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Oregon News
Striking workers in Oregon are a step closer to receiving unemployment checks
Oregon Got a Massive Federal Recovery Grant After 2020 Wildfires. Most of the Money Remains Unspent.
Report Finds Oregon “Weak” in Elementary Math Instruction
Oregon Political News
Progressive Democrats unveil plan for transportation funding driven by doubling of gas tax
Oregon’s governor could soon have more say in vacant US Senate seats
Costly rental application fees are eating into Oregonians’ budgets. Bill seeks to change that
Oregon senator fights Trump administration’s reversal on plastics in national parks
Key Oregon Democrats signal support for public transit, climate-friendly transportation framework
Slate of bills to modernize Oregon water laws await votes in final month of session
Metropolitan Portland News
Attorneys, Portland police square off over rules for accessing personnel files in court
Interim Directors Now Run Much of Multnomah County
Commissioner proposes pausing pay hikes for management to ease Multnomah County budget woes
UPDATE: Wilson says PPB budget cut could be restored
Oregon Coast
Astoria Job Corps center will close amid cuts to federal workforce program, eliminating 168 jobs
Senator Wyden makes town-hall stop in North Bend with Congresswoman Hoyle
Central/Eastern Oregon
Embattled Deschutes Sheriff Kent van der Kamp says he will retire Aug. 31
Willamette Valley/Salem News
Eugene after CAHOOTS: The end of the crisis response program, and the efforts to bring it back
Southern Oregon
Smith: ‘Morale coins’ were charged to an employee’s county debit card
People are rescuing seemingly abandoned fawns in local forests — ODFW says ‘stop’
Business/Economic News
Top moments from Axios’ AI+ Summit in New York
DreamWorks co-founder Katzenberg likens AI to CGI revolution
Businesses are raising prices after tariffs — even on unaffected goods
Growing number of Americans say tipping culture is ‘out of control’
Wall Street’s big rally stalls following some discouraging economic data
Amazon planning $10B investment in North Carolina for data center and AI campus
Grocery Outlet boasts prices cheaper than ‘elsewhere.’ A new lawsuit says it’s misleading customers
Health News
Top CDC vaccine adviser quits, warning America’s ‘most vulnerable’ could be at risk
Medicaid cuts could affect Oregon more than most states, analysts say
Transportation News
ODOT receives $83 million in disaster recovery reimbursement grants
Gas tax increases, new funding streams for ODOT proposed
Education News
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure
Energy & Environment
Separate signal from noise in energy policy
International News
Putin tells Trump he’ll hit Ukraine back for surprise drone attack
U.S. Is Redirecting Critical Antidrone Technology From Ukraine to U.S. Forces
Claims of war crimes in Gaza are ‘ridiculous,’ says adviser to Israeli government
The Dutch government has collapsed. What happens next?
National News
“Destroying a generation”: Katzenberg raises alarm on teens and tech
Judge blocks deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family
U.S. vetoes UN security council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza
National Campaign News
Democrats search for winning message in New Jersey gubernatorial primary
National Political News
Trump admin rolls back LGBTQ+ gains during Pride Month
House GOP expands its investigation of Biden’s health
‘Kill the bill’: Musk continues broadsides against the Republican megabill
Trump is brushing off Musk’s megabill attacks — for now
‘Where’s the budget?’: GOP lawmakers implore Vought to send a full request
Trump calls for scrapping debt limit, in megabill twist
Parliamentarian could nix the ‘revenge tax’ increase in GOP megabill
House GOP gets megabill’s official price tag: $2.4T
Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk’s Outbursts Over Megabill
Republicans Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts
Haley on Trump call with Putin: ‘A backhanded slap to all of our allies’
Musk attacks underscores pent-up tensions with White House
Senate GOP talks cutting Medicare ‘waste, fraud’ to offset cost of Trump tax bill
House Dem to McMahon: Why is Education Department ‘taking its lead from Jim Crow’?
Hawley spars with legal professor over injunctions blocking Trump
Senate Environment and Public Works panel releases ‘big, beautiful bill’ text
Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday
Oregon lawmakers call for Crater Lake oversight after superintendent’s resignation
Tariff/Trade News
Inflation data threatened by government hiring freeze as tariffs loom
Why TACO trade gets under Trump’s skin
CBO sees lower deficits from tariffs, but with big caveats
Trump’s tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says
Alaska Airlines cancels 14 Horizon flights a day through July over tariff uncertainty
Opinion
The GOP budget courts disaster, and for what?
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ would secretly dismantle the civil service
Is Latino support for Trump cracking?
Senior care, already challenged by pandemic and Boomers aging, needs Medicaid