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‘Grieving for our democracy’: Oregon officials condemn attacks on Minnesota lawmakers

Oregon elected officials responded with shock and sadness Saturday to news that one Minnesota lawmaker was killed and ...

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Oregon kicker deal could fund wildfire fight, preserve some tax rebates

With time running out, lawmakers debate redirecting $1 billion to wildfire prevention while keeping rebates for low- and ...

Business

Opinion: The bottle bill, an Oregon gem

Oregon’s bottle bill, established in 1971 as the first in the U.S and the second worldwide, leads the ...

Environment

Trump signs law repealing tailpipe emission standards affecting 18 states

President Donald Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution Thursday that revokes California’s authority to set tailpipe emissions ...

Environment

Trump breaks historic Columbia River deal between U.S. government, tribes, Northwest states

In an order issued Thursday, Trump said he would withdraw the U.S. from a 2023 deal made with ...

Opinion

Readers Respond: Oregon Health Plan changes are ‘inhumane, terrifying, potential disaster’

Your Oregon News asked readers where they stand on proposed changes to the Oregon Health Plan, or Medicaid. ...

Bend

Bentz defends Republican tax and spending bill, despite costs and cuts impacting his district

Bentz voted to pass the bill despite past vows not to add to the national deficit, and representing ...

Business

Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department

At a committee hearing Tuesday, legislators aiming to create a politically viable transportation package were met with calls ...

Government

Second major protest against Trump planned across Oregon, nationwide

Thousands of Oregonians are expected to take part in a wave of protests on Saturday as part of ...

Business

Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek

‘We need to make sure that our health care providers and our delivery system stays local,’ the governor ...

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Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill

A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies ...

Education

Oregon ‘freedom to read’ library bill heads to governor’s desk

Senate Bill 1098 would prohibit schools and libraries from removing books on the basis of being by, or ...

Government

In major reversal, Kotek seeks return of fugitive suspected of targeting Asian Oregonians

It’s the second time in two weeks that Kotek has reversed course on an extradition decision in the ...

Government

Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned, clueless

Kevin Heatley, who led the park for just five months, resigned June 30 over concerns about staffing cuts ...

Business

British Columbia to Oregon nurses and doctors: ‘Come work for us’

New ad campaign in Washington, Oregon and California aims to lure health care workers to B.C. The Canadian ...

Government

Oregon to receive $66 million from Sackler family in national opioid settlement

Oregon AG says settlement holds companies responsible for role in opioid crisis   Oregon will receive $66 million ...

News

Lawmakers scrap provisions easing transmission lines on Oregon farmland

At the Oregon Farm Bureau’s urging, lawmakers have removed provisions easing the construction of transmission lines on farmland ...

Business

Bill to protect residential electricity customers from subsidizing data center demand moves forward

The POWER Act creates a separate rate class for data centers so their grid expansion and infrastructure needs ...

Local News

‘Get it done’: Advocates push Oregon lawmakers to fund services for victims of abuse

Legislation would maintain, supplement lost funding for domestic violence, sexual assault survivor programs Nonprofits that help survivors of ...

Government

Progressive Democrats unveil plan for transportation funding driven by doubling of gas tax

The latest package from Oregon Democrats would raise revenue for electric vehicles, buses, mass transit and bridges through ...