council’s most reckless decision yet

Canada is doubling down on dairy tariffs ahead of talks with Trump

Kennedy is making a mistake injecting politics into immunization policy