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Oregon Political News

3 takeaways from landmark report on Oregon’s housing crisis

Oregon will be the first state to make affordable health care a constitutional right

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland Business Alliance bankrolled charter ballot measure opponents in final days of losing campaign, records show

Thousands of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s texts were missing for years

Judge dismisses Portland clean energy executive’s lawsuit over city’s rescinded $12M contract

Climate change is making us sick. Here’s how OHSU, PSU are responding

Wheeler to reshuffle bureaus to City Council members

Mayor Likely to Get Funding Boost for Campsites As He Eyes Seven Locations

Not All the Winners and Losers of Oregon’s Election Were on the Ballot

Next Renewable, the Controversial Diesel Refinery on the Columbia, Gets $37.5 Million Commitment From United Airlines

Albany/Corvallis Area

Homelessness finds home in $100M Benton justice bond

Roseburg Area

‘The wheels on the bus’ in Glide travel hundreds of miles every day

Freedom Foundation to help Douglas County residents get out of union contracts

Medford Area

Talent mayor race still up in the air

Water deal good for Butte Creek Mill and salmon 

Mt. Ashland Ski Area has new leader

Klamath Falls Area

Moore Park Playground dream becoming reality in summer 2023

Southern Oregon Coast

Engelke extends lead in North Bend mayor’s race

Taylor inches ahead in commissioner’s race

Mussel harvesting reopens coastwide in Oregon

International News

Biden: ‘Unlikely’ missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia, pending investigation

National News

Mormon Church will back federal proposal to safeguard same-sex marriages

Mike Pence memoir says time as Donald Trump’s loyal VP ‘did not end well’

GOP acrimony spills over at heated Senate lunch

McCarthy wins GOP vote for Speakership handily over right-wing challenge

$600M returned to airline passengers under new federal rules on cancellations

National Election News

Trump 2024: Former president is running for another term

Republicans divided as Trump kicks off 2024 bid

Democrats fire back as Trump announces presidential bid

Environment / Energy News

Why megastorms will become more common, according to science

Opinion

Central/Eastern Oregon

Pastures of plenty: Navigating the storm of cancer treatment

Our view: Exploring Oregon’s great electoral divide

Southern Oregon Coast

Guest Column: Major Medicare Disfiguration Has Started. Are We Ready? For What?