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Oregon News

Oregon Gov. Kotek, lawmakers say state needs to keep focus on housing, education, mental health

Oregon getting federal money to improve habitat for imperiled western monarch butterfly

Oregon’s growing waitlist for subsidized child care likely to continue 

Oregon regulators iron out details of recycling overhaul that launches next year

Oregon Political News

Kotek looks to tweak her signature housing legislation from 2019, aide says

Metropolitan Portland News

Polling for a Revamped Metro Homeless Tax Measure Shows Narrow Path to Victory

Multnomah County commissioner beat out more experienced candidates to land division director job

Portland Mayor-elect Keith Wilson plans to keep predecessor’s pick in powerful post

Central/Eastern Oregon

Wallowa County group seeks crossings to prevent crashes with wildlife

Protecting the Owyhee Canyonlands appears to be up to Biden

Southern Oregon

Grants Pass School District removes two books from high school library

Medford preps for next crisis with $880K mobile command center

Business News

A federal judge has temporarily halted a proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons

A phone company developed an AI ‘granny’ to beat scammers at their own game

Alaska Airlines will add flights to Tokyo and Seoul next year

Companies battle negative reviews, flood of online support for Luigi Mangione

Trump offers expedited environmental approvals to companies investing $1B in US

Natural Resource News

Oregon solar project will pay $11 million for ag mitigation projects

Transportation News

ODOT’s rebate program will add hundreds of new electric vehicle chargers in 2025

Health News

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

For now, ‘Dreamers’ will be shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states

Upcoming Change in CareOregon’s Reimbursement Policy Causes Uproar Among Mental Health Professionals

Education News

Oregon Gov. Kotek’s $39.3 billion proposed budget has more for housing, homelessness, schools

Energy & Climate Change

Report: Northwest on path to more power outages

International News

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a large Chinese military force has been detected near island

Biden is rushing aid to Ukraine. Both sides are digging in. And everyone is bracing for Trump

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

Almost half of Ukrainians now support Trump: Poll 

National News

Homes burn as wind-driven wildfire prompts evacuations in Malibu, California

Suspect will fight extradition to New York

National Political News

Senate Democrats air concerns about Trump mass deportation plan

Supreme Court sounds ready to curb environmental impact reviews

How Kash Patel has used children’s books and podcasts to promote conspiracy theories

Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling

Trump says Liz Cheney, Mississippi congressman ‘should go to jail’ for Jan. 6 probe

Trump Pledges to Speed Permitting for Companies Investing Over $1 Billion

House tees up defense bill, but hurdles remain

Gabbard meets with senators amid questions over Russia, Syria

Opinion

How Tulsi Gabbard Sees the World

Insurance CEOs Aren’t the Problem

Trump can’t ditch birthright citizenship. And he shouldn’t want to.

Abolishing the Department of Education will not be easy