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January 30, 2026
  • 'National Shutdown' set for today
  • Dems must act fast to get tax on May ballot
  • Homelessness down nationally - not in Oregon
  • New forest plan to shape logging for decades
  • Now comes ballot title tricks (gas tax)
  • Nike's double minimum wage claim disputed
  • Graduation Rates Climb - Questions Remain
  • 84% reject plan to raid kicker refund - poll
  • Bill Seeks to Restrict ICE From OR Hospitals
  • Centralia coal plant shut down despite fed orders
  • Colton, Corbett close schools due to illness
  • Dems, GOP share priorities for short legislative session
  • Despite billions homeless up 35%
  • Lawmakers prepare for packed 2026 session
  • OR gold mine gets fed approval, awaits state permits
  • Portland to 'streamline' investigations of deadly force
  • PSU restructuring as budget shortfall widens
  • WA state senate passes ban on police masks
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': ICE, transportation and budget hole
    • January 29, 2026
  • Dems push back on immigration
  • Sec-State: Enough time to put gas tax on May ballot — barely
  • He called it the ‘worst job in Oregon politics.' — Now he has to do it
  • Only 2 groups submitted ballot initiatives
  • Lars: Insane things government subsidizes
  • SW Washington U.S. rep's office vandalized
  • ICE official confirms Newport detention center
  • Oregon lawmakers prepare for short session
  • (video) ICE riots break out in Eugene
  • Columbia, Breakside unveil beer made from bear poop
  • Employees: Rogue Ales owes wages after closure
  • Fewer immigrants seek OR health care benefits
  • ICE deaths spur more ‘No Kings' protests
  • Judge ends exemption to environmental review for logging
  • Liberal? Libertarian? How about Plowshare Conservative?
  • OHSU Behavioral Health Center Helps Few Patients
  • OPB's First Look: Harney County's water crisis
  • Open Letter by Councilors to Mayor over ICE
  • OR Republicans 2026 Legislative Priorities
  • Oregon implements new rules for crab fishers
  • Portland debates $21 million housing fund
  • Portland proposes ban on fois gras
  • Rose Festival to see major changes in 2026
    • January 28, 2026
  • Oregon lawmakers might once again debate the ‘kicker' tax rebate this year
  • Alert: Gas tax election swap, Kicker raid, sales tax!
  • Oregon adopts new emergency, disaster recovery plan
  • Oregon lawmakers pitch JOBS Act to boost manufacturing, unlock industrial land
  • Lars Larson: Judge backs Oregon's voter fraud system
  • Federal bill restores 75% timber revenue share for Oregon O&C counties
  • Grants Pass Resident enters House race, citing S. Oregon's absence in Salem
  • Greg Smith resigns from Columbia Development Authority
  • Montana telehealth firm ups the pressure on Gov. Tina Kotek
  • Oregon homelessness rises despite major shelter expansion
  • Oregon's population barely changes as WA adds more than 70K in 1-year period
  • 2 city councilors: Fight with feds over Portland ICE facility need ‘urgent action'
  • Central Oregon bus riders prepare for looming fare hike
  • Oregon hospitals fail in 2024 to meet national standards on preventable infections
  • Oregon Specialty Crop Block Grant Program now accepting applications
  • Reporter meets (8 Mo.) pregnant fentanyl addict. Sad story.
  • Snowpack raises alarms for Central Oregon farmers, ranchers
  • Rep. Bonamici: improve AI education
  • U. Oregon socialists demand abortion drugs on campus