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Oregon News

Audits of Oregon agencies find $1.8 billion in accounting errors

6 things Oregonians should think about as they vote in local school board races

Addiction experts raise alarm about cannabis use among Oregon’s youth

Federal chaos leaves Oregon’s economic outlook sluggish, uncertain, short hundreds of millions

The Oregon Racing Commission No Longer Wants Oregonians to Know the Sources of Its Funding

Oregon Will Finally Exit the Dog-Racing Business

Oregon explores paying to reunite children with Trump deportees

Oregon Political News

Oregon lawmakers have $500 million less to spend, as economic uncertainty reigns

An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it

Hearing on Dog-and-Cat Research Bill Draws Crowd Aiming to Close OHSU’s Primate Center

Metropolitan Portland News

20 state AGs sue feds for tying transportation and disaster funding to immigration enforcement

Police arrest Clackamas County city councilor in theft investigation

Multnomah County chair’s homeless services budget prioritizes shelter over other interventions

Homeless people will no longer get tents from Multnomah County, except in severe weather

Central/Eastern Oregon

Deschutes County approves RV rentals amid Central Oregon housing shortage

Willamette Valley News

State Policy Stands in the Way of a Major Housing Expansion on the Eugene Waterfront

Southern Oregon

Ashland City Council weighing $5 utility fee to help fund parks

Changes happening along Klamath River

Business/Economic News

Microsoft plans to lay off nearly 2,000 employees in Washington state

Fast-casual restaurant chain plans to close up to 21 stores

 Ford recalls nearly 274,000 SUVs due to brake failure risk

 Nike seeks dismissal of shareholder lawsuit, saying ‘execution challenges’ aren’t fraud

 Dick’s Sporting Goods Nears Deal to Buy Foot Locker

Public Safety

Natural Resource News

Health News

Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love

U.S. House panel passes GOP plan that cuts Medicaid by $625B, adds work requirement

Kennedy has “spiritual mandate” to reform U.S. health system, Calley Means says

RFK Jr. says he would “probably” vaccinate his children for measles today

HHS reinstates fired workers responsible for coal miner health protection

Transportation News

20 state AGs sue feds for tying transportation and disaster funding to immigration enforcement

Key Oregon Democrats pledge to push through a transportation plan by end of June

Education News

Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election ‘discrepancies’

Energy & Environment

What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means

International News

Live updates: Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new president could mark a turning point for the Mideast

Trump praises former al-Qaida-aligned fighter who now leads longtime pariah nation

 Israel agrees to resume Gaza aid after two month freeze, foundation says

Trump tries to tackle four global crises all at once

Ukraine’s allies prepare to call Putin’s bluff on peace talks in Turkey

National News

A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states

Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship to be heard by U.S. Supreme Court

Federal judge in Oregon rules arrest of Venezuelan man under Alien Enemies Act illegal

The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland’s Ice for Decades

National Campaign News

Only 1 in 3 Democrats optimistic about party’s future: Poll

National Political News

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

Republicans voice concern over Trump’s support for a new Air Force One from Qatar

Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades

‘Extreme and toxic’: Democrats in Congress mount opposition to GOP tax cut package

House punts on Trump impeachment vote at 11th hour

Rep. Greg Murphy lays out his “beige line” on the GOP budget bill

Scoop: Trump impeachment called “idiotic” in House Dem meeting

Temperatures rise over House Democrats’ scuffle with ICE agents

Noem says conditions could back suspension of habeas corpus

GOP senators raise red flags over House’s ambitious Trump legislative package

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lawler get salty in fight over tax demands

Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration

Government Employee News

Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department

EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations

NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms

Opinion

Opinion: Legislature must follow through on promised home care for kids with disabilities

MAGA voters are willing to suffer, as long as they can watch others suffer more

Trump’s tariffs won’t bring manufacturing back to America

Democrats care only for illegal immigrants and criminals, not for you