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Oregon/Northwest News

Nearly half of Oregon health care workers not vaccinated against flu

‘I’m so proud:’ Oregon’s Indigenous veterans honored at powwow in Salem

Oregon Political News

Oregon conservatives push for people to get their SNAP benefits, while federal GOP pursues restrictions

Signature gathering for Oregon gas tax referendum could begin by end of week

Portland/Metro News

Portland metro counties release updated regional climate dashboard

Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police

Judge sets December hearing in Oregon immigration detention rights case

Oregon Coast News

Inquiry from defense contractor spurred concern about ICE facility on Oregon Coast

Willamette Valley/Salem News

State finds serious environmental violations at Coffin Butte Landfill

Salem City Council gives $20K to Marion Polk Food Share

Hundreds flock to Albany’s 2025 Veterans Day Parade

Here’s why Bethel is closing Shasta Middle School

Southern Oregon News

Yoncalla to end contract with sheriff’s office

Small Business Development Center in Medford to close

Community Honors Local Heroes at Klamath Falls Veterans Day Parade

Formal application filed for former Croman Mill site development

Business & Economic News

Wall Street eyes end of shutdown. Now what?

600 Paramount employees quit instead of returning to office full time

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

Government shutdown leaves mark on already-struggling economy, from lost paychecks to canceled flights

Economic Uncertainty: Oregon private companies adjust plans, ‘tread carefully’

Education News

More Oregon high schoolers taking AP exams, earning college credit

Energy & Environment News

New York approves controversial gas pipeline

China announces restrictions on chemicals after deal with Trump on fentanyl tariffs

Lawsuit alleges ‘political retribution’ in Trump energy project cancellations

Housing News

Trump’s 50-year-mortgage proposal highlights problems in housing market

50-year mortgages: What it could mean for homebuyers

Real estate mogul and media powerhouse: US becoming a nation of renters

Trump’s 50-year-mortgage proposal highlights problems in housing market

Health News

Obamacare could collapse under Trump’s new plan, policy experts say

ByHeart recalls all its baby formula amid botulism outbreak investigation

Senate Democrats demand answers on FDA abortion pill review

Baby formula distributed out of Oregon recalled as infant botulism outbreak grows

States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Oregon wildlife regulators again prevail against gravel mining on farmland

Transportation News

Duffy: Flight cuts will end ‘only when the data says we should’

Flight reductions increase to 6 percent on Tuesday

Here are the major airlines that have been worst hit by the government shutdown

Court Justice News

Order to fund SNAP overstepped judge’s power, DOJ argues to Supreme Court

Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end

Supreme Court decision on accepting mail-in ballots could affect Oregon’s elections system

International News

UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break

Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier arrives in Latin American region as tensions with Venezuela ramp up

Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region

National Campaign News

Newsom on shutdown deal: Democrats ‘still playing by the old rules of the game’

Newsom blasts Trump’s reported drilling plans

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement

Utah judge selects new House map that could help Democrats flip a seat

National Political News

GOP leaders are hopeful the legislation could pass Wednesday before it goes to President Trump to be signed

Speaker Johnson faces an unruly House as lawmakers return for shutdown vote

Trump slams “politically correct” politics in Veterans Day speech

Schumer faces mounting Dem calls to resign as leader

Republicans need Trump for the debate on Obamacare credits

Trump says “we can reform” SNAP

Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal

Trump-Greene rift underscores growing divide on populist right

Trump bristles as ‘affordability’ takes center stage 

Trump: 50-year mortgage ‘not a big deal’

Trump keeps historic meeting with Syria’s leader behind closed doors

Government Shutdown News

Senate passes package to end record government shutdown

Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

What’s in the Senate deal to reopen government?

Tariff/Trade News

Trump claims tariff “unwind” would cost $3 trillion

What to know about Trump’s pitch for a $2,000 tariff dividend

Trump proposes $2K tariff funds: Who could qualify?

Trump tariff dividends face legal, political roadblocks

Supreme Court questions Trump administration, Oregon in tariff case

Military/Defense

Air Force families at Florida base told to take Christmas decorations down

Joint Base Andrews illnesses reported after ‘suspicious package’ delivery

Opinion

McCarthyism Is Back. You Can Thank This Woman.

Those justices are not fools 

The VA’s disability evaluation is failing veterans

The mayor and the unhoused of Portland