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Wednesday, May 11, 2022: Turnout in Oregon primary election stands below 10%, could end up lowest in modern history

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Oregon Political News

Turnout in Oregon primary election stands below 10%, could end up lowest in modern history

After Investigation, Federal Regulators Threaten to Cut Funding to Satellite State Hospital in Junction City

Health secretary in Oregon on mental health: ‘We need every state to step up’

Oregon OSHA adopts permanent rules to protect farmworkers from high heat, wildfire smoke

Emergency Rental Assistance: $340.3M paid to thousands of Oregon households

Wildfires

For Oregon wildfire victims, new energy-efficient incentives can help rebuild

Oregon Election News

Hackers hit web hosting provider linked to Oregon campaign finance records

Oregon Democratic candidates for governor: Would they tackle K-12 learning loss, incentivize schools to boost performance?

50 doctors urge Schrader to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, cease ‘false’ ads

Primary voting heats up one week before election

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland’s high cost of living: City Council hopefuls offer starkly different remedies

Portland enacts new policies in response to lawsuit over homeless sweeps

Labor unions financially backing Multnomah County chair candidate Jessica Vega Pederson through mailer

Denyse McGriff to run in Oregon City mayoral elections

City Council Candidate AJ McCreary Paid 15-Year-Old Son $3,200 From Her Campaign Funds

Fort Vancouver Has Scrapped Its Fireworks Spectacular for a Third Straight Year

Salem Area

Recent flush of rain in NW Oregon didn’t end the drought 

Central/Eastern Oregon

E. Oregon election drop box improperly secured: Ballots blew out of it ‘due to the wind’

Morrow County Commissioner Doherty says nitrates in Boardman water a threat to life

U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers holds open house Wednesday on updating McNary Master Plan

Eastern Oregon University Board of Trustees to decide on tuition increase

Union County Fair Association seeks completion of sewer project, faces hurdles at city level

Improvements continue on Sears store in Pendleton

Albany/Corvallis Area

Central Linn welcomes new principal

Benton County not likely to add money for homeless to bond measure

Albany devising idea to incentivize developers to build smaller homes

Eugene Area

Nonprofit offers cash for using fire-resistant features in rebuilding

DEQ levies new fines against JH Baxter 

Roseburg Area

City Council tabs Rummel to fill vacant seat

Medford Area

Standing Stone, One of Ashland’s Only Breweries and Among the Oldest Still Operating in Oregon, Is Closing

Jackson County proclaims Police Week

Talent tries to get business percolating

Klamath Falls Area

Klamath Tribes Chairman Don Gentry retires

National News

House approves $40B in aid for Ukraine; 57 Republicans vote ‘no’

McConnell tamps down chance abortion bill could pass GOP Senate

Opinion

Salem Area

Statesman Journal hires agricultural workers reporter

Central/Eastern Oregon

Our view: Adding police an investment in the future

Eugene Area

Opinion: How Indigenous art can create life from collective grief

Roseburg Area

Maintenance staff cares well for aging schools buildings