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Oregon News

Oregon Department of Energy officially launches new heat pump program

Oregon Health Authority confirms first measles case of 2025

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon lawmakers repeal controversial wildfire hazard map

Oregon Democrats consider more amendments with transportation bill in flux

Bill requiring big tech to pay for Oregon news fails to pass Senate

No relief coming for Oregon’s struggling pharmacies as bill fails

$2.6B housing budget heads to Oregon Senate as session nears end

Oregon House passes bill to tax oral nicotine products, direct funds to wildfire mitigation

Oregon House passes bill that would require health insurers cover menopause treatment

Eleventh-Hour Amendment to Senate Bill Seeks to End Preschool for All Tax

Prevailing Wage Expansion Advances With Key Questions Unanswered

Poll Shows Voters Aren’t Worried About Oregon Roads and Don’t Want to Pay to Fix Them

Outdoor school, rural teacher programs, other education initiatives face cuts as Legislature winds down

Voter groups flag concerns about last-minute bill giving lawmakers control of ballot language

Bill to boost wages for government contractors advances with key questions unanswered

Oregon Wildfire News

National wildfire officials boost U.S. risk level

Metropolitan Portland News

Washington County officials push back against federal immigration agenda

City Council Strikes Down Portland Children’s Levy Grants

Despite Reported Regrets, City Council Won’t Undo Decision to Reject Children’s Levy Grants

‘A betrayal’: Portland nonprofits reel after councilors upend city’s celebrated children’s initiative

Plan to ask voters to extend Portland area homeless services tax in November scrapped

Large new shelter planned for wealthy Portland neighborhood moves mayor’s plan forward, angers neighbors

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Former Linn County deputy slated for fentanyl sentence

Marys Peak not for sale by feds — for now

University of Oregon blocks professor on Twitter, lawyers get $700,000

Southern Oregon

Josephine County’s treasurer resigns, ‘effective immediately’

Key affordable housing project near downtown Medford scuttled amid funding uncertainties

Peace House, citizens to rally, demand Bentz support congressional approval for war actions

Business/Economic News

Iran conflict poses minimal threat to US gas prices

Walmart hit with $10M fine after allegedly enabling wire fraud

Ford recalls 197,000 cars over issue that can trap passengers

Housing market at risk of “sustained downturn” as price growth cools

Why people in Oregon, US are boycotting McDonald’s

Health News

Democrats try to reopen abortion conversation on Dobbs anniversary

Experts warn RFK Jr. is unraveling the system that kept vaccines safe

Education News

Oregon program immerses teachers in agriculture to make connections

International News

Israel-Iran live updates: Early report says US strikes only set Iran’s nuclear program back months

Iran moved nuclear materials before U.S. strikes, intelligence report finds

Trump tensions with Israel, Netanyahu rise to the surface

Trump’s ‘both sides’ approach to Israel, Iran comes into question

Strike set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months: Report

US strikes on three facilities over the weekend did not destroy the core components of Iran’s nuclear program, sources say

Experts gauge success of ‘bunker buster’ bombs dropped by US on Iran nuclear sites

Trump declares victory as Iran, Israel acknowledge shaky ceasefire

White House sends Dr. Oz to calm Senate nerves

Trump agrees to in-person Wednesday meeting with Zelenskyy

Trump is trying to script the perfect ending to war in Iran. Will the rest of the world go along?

Live updates: Trump telegraphs defense spending concerns as he heads to NATO

National News

FBI plans to shift agents from immigration enforcement to counterterrorism: Sources

ICE holds record 59,000 immigrant detainees, nearly half with no criminal record

Democratic AGs sue Trump administration for slashing billions of already awarded funding

Could there be a military draft? Fears rise after US attacks Iran

National Campaign News/Polls

Trump net approval hits new low in Economist/YouGov poll

Murkowski says she has thought about switching to Democratic caucus

56 percent disapprove of US strikes on Iran: Survey

National Political News

House GOP moderates tell leadership they won’t back Senate tax bill over Medicaid cuts

Democrats bash Trump after White House postpones Iran briefings: ‘Inexplicable’

Trump administration to remove protections on 59 million acres of National Forest lands

Senate referee appears open to revised GOP proposal to cut federal food assistance spending

Thune, facing opposition, vows to complete Senate work on Trump bill in days

Powell faces House pressure

House torpedoes Rep. Al Green’s effort to impeach Trump over Iran strikes

More than 100 Dems join GOP to block own party’s Trump impeachment effort

Democrats fume at “unserious” Trump impeachment vote

Exclusive: Thune plans make-or-break weekend votes on “big, beautiful bill”

Breaking another presidential norm, Trump drops the f-bomb on camera

The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states

Sen. Murkowski on why she’s having more talks than ever on the state of democracy

GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules

US Senate mega-bill drops requirement states help pay for SNAP program

Tariff/Trade News

Americans sour on US economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says tariff uncertainty warrants caution on rate cuts

Government Employee News

Senators set to weigh Trump’s DOGE cuts this week 

Opinion

DOGE can still save billions just by ending government’s ‘spend-it-or-lose-it’ culture

The Department of Education is paying us not to work. We would rather be working.

Social Security’s dirty little secret: A game of borrowing

Why is China so concerned about Israel-Iran tensions?

Bans on rent-pricing algorithms could backfire, lead to higher prices