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Oregon News

How the Managers of Oregon’s $100 Billion Pension Fund Ignored Expert Guidance and Lost Big

Gov. Kotek, defense commission seek expansion of Oregon-run trial defense team

Weeks after launching new statewide recycling program, Oregon sued by wholesalers

Oregon awards $1.8 million in grants to help people enroll in private insurance

Tax cuts in Trump’s bill could cost Oregon nearly $1B in revenue over next 2 years, state analysis says

Oregon leads legal fight against Trump’s cuts to humanities funding

Oregon Political News /Polls

Petition to recall Gov. Tina Kotek approved to collect signatures

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Medford Air Tanker base having a busy fire season

Containment growing on Board Shanty Fire in Josephine Co.

Portland/Metro News

Multnomah County alert will ping up to 1 million cellphones

The Portland area is $10M closer to its only earthquake-ready bridge

Clackamas County shells out $250K to departing lawyer despite contract calling for less

Portland announces first of 4 city-funded homeless day centers planned for each district

Oregon Coast

Curry County sheriff’s lieutenant files recall petitions

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Gov. Kotek declares emergency drought for Douglas, Union, Morrow counties

Southern Oregon

Grants Pass City Council hopes to hire more police, firefighters

Ashland City Council to consider raises for nearly 200 workers tonight

Rep. Marsh talks about housing production wins, federal funding woes at town hall

Medford Fire responds to explosion at facility

Proposed Expansion of Ashland’s Enhanced Law Enforcement Areas

City of Klamath Falls reappropriates funds for F-15 plaza improvement project

Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley: Federal disaster relief coming to Southern Oregon Flooding Recovery

Business/Economic News

US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy

Homeowners taking houses off market as buyers refuse higher prices

Kia issues recall on more than 300K vehicles over loose parts

Big banks are now in Trump’s crosshairs

Energy & Environment

States scramble to complete renewable energy projects before tax credits expire

Health News

Trump administration moves to end veterans’ abortion access in cases of rape, incest and health

Pharmaceutical companies sue Oregon over new law on discounted drug access

More people sickened in Harlem Legionnaires’ disease cluster

NIH broke law by withholding funding: GAO

Natural Resource News

Federal report sees climate change benefiting U.S. agriculture

Public Safety

Danger could arrive at your door in an unlikely package, FBI warns

Another Oregonian swindled out of thousands in fast-spreading scam

Wildlife officials issue warning after blue-dyed meat found in pigs

Transportation News

Big projects, bigger problems: Oregon bridge, highway efforts face delays and steep costs

Cherriots proposes payroll tax to expand service

International News

Trump plans to “take over” Gaza aid effort, U.S. officials say

Trump spoke with Zelensky ahead of deadline for Putin

National News

Hate crimes hit second largest record in 2024: FBI

Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation

Epstein victims condemn Trump administration for plan to unseal grand jury testimony

National Campaign News/Polls

Trump trails Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders in favorability polling: Gallup

Texas Republicans could have a hard time enforcing threats against Democrats who left

Texas Republican: GOP ‘will never have the White House again’ if state lost to Democrats

Republicans desperately want to retake Georgia’s Senate seat. First they need a candidate.

Republicans’ next redistricting target: Missouri

National Political News

Live updates: House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials

Trump redoubles attack on federal jobs data, calls numbers ‘political’

Trump threatens D.C. takeover, saying crime is ‘out of control’

White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives

Trump administration escalates probes of rivals with Russian interference grand jury

Cornyn presses FBI to help Texas bring back Democrats who left state

Early GOP rift emerges as Congress braces for shutdown fight

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic AI models added to government purchasing system

House Oversight subpoenas Clintons, Epstein files

Tariff/Trade News

This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump’s tariffs

Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs

Opinion

Texas ignited a gerrymandering war. We will all pay the price.

Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump

Don’t root for our country to fail just so you can win

After only 6 months, Project 2025 is already 47 percent complete

Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner will prove damaging