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February 12, 2025
  • Wyden: Bill to protect beaches
  • Kotek announces Artificial Intelligence Plan
  • School gym roof collapses from 700,000 lbs. of snow
  • House GOP letter to OSAA over transgender policy
  • Taxpayer Assc. Yes on SB 473. Protect officials from violence
  • Oregon senators call for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
  • Labor nominee Chavez-DeRemer will test the GOP's commitment to workers
  • Despite gender care lawsuits, Oregon hospitals still provide services
  • Oregon Legislature considers $10M for James Beard Public Market
  • Oregon VA director spreads help for veteran services
  • Rep Schaefer pushing to tighten the state's anti-revolving-door law
  • Sen. Bonham: SB 916 war on business
  • Curry Co considers using state of emergency to take over fed. forests management
  • Flu activity now highest in 15 years, at ‘very high' level
  • Salem Council to present voters with lower of 2 proposed property tax increases
  • Tax filing kiosks now open at Oregon Revenue office in Bend
  • Unfair insurance rates? Gresham man challenges Portland ZIP code issue
  • PPS superintendent floats school closure talks
  • Oregon lawsuit alleges LDS Church failed to intervene in child sex abuse case
    • February 11, 2025
  • Oregon ‘most frightening place to die' — nation's most expansive estate tax
  • Board rejects Kotek's opioid settlement plan
  • Rep. Drazan wants investigation of FTX $$ that defeated her
  • EV charger money on hold by Trump administration includes $52M in Oregon
  • 40% marriage fee hike to pay for rank choice voting (HB 3383)
  • 3,700 jobs lost, but +700 new gov‘t jobs?
  • Agencies extend comment period for Columbia River review re-do
  • Legislators to study harms of ‘forever chemicals' from treated sewage on farms
  • Nonprofit attorney: MultCo DA's comments about public DA's 'offensive and inaccurate'
  • Oregon bill would force hospitals to disclose strike worker pay
  • Oregon House GOP to modernize Sanctuary State Law
  • Small-business grants soon available in NE Oregon
  • Wyden sponsors bill to reinvest ski area fees in Oregon public lands
  • OR 131 will close for daytime emergency repairs starting Feb. 12
  • The number of affordable apartments at Splash got slashed
  • OHSU, Oregon research institutions stand to lose millions in proposed NIH funding cuts
  • We pay more for schools, yet test scores drop
  • Local ICE activity, sanctuary protections in OR and WA
    • February 10, 2025
  • Lawmakers: Benefits, risks of $$ tool for cash-strapped workers
  • Oregon bottom outcomes prompt school spending reckoning
  • Report: Oregon has too much marijuana
  • Kotek may not run again (Capitol rumor)
  • OHSU: NIH funding cuts would be “devasting”
  • ‘About 25%' of bills may become Oregon law
  • How Jackson Co. became a center for guest workers in forestry
  • HB 2442: citizenship proof before voter registration
  • Josephine Co sheriff walks tightrope between Fed. Law and state sanctuary
  • Oregon House Republicans slam status quo, share few specific fixes
  • Oregon may add T-bone steak to official symbols
  • Oregon PTA pushes back on data showing increased spending, no better results.
  • Statewide harm reduction program gets $5.1 million
  • Oregon City Blue Heron Mill fire fully contained, crews mop up hot spots
  • Security camera hidden in mailbox catches La Pine mail thieves in the act