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Oregon News

Oregon DMV Acknowledges Registering Additional Voters Who Should Not Have Been on the Rolls

Oregon’s 2024 ballot measures, explained

Wildfire News

Weather turns prescribed burn into wildfire 15 miles southeast of Walla Walla

Metropolitan Portland News

Here’s who is running for Portland mayor in November

Portland overhauls its voting system and government structure. Here’s what you need to know

Multnomah County to Open Deflection Center Oct. 14 Without Good Neighbor Agreement

Oregon Coast

Oregon county chair told to work from home, accused of harassment and bullying

Central/Eastern Oregon

Circuit court of Umatilla, Morrow counties begins partnership

Willamette Valley Area

A voter guide to the November 2024 election in Lane County

Southern Oregon

Salmon swim freely in the Klamath River for 1st time in a century after dams removed

Teacher complaints against fellow members dismissed by Medford School Board

Business News

As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

Dow Closes Nearly 400 Points Lower; 10-Year Yields Climb Above 4%

Natural Resource News

Limits on home occupations proposed for Oregon farm zones

Health News

Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

Salinas introduces bill in Congress to increase behavioral health workforce with scholarships 

Georgia Supreme Court halts lower court ruling, reinstates 6-week abortion ban

Energy & Climate Change

SO PBS doc ‘Energy Horizons’ examines Oregon’s power infrastructure, energy future

National News

Supreme Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

Helene recovery is more political online than on the ground

Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm. Florida orders evacuations

U.S. Christians pushing back on Christian nationalism

National Political & Election News

Trump’s plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris’, analysis says

This year’s Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here’s why

Trump says migrants who have committed murder have introduced ‘a lot of bad genes in our country’

The Memo: Harris’s media blitz won’t silence critics

Deloitte takes fire from Trump-Vance allies over leaked employee messages

Major North Carolina newspaper knocks Trump over Helene response ‘falsehoods’

Trump to hold rare California rally on Saturday

Vance suggests Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood

‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast jumps into the political ring  

Scoop: House Dems blitz dozens of Republicans over Project 2025

Milton raises stakes for Congress to pass more disaster aid

Opinion

Commentary: Expiration of the farm bill hurts us all