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Oregon News

Oregon Transportation Department says 10% of state road workers will be laid off by August

Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider on how Trump’s megabill will affect health coverage in the state

Immigration Arrests in Oregon Have Tripled Since Trump Took Office

Oregon Wildfire News

Downed trees, power outages, fires & downed 911 lines from thunderstorms

17 lightning fires burning in Klamath National Forest

Metropolitan Portland News

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ may take a major bite out of Interstate 5-Rose Quarter remake

Roughly 50 Portland transportation workers face layoffs

Portland’s campaign finance program met expectations in unusual 2024 election, report finds

How Beaverton’s long-term bet on its downtown is paying off

Central/Eastern Oregon

Heat advisory, red flag warnings in effect across Eastern and Central Oregon

Umatilla residents submit complaints about city manager

Pendleton City Council considers leasing police vehicles

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Before Kotek’s order, mid-Willamette Valley schools were already banning phones

Southern Oregon

Firefighters tackle dozens of fires

Hwy. 238 closed by damage, 911 system back online as more thunderstorms in forecast

City of Medford unveils major upgrades at Wes Howard Memorial Sports Park

Business/Economic News

Intel cuts more than 500 jobs in Oregon

How Scattered Spider hackers are wreaking havoc on corporate America

Natural Resource News

USDA chief outlines plan to block China from U.S. farmland ownership

Health News

Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider on how Trump’s megabill will affect health coverage in the state

The health of U.S. kids has declined significantly since 2007, a new study finds

RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy sparks a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics

Feds investigate hospitals over religious exemptions from gender-affirming care

GOP faces ‘big, beautiful’ blowback risk on ObamaCare subsidy cuts

Hantavirus, rabies exposures confirmed at Grand Canyon National Park

Transportation News

Oregon matches Washington’s $125M to replace Hood River-White Salmon Bridge

Oregon Transportation Department says 10% of state road workers will be laid off by August

Travelers will no longer face this inconvenience before boarding a plane

PDX to stop requiring passengers to remove shoes at TSA checkpoints

Travelers can keep shoes on at airports: Here’s what can’t come through

Education News

9th Circuit revives Oregon lawsuit over short school days for special education students

Energy & Environment

Trump directs Treasury Department to limit wind and solar tax credits

International News

Why are Mexican citizens protesting tourists? ‘Stop stealing our home’

Pentagon sending more defensive weapons to Ukraine at Trump’s direction in reversal

Mexico sends aid to Texas following deadly flooding

National News

IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

Federal judge quickly rules in favor of Planned Parenthood in suit over Medicaid funding

Trump administration takes blows from Epstein conspiracy community it once embraced

National Political News

Trump caught off guard by Pentagon’s abrupt move to pause Ukraine weapons deliveries, AP sources say

Trump comes to Bondi’s defense amid uproar from his base over Jeffrey Epstein files flop

Cassidy, Kaine propose new funding trust for Social Security

Under Trump order, these national parks could see a fee surcharge for international visitors

Trump says ‘there’s no amnesty’ for migrant farm workers

Coinbase launches ad campaign urging Congress to pass crypto market structure bill

Exclusive: GOP urged to “get to work” selling Trump’s controversial megabill

Rubio impersonation campaign underscores broad risk of AI voice scams

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” stops short of “no tax on tips” promise

Tariff/Trade News

Trump says 50 percent tariff on copper imports imminent

Trump says August 1 tariff deadline is firm, hours after saying it wasn’t

Government Employee News

Trump on DOGE cuts: ‘I would have done it differently’

Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire federal workers

Opinion

A new generation of Democrats takes center stage  

Limiting environmental review, the justices put development ahead of communities

Why Democrats don’t care about most health care fraud 

AI is coming for entry-level jobs. Everybody needs to get ready.

The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People