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Thursday, May 22, 2025: A bill to ban cell phones in Oregon schools is dead
Latest News & Opinion Stories
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