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Oregon News

How to register to vote in Oregon while Motor Voter sign-ups are paused

Oregon among states suing TikTok, claiming it is addictive and harms kids’ mental health

Federal student aid arrives in time for fall classes at central Oregon prison

Oregon DMV Acknowledges Registering 302 Additional Voters Who Should Not Have Been on the Rolls

Wildfire News

Oregon wildfires: Smoke lingers, impacting air quality in Eugene, Bend

Oregon Political & Election News

Democratic candidate in key Oregon race for Congress hit with unproven claim she ignored sex assault allegations against a staffer

Bynum denies ethics complaint filed by former Democratic primary opponent staffer

 Metropolitan Portland News

Here’s who is running for Portland mayor in November

Multnomah County adds NW Natural to $52B lawsuit against fossil fuel companies

After delay, Multnomah County says its drug treatment center will open next week

SE Portland voters to choose between 30 City Council candidates saying nearly the same thing

Oregon Coast

Attorney General candidate Rayfield visits Coos Bay

Mussel harvesting, bay clamming and crabbing is open along the entire Oregon Coast

Willamette Valley Area

 How to meet all (or most of) the Benton County candidates at once

Albany teachers declare impasse, could a strike be in the future?

University of Oregon students, employees rally over repressed free expression

Southern Oregon

Disability rights group slams Grants Pass’s treatment of disabled homeless people

Jackson County voters have one week to register; Times coverage to begin

Medford School District wants feedback on cellphone rules for students

Two more Oregon locations ditch names with racist past

Business News

Mortgage rates have dropped. Should you refinance your home?

Federal Deficit Hit $1.8 Trillion for 2024, According to CBO

Transportation News

Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls

Health News

Oregon’s many mental health crises

Woman’s suicide after repeated 911 calls reveals gaps in Bend’s lauded crisis response system

Harris unveils plan to allow Medicare to cover in-home care

Education News

Data show that public school students are struggling, but a new poll suggests Oregon voters aren’t terribly concerned

Energy & Climate Change

Carbon dioxide pollution in the West could drop with expansion of electrical grid, report says

International News

‘The U.S. will stand with Israel,’ Ron Wyden reiterates on anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

Netanyahu says replacement for slain Hezbollah chief was killed

Netanyahu blocks defense minister’s U.S. trip to discuss possible Iran attack

National News

Hurricane Milton intensifies ‘explosively’ as it nears Florida

FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US

FEMA chief issues dire warning on hurricane disinformation

“You are going to die”: Tampa mayor warns against ignoring Milton evacuation orders

Elon Musk is piling onto all the hurricane disinformation, hampering relief efforts

National Political & Election News

Harris is pressed for more specifics in a wide-ranging interview with ’60 Minutes’

Woodward book reveals Trump’s calls with Putin and Biden’s private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu

Harris gets personal in media blitz, balks at breaking with Biden on policy

Republicans, Democrats united to kill Electoral College 55 years ago; filibuster kept it alive

Harris Allies Fear She Is Struggling to Reach Working-Class Voters

Harris, DeSantis trade barbs as Hurricane Milton bears down

‘Not a thing that comes to mind’ for Harris on what she would have done differently from Biden

Two abortion rulings could weigh into elections in Georgia, Texas

Analysis: Digging into FEMA spending claims on the campaign trail

House battleground polls show consistent voter concerns

Harris signals fight with Congress over agenda in ’60 Minutes’ interview

Harris moves toward center with talk of ‘commonsense solutions’

Opinion

The candidates’ response to Hurricane Helene tells voters all they need to know 

Harris refuses a second chance on Proposition 47

The left has a Soros problem, but not the one you think  

A fiscal compromise to get the federal debt under control