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Oregon/Northwest News

Travel Oregon awards $200K, no-bid contract to board member

Oregon Political News

Ballots go out in Oregon for next month’s election

Oregon Campaign News

WW’s November 2025 Endorsement

Gas Tax Referral Campaign Kicks Off

Editorial endorsement November 2025: Vote ‘no’ on flawed parks levy and tell city to try again

Portland/Metro News

Federal judge in Oregon extends temporary block on National Guard deployment to Portland

Portland Parks Bureau lacks stable funding plan, audit finds

What we know — and don’t know — about troops in Portland

Multnomah County Departments Returned 83% of Calls and Emails Sent by Auditors to Test Systems

Judge forces Justice Department to work on Portland police reforms despite funding lapse

Portland leaders aim to combat ‘aggressive federal overreach,’ bolster city’s sanctuary status

Central & Eastern Oregon News

After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Springfield schools went cellphone-free ahead of the statewide deadline. Here’s how it’s going

City Council votes to use $300K to attract commercial airlines to Salem

Salem City Council approves $626K to address homelessness, safety

Lane jail, parole, probation, reentry get $10 million from reserves

Loss of PacificSource could impact 90,000 Lane County residents in 2026

Southern Oregon

Ashland School District Begins Stabilization Work at Closed Lincoln School

Business & Economic News

The EV hype was real — electric vehicle sales smashed records

Ontario premier criticizes Trump after Stellantis says it will move production from Canada to the US

REI closing 3 stores in 2026. See shuttering locations.

Energy & Environment

Trump RIFs hit federal offices focused on green energy

UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Housing

More housing eyed as latest forecast again predicts Medford growth spurt

Health News

First locally acquired chikungunya case confirmed in New York

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in a rebuke of Trump

Providence to Shutter Portland-Area Occupational Health Clinics

Group of Legacy Health medical professionals vote in favor of possible strike

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Exclusive: “Clever and generous” farm bailout coming, Hassett says

Salmon advocates seek injunction to change Columbia River dam operations

Trump: China’s refusal to buy soybeans ‘hostile act’

Transportation News

Duffy pulls $40M from California over English-only trucker rule

Court Battles

Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act

Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race in redistricting 

International News

Israel warns U.S. Gaza deal could stall if Hamas won’t return hostage bodies

Hamas still hasn’t returned these hostages’ bodies from Gaza

Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan in talks to provide troops for Gaza stabilization force

How Tomahawks could help Ukraine hurt Russia

Trump says Modi told him India would stop buying Russian oil

National Campaign News

Georgia GOP Senate hopefuls trail Ossoff in money race

Cornyn and Paxton rake in millions in expensive Texas Senate primar

Bill Cassidy maintains cash advantage over his GOP challengers

Former Sen. Sununu expected to enter New Hampshire Senate race: Report

Sherrill leading Ciattarelli by 6 points in New Jersey gubernatorial race: Survey

Polls/Surveys

Trump’s approval on immigration drops among AAPI adults, new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds

National Political News

Scoop: Dozens of Dem candidates won’t commit to backing Jeffries

Senate Dems tease hardball defense spending strategy

GOP’s latest government shutdown scapegoat: No Kings protests

Democrats float a new shutdown demand: Reversing Trump’s mass firings

Senate GOP, Thune throw curveball into shutdown fight

Who are the Young Republicans in explosive group chat?

GOP, Thune surprise Democrats, daring them to block defense spending bill during shutdown

Emanuel: Trump grabbed ‘hand grenade’ from Democrats on shutdown

Jeffries bashes Trump’s $40B pledge to Argentina: ‘Corruption in real time’

Trump, GOP send diverging shutdown messages on value of federal workers

Smith: Charges against Trump not politically motivated

Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

Vance mocks young Republicans’ chat outrage, calls to stop ‘canceling’ young men

Government Employee News

Federal firings could reach 10,000 during shutdown, Vought says

Quarter of CDC staff targeted by layoff notices: Union

Military/Defense

“A dark day”: Pentagon confiscates badges of Defense reporters

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Trump says land strikes may be next for Venezuela

Trump says he has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela

Members of Oregon National Guard head to Texas border

Opinion

Trump says he ‘defeated’ inflation — so why do prices keep going up?

Trump offers kids $2,500 to leave the US — what could go wrong?

New York’s cell phone ban in schools is actually working

Don’t write Democrats off as hopeless losers: Lessons of 1928-1932

The military’s big gamble on small nuclear reactors

Nobody Is ‘Gutting’ the Voting Rights Act