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September 25, 2026
  • Kotek, Drazan share stage (taxes, Trump)
  • Data centers fight in tight House race
  • 2 officers injured in homeless camp
  • Cartoon: How Oregon blew $1.8B in hand-outs
  • 'Super El Nino' impacts on Oregon this winter
  • Oops! Bank scammer accidently called during KGW interview
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  • PDX coffee company backs out free cafe in Gaza
  • Auditor: Concerns Over Preschool for All Contracts
  • Central Oregon CC faculty vote for strike
  • Construction firm hired for Moda Center renovation
  • Could lawmakers remove test parental opt outs?
  • Drazan lays out her 2027 vision
  • Lawmakers could ban Flock cameras in 2027
  • Newcomer nabs another Portland high-rise
  • OR asks SNAP households for income verification
  • Portland finally approves Zenith fuel terminal transfer
  • Portland to deprioritize policing of psychedelic mushrooms
  • Post-pandemic student test scores inch upward
  • Readers Respond to Audit of PPS $61 Million Contract
  • Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America
  • Wyden to use power to keep Blazers in Portland?
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Half of City Council on the ballot
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    September 24, 2026
  • Portland: Major expansion of corporate tax?
  • Ed Dept. fails to track funding
  • Filmmaker: Manta ray and ex-Hell's Angels story
  • Media asks Merkley 4 super-fluff questions
  • First responders: Alarm over overdose calls
  • Leaked audit prompts PPS Chair recall
  • Complaint: Police chief broke law by denouncing councilor
  • Oregon student progress update
  • A City Campaign Finance Officer Lobbied Councilors
  • Columbia Pool demo highlights $759M parks backlog
  • Construction controversy at PPS referred to DOJ
  • Kotek issues AI safety executive order
  • Lars Larson: Eco-buses go bust
  • OR changes foster youth rules after losing case
  • Parents call for transparency, principal back in classroom — cocaine incident
  • Participatory budgeting on ballot in MultCo
  • Pittsburgh Housing Authority to Hire Home Forward CEO
  • Rep. Hoyle voted to protect fraud
  • Salem-Keizer Schools to slash $40M from budget
  • Street takeover crackdowns get boost — injuries, deaths and 12 homicides
  • Two candidates for ClackCo Sheriff
  • Weekends booming downtown but work traffic lags
  • What Divides the Portland City Council?