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March 31, 2025
  • New bill proposes repealing vote-by-mail in Oregon, public invited to testify
  • Trump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatment
  • Stop the “kill petition bill” SJR 30 — Call today
  • A personal point of privilege: The Quiet Thinning of the Legislative Herd
  • Problems with big baseball bill SB110 — Hearing today
  • Response to OHA report — 8% increase in assisted suicide prescriptions
  • As Oregon ages, tax revenue may shrink
  • BLM seeking public comment for S. E. Oregon lithium-drilling project
  • Garbage company, gravel mine among those fined by DEQ in February
  • Key OBI competitiveness villa advances to house floor
  • City of Pendleton increases water, sewer rates April 1
  • North Bend & Coos Bay bring back community cleanup event after five-year hiatus
  • Oregon cities urge property tax reform amid budget crisis
  • Residents rally against proposed closure of St. Johns Community Center
  • Where Salem ranks in list of best US state capitals to live in 2025
  • U of O, faculty union pauses strike after reaching tentative agreement
  • Protesters smash hotel for daring to call cops
  • Ringleader in Portland burglary spree sentenced to 9yr in prison
  • Smelt poachers caught with over a ton of fish during one-day season
    • March 30, 2025
  • Mass firing: Sen. Hatfield's Peace Institute
  • Ready for underwater power line in Columbia River?
  • Skyrocketing wildfire insurance rates
  • Rep Yunker: Discriminatory education bills not legal
  • UPS announces local layoffs
  • Kotek declares flood emergency
  • State review of OHSU takeover of Legacy Health
  • Clean Water Services reels from scandalous reports
  • Sen. Brock Smith: OMNI-Gun bill won't reduce gun deaths
  • Forest Park conservationists challenge PGE project approval
  • Oregon Dem Rep scrambles to clarify post that RFK Jr. is ‘not wrong'
  • Oregon fire crews 'happy to return favor' to North Carolina
  • People using Death With Dignity Act declines
  • Protests targeting federal government actions erupt across the PNW
  • Judge slams brakes on city's homeless crackdown, halting ban on encampments
  • Man who escaped Tacoma ICE facility caught in Beaverton
  • SJR 30 shuts down your petition rights
    • March 29, 2025
  • SJR 30 shuts down your petition rights!!!
  • Kotek stays out of Ag Board fight
  • State expands critical fish habitat map
  • Bill reignites long-running OR-WA bypass battle
  • Kotek urges shut down of OHSU research center
  • Feds look to fast-track lithium mining exploration in SE Oregon
  • Editorial: OPB report on Portland public employees working from home
  • Editorial: Proposed new tax on beer and wine could rise to 8%
  • Rep. Reschke: Starbase $$ restored in Congress
  • Entire state of Oregon drought-free for first time in years
  • Gun bill to raise possession age to 21, establish 72-hour wait splits lawmakers
  • Legislative Ag update
  • NFIB: The PAID Act
  • OHA sees $117M in abrupt federal funding cuts
  • Ore. H-2A unemployment tax relief proposal dies in committee
  • Oregon bill would again allow out-of-state place for foster children
  • Oregon transit agencies warn lawmakers of service cuts without a funding hike
  • Protest against Old Town hotel owner turns violent
  • Street propaganda #7: Knocking Capitalism
  • Lawmakers push for cell phone restrictions in Oregon schools