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Oregon News

Oregon elections officials refer cases of possible noncitizen voting to state DOJ

Oregon board rejects Gov. Tina Kotek’s request to direct all opioid settlement funds to harm reduction

Sen. Merkley wants Oregonians to visit all 36 counties to ‘restore our soul’

Oregon has too much marijuana, report says

Statewide harm reduction program gets $5.1 million

Oregon Political News

Lawmakers Ponder Benefits and Risks of Financial Tool for Cash-Strapped Workers

Oregon bill would assess PFAS in fields fertilized with sewage sludge 

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland pushes for state land-use exemption to thwart Bull Run water treatment plant challenge

Oregon Coast

Lawmaker Proposes State Funding for Ailing Coos Bay Hospital

Curry County considers using state of emergency to take over federal forests management

Willamette Valley Area

Salem’s city manager resigns amid budget challenges

Albany crowd protests Trump immigration crackdown

Lebanon mayor proposes installing solar panels to bring down costs

Fuel costs keep climbing as gas prices jump in Eugene

Southern Oregon

How Jackson County became a center for guest workers in forestry

Sheriff wants conflict between federal immigration directives and state sanctuary law worked out

Medford officials say snowstorm showed need for more city plows

‘Enormous hardship’: Trump’s tariffs on Canada could have threatened ‘crisis’ for community newspapers, small towns

Business News

Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says ‘no thank you’

Trump raises tariffs on steel and aluminum, predicting more jobs but risking price hikes

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, key banking regulator, is latest federal agency ordered to stop work

Oregon sees decline of 3,700 jobs

The deals boom seems to be on hold

Public Safety

Facial recognition in policing is getting state-by-state guardrails

Natural Resource News

Sen. Golden proposes changing state wildfire map to curb anger and rumors

Wyden sponsors bill to reinvest ski area fees in Oregon public lands

Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze

Health News

Providence nurses strike continues after doctors reach deal

‘A scarlet letter’: States aim to end stigma of doctors seeking mental health care

Oregon, 21 other states sue Trump administration to halt medical research funding cuts

Washington state’s senior U.S. senator: RFK Jr. meeting was her most troubling in 32 years

Federal judge grants restraining order on NIH funding cuts

Education News

7 changes the Class of 2025’s teachers want to see in education

Oregon PTA Pushes Back on Graphs That Show Woeful Education Spending Results

International News

Live updates: Trump calls for ceasefire deal to be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all hostages by Saturday

US, Russia relations nearing collapse: Kremlin

Russian diplomat says Putin’s conditions on Ukraine must be met

National News

USAID staffers turned away from offices even after court suspends leave order

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

National Political News

Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation tests Trump’s ability to court labor

‘Back to plastic’: Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’

Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better

Billions in unspent aid lacks oversight after Trump targets USAID, watchdog warns

Trump fires top US ethics official and head of agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers

What to know about the possibility of Trump serving a third term

Democrats rally against Musk: ‘Hands off our Social Security’

Trump says ‘too early’ to name Vance as successor

Johnson: Tax fight is major hangup for Trump agenda bill

Opinion

Editorial: Grants Pass City Council’s rash decision leads to tents back in city parks

Editorial: Fix homeless services program now or risk a ballot box defeat

Dear Democrats: Stop thinking you are smarter than Republicans.

Barrett’s recusal signals hope for rule of law at the Supreme Court

Senate Republicans just keep rolling over for Trump

If we want to stop Trump, we have to start now