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Oregon News

One year in, Oregon’s efforts to curb drug use are still a work in progress

Oregon State Parks to charge fees at 21 more state parks to address budget shortfall

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon Democrats put special session on hold amid key senator’s absence

‘We’ll have to litigate’: Oregon bipartisan duo seek novel ban on law enforcement masking

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Flat Fire in Central Oregon 67% contained

Emigrant Fire grows to 26,000 acres as red flag warning continues

Oregon wildfires: 22,000-acre Emigrant Fire expected to grow even more

Southern Oregon

Developer eyes Grants Pass homeless site

Grants Pass could start over on homeless grant

What caused this summer’s local wildfires? ODF is staying mum about it.

‘I think we’re getting there’: Almeda Fire recovery efforts continue in Phoenix, Talent

Virtual vote on updated budget cuts at SOU canceled, moved to trustees’ retreat 

Business & Economic News

In a major antitrust ruling, a judge lets Google keep Chrome but levies other penalties

How much water do your AI chats consume? Do the math (commentary)

Education News

Tech check: What to know about cellphones and artificial intelligence as Oregon students return to school

Keeping Oregon’s educators rural

Energy & Environment

States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline

Health News

More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign

Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access

Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data

Facing Budget Strain and Haggling for Funds, CareOregon Turns to Consulting Firm McKinsey

1 in 4 Americans trust RFK Jr. with medical advice 

Public health coalition: Don’t trust RFK Jr on autism

Natural Resource News

Unburned trees left after Oregon’s Labor Day Fires are dying — a potential blow to future forests

Scientists find surprises under surface of burned forest streams 5 years after Oregon’s Labor Day fires

Public Safety

President Trump floats deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans

‘We’ll have to litigate’: Oregon bipartisan duo seek novel ban on law enforcement masking

Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents

Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore

Transportation News

Buying (and owning) an EV in Oregon could soon get a lot more expensive

International News

China displays its military strength in parade on 80th anniversary of end of WWII, AP explains

Rubio Reassures Mexico After U.S. Military Strike Jolts Region

UAE warns White House that Israeli annexations could unravel Abraham Accords

Hegseth: Venezuela mission won’t stop “with just this strike”

National News

Appeals court blocks Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University

Judge warns of ‘national police force’ in ruling Trump broke the law sending Guard to LA

Epstein survivor: ‘We’ll compile our own list and seek justice’

Trump Again Decries ‘Hoax’ as Epstein Victims Speak Out

National Campaign News/Polls

GOP Sen. Cassidy, facing primary challengers, proceeds cautiously on CDC and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A trend of acknowledging Democrats’ age problem is emerging

National Political News

Trump plans to crackdown on sanctuary jurisdictions — that makes Oregon a target

Democrats push Homeland Security Department on DACA recipients

GOP leaders urging Republicans not to sign Epstein discharge petition

Republicans join Democrats to crush GOP resolution to censure McIver

Republicans dismayed by Trump’s decision to use pocket rescission

Paul: Gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government

Trump tells reporter to get a new job over Putin question

White House pushes Republicans on ‘big, beautiful’ tax cut bill rebrand

Republicans move to squash GOP Epstein rebellion

Trump’s Fed pick to face grilling in the Senate

RFK Jr. will face ‘hard questions’ over CDC shakeup, Thune says

Trump aides push a megabill rebrand as some House Republicans bristle

House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation

OMB director says Government Accountability Office “shouldn’t exist”

Government Employee News

Top cyber officials leave Defense Department

Opinion

Editorial: Billions in new taxes should come with a commitment

Why the government’s subversion of data is so dangerous 

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ can fix the student loan crisis