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Oregon News

Oregon school districts grapple with budget woes as federal funding hangs in the balance

Oregon Caves chateau named one of nation’s most endangered historic places

Kotek declares: ‘Fire season is here’ as Oregon gears up for dangerous summer

Oregon Political News

Lawmakers consider slate of bills regulating private utilities, costs for Oregonians

Oregon Developers Build Few Condos. A Pending Bill Aims to Increase Production.

Higher Reimbursements for Primary Care Providers Would Help a Bill’s Sponsor and Exempt a Powerful Special Interest

Oregon House Republicans confirm they made $50 million goof when dismissing need for transportation tax hike

Metropolitan Portland News

Councilors advance plan to improve sidewalks in Portland’s east and southwest neighborhoods

Multnomah County reveals first details of public campaign finance plan chair aims to axe

Willamette Valley News

Dozens urge Benton County to reject Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Trump administration guts federal funds that would have helped Lane County weather major disasters

‘Leave now or go to jail’: Tensions rise in UO student workers’ strike

Southern Oregon

Barnett given OK to work on lease talks with library

Business/Economic News

Rite Aid stores to close or be sold to new owner in bankruptcy

Where starter homes cost at least $1 million

Ford raises prices on 3 models amid pressures from Trump tariffs

Possible revocation of US-China tax treaty rattles businesses ahead of trade negotiation

Natural Resource News

An increasing number of American farmers turn away from growing organic

Health News

White House pulls surgeon general nominee, Trump names RFK Jr. all

Trump to pitch sweeping Medicare drug price plan

RFK Jr. unveils autism project with Medicare, Medicaid data

Conservatives chafe at taking Medicaid savings options off table

House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care

Legacy Health Faces Unions Boosted by OHSU’s Failed Bid

Transportation News

How Newark airport’s problems could affect you

Energy & Environment

Trump administration cutting Energy Star and climate reporting program

House Republicans voice concern over DOE nuclear, research cuts

International News

Vance says Russia ‘asking for too much’ to end war with Ukraine

Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel; no pope selected on first vote

Pakistan’s PM vows ‘decisive action’ after India strikes kill 31

National News

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from removing migrants in Massachusetts

Trump administration loses in two courtrooms in one day on deportations

National Campaign News

“Hell to pay”: Milken crowd hopes threat of GOP midterm wipeout will stop tariffs

GOP senators fear Marjorie Taylor Greene could cost them Georgia Senate race

National Political News

Scoop: Trump envoy Witkoff to brief UN Security Council on Gaza aid plan
Congress erupts over Trump’s billion-dollar crypto deal

Republicans want to shift safety-net costs to states. It’s not going over well.

SALT Republicans leave critical meeting empty-handed

Republican megabill ‘must not add to the deficit,’ fiscal hawks demand

House Republicans eye scaled back tax cut amid fights over spending

Trump crypto ventures loom over Senate stablecoin vote

5 blue-state Republicans willing to sink tax bill over state, local deduction

House Republicans eye sale of public lands in Nevada, Utah

Patel asks appropriators to ignore Trump’s proposed cuts to FBI budget

Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf

Trump border czar’s fiery response to AOC after her town hall taunts

GOP aims at contempt of court in House reconciliation text

Appropriations panel chair asks Noem for more budget information

Tariff/Trade News

U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink

US and Chinese officials will meet in Geneva in first sign of thaw in trade war

Trump calls for 100% tariff on foreign-made films, says the US movie industry is ‘dying a very fast death’

Opinion

Whiplash from Trump’s tariff policy has unleashed economic chaos

How Trump can turn the tables on the pollsters  

The US is crushing China in real time in the Americas