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December 18, 2025
  • Monique DeSpain: Val Hoyle has failed on public safety. I'll work to clean up her mess.
  • Audit: OHA bungled Measure 110
  • OR union calls for monthly Trump boycotts
  • Not everything in OR is getting pricier
  • HS Counselor faces investigations
  • How Kotek contributes to rampant welfare fraud
  • Portland forecasts another budget shortfall
  • GOP gov candidate faces ethics investigations
  • City Council Staff Seeks to Unionize
  • Developer: Portland Toxic to Real Estate Investors
  • Eugene SD prepares for $30 million in cuts
  • Feds may cut homeless grants in Portland
  • Firm That Sues Portland is Representing Councilors
  • Former Portland Police Chief leaving city
  • Lars: Want less floods? More electricity? — or more PC
  • Mental Health Talks Blow Past Deadlines
  • More than 10% of Congress won't return
  • MultCo Chair will not seek reelection
  • New bill would hike Oregon's lodging tax
  • Opera in the Park will expand in 2026
  • OR AG Rayfield holds Town Hall event
  • OR sues Trump over EV funds
  • Portland near top for Christmas celebrations
  • Rep. Elmer: On Measure 110 audit
  • Republicans silent on Greg Smith ethics
  • The Champions of a Coos Bay Shipping Port
  • Thompson Elk statue could return to Portland
    • December 17, 2025
  • Politicians bet $$ billions on terminal. Critics balk
  • Referendum halts car fee hikes yet some still going up Dec-31?
  • 98% of stolen benefits happen out of state
  • 21 Oregon political cartoons, memes of 2025
  • New bill hikes Oregon's lodging tax
  • Kotek appoints new Clackamas judge
  • ‘Punted down the road': PNW lawmakers await updated cost estimate for I-5 bridge project
  • Commissioner: Flawed data led to bad decisions in Preschool for All rollout
  • Kotek appoints Benton Co commissioner to lead task force on municipal solid waste
  • Oregon lawmakers urge DHS to inform public of any potential ICE expansions in state
  • Oregon prison health care changes underway
  • Rains help fill reservoirs, but warmer storms cause a snowpack deficit 
  • Angi Bailey reelected as Oregon Farm Bureau Federation President
  • Downtown Portland's ice rink won't open this year. Here's why
  • Law firm that often sues city over police is representing the 5 councilors in ethics case
  • New bus service reconnects rural Northeast Oregon after nearly a year
  • ODOT delays work on major Hwy 229 slide due to continued fears of instability 
  • State ethics commission votes to investigate Portland Peacock Caucus meeting
  • MacLaren youth will get access to library for first time in 5 years 
    • December 16, 2025
  • Disgraced politician still on the run
  • Able-bodied adults must work or lose food stamps
  • Prepare: 2026 Additional payroll tax withholding
  • Commissioner, Gov. candidate faces ethics investigation
  • Sen. Merkley's ultra-sanitized, Christmas-free greeting
  • Oregon Judge blocks state fines over SNAP
  • Costco contamination: salmonella
  • SNAP dispute shows perils of ambiguous writing
  • Opinion: The power of a plan  
  • Intel hires Trump aide
  • MultCo ponders resolution to solidify sanctuary status
  • Oregon Capitol gains gender neutral bathrooms
  • Oregon utility to review PGE plan over data center cost concerns
  • 100 year-old Portland Jewish artwork still unrepaired
  • Central Oregon buses to charge fares starting Feb. 1
  • Marion incinerator may be sold to Houston company
  • ‘Our worst fear' Oregon Coast residents brace for more rain
  • Meth head plows into famous Portland clock while fleeing cops