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Capital Chatter: 5 things we learned about Oregon’s transportation funding
Oregonians got their say this week on the Legislature’s just-released transportation package. Among the things we learned from ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Jessica Ventura will join the Oregon Department of Human Services on July 1 as director of the Office ...
Government
Commerce secretary promises broadband funding by end of year
Service providers protest further federal delays The federal government intends to award funding to all rural broadband expansion ...
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Capital Chatter: Legislature heading toward a bumpy ending
Rep. Mark Owens uttered a dire prediction as the 2025 Oregon Legislature entered its final four weeks. “I’m ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Troy Britting is the new superintendent of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn after filling the position on ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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‘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 ...