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Oregon News

A bill to ban cell phones in Oregon schools is dead

Kotek says Oregon is ready for fire season, but federal help is uncertain

Tariffs will do lasting damage to Oregon’s trade relationships, businesses tell governor

Head of Oregon’s child welfare agency resigns

Federal judge strikes down Oregon pot labor law as unconstitutional

Oregon Political News

Oregon bill, headed to governor, sets homeownership goals by 2030

Oregon May election results 2025

Oregon Legislature passes bill to make pay stubs easier to understand

Oregon House approves expansion of single-use plastic ban

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland approves biggest water, sewer rate increase in more than a decade

PPS Is Expanding Its Partnership With an Early Literacy Organization. But Some At-Need Students Will Lose Those Services.

Voters on Track to Pass $1.83 Billion Portland Public Schools Bond

Portland mayor, city councilors clash over police spending in proposed budget

Lobbying ramps up as City Council considers Portland budget

Oregon Coast

Coos County Special Election Preliminary Results

Central/Eastern Oregon

Morrow County $204.4M school bond passes by razor-thin margin

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Mid-Valley election results of May 20

Corvallis touts new affordable housing complex, is it making a dent?

Corvallis OKs Ninth Street renaissance, high-density housing envisioned

 LIVE UPDATES: The latest May 20 election results for Corvallis and Benton County

Fewer students, rising costs: UO braces for cuts

Southern Oregon

Results from the May Special District elections: Infrastructure and more

Few voters make their picks for school, library, fire boards

City of GP Budget Committee approves $240 million budget

Ashland City Council OKs $5 utility fee to help pay for parks

Commissioners vote to hold hearing on library opt-out

LATEST UPDATE: KEY RACES/ MEASURES — Wright loses Medford School Board seat; two rural fire district levies pass

Southern Oregon nonprofits to obtain grants in honor of the late William ‘Bill’ Thorndike Jr.

Oregon Gov. Kotek speaks on wildfire funding, proposed Medicaid cuts in Medford stop

Gov. Kotek talks potential kicker use for wildfires & ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Business/Economic News

Homebuyers and sellers say agents’ cuts are too big. Flat-fee brokers offer an alternative

Elon Musk’s pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was a flop

Weak Auction of Government Debt Jolts Markets

Dow Slides More Than 800 Points, Bonds Extend Selloff

Natural Resource News

Farm groups warn against tariffs on China-built containers, cranes

Health News

First FDA-cleared Alzheimer’s blood test could make diagnoses faster, more accurate

A stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines could limit future access

For the first time, the U.S. is absent from WHO’s annual assembly. What’s the impact?

Education News

Students are destroying school laptops in a new dangerous online trend

International News

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Ambush

Israel preparing to strike Iran fast if Trump’s nuclear talks break down

National News

Trump administration defends flight of migrants to third countries

‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn’t follow court order on deportations

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use

Appeals court judge rebukes Supreme Court for deportation flight decision 

National Campaign News

Democrats win New York state Senate race in Trump-friendly district

Donald Trump Jr. hints at run for president

National Political News

Speaker Johnson and Republicans head to the White House as Trump’s tax breaks bill hits trouble

CBO analysis shows U.S. House GOP budget measure tilted toward upper-income taxpayers

IRS nominee Billy Long probed by Democrats over nonexistent tribal tax credits

Trump summons GOP holdouts to White House as they threaten to sink vote

Trump pressures Freedom Caucus as Johnson seeks passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

White House, GOP leaders bet Trump bill is too big to fail

Thune tees up vote to nix California’s EV mandate, defying Senate parliamentarian

Thomas Massie unloads on fellow conservatives as megabill negotiations continue

Trump “gold card” site launching within a week, Lutnick tells Axios

WATCH: Axios interviews Lutnick, Sen. Shaheen, CIA official Michael Ellis and more

Tariff/Trade News

Wheat, coffee, computer chips: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Oregon’s key exports and imports

Opinion

Doing more good: why Oregon needs to rebuild its civic information infrastructure

Opinion: A proposed medical school can help mend rural Oregon’s health disparities

Opinion: Time to rein in pharmacy benefit managers

GUEST COLUMN: Investing in families during first 1,000 days strengthens communities

Congress should not pay for tax cuts by taxing charities 

America still needs the Women, Peace and Security Act — just not Biden’s version of it 

Why Donald Trump is blocking conservatives’ attempts to get bigger Medicaid cuts