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May 16, 2026
  • Oregon SoS says state is ‘going to defend' mail-in voting as Election Day approaches
  • Portland power players lean on Kotek panel to back Cascadia Bullet Train
  • Oregon's housing supply increased only about 5% between 2020 and 2025
  • What's driving Oregon's decline in overdose deaths?
  • Lars Larson: Maxine blames Oregon gas prices on the “Orange Man”
  • Governor, County side with locals against building a cemetery near Salem
  • Oregon DEQ approves temporary summer E15 gasoline sales
  • Oregon warns all SNAP households will need to complete interviews starting June 1
  • PeaceHealth fires top Oregon hospital executive, effective immediately
  • Ruling halts logging project in Southern Oregon
  • Central Oregon public lands enter Stage 1 fire restrictions Monday
  • East Portland residents voice frustration over proposed police cuts
  • Four-story affordable apartments planned for heart of Bend's west side
  • Gresham assures water is safe amid deluge of complaints
  • New Bend Recovery Center expands support for young adults
  • Troutdale weighs reviving city police department as sheriff's contract costs rise
  • PCC president resigns after tense tenure, staff strike — $261K severance package, $25K retention bonus
  • Delayed sentencing for Portland drug dealer is now under arrest again
  • Man with 166 arrests sentenced to life after exposing himself to mall employee
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    May 15, 2026
  • Governor poll: Bad news for Kotek?
  • Poll: Mayor's Blazer plan faces pushback
  • Marion Co. finds errors on ballots
  • Poll puts Drazan and Diehl within 3%
  • Kotek's Prosperity Council Suggests Tax Cuts, Reforms
  • Portland approves ICE demasking — certain to be sued
  • Wildfire survivors ask OR Supreme Ct. to take case
  • $75 million in climate money for Moda Center
  • Clackamas puts levy on ballot for sheriff's office
  • Councilors could face lawsuit over arts tax reforms
  • Lars: Multnomah liberals worried about taxes
  • LIST: Ballot drop box sites in the Portland metro
  • MAHA movement coming to school cafeterias
  • Merkley, Read address election security in primary
  • OPB's First Look: Homelessness policy in Pendleton
  • OPB: East of the Cascades, housing on the ballot
  • Oregon EV rebates shrinking
  • PDX mayor, council approval ratings 'lukewarm'
  • Politics, campaign cash underscore Salem city elections
  • Portland State faces $35 million deficit
  • Portland to slash upper management for public safety?
  • Sec-of-State should pledge to be nonpolitical
  • Sign the No Tax Claw back petition today!
  • Teacher strike looms in Woodburn
    • May 14, 2026
  • 2 views of Oregon's economy
  • Alarming number of grand jury refusals in Tillamook
  • Sauna vs. Multnomah wood burning law
  • Oregon enables students to skip state tests
  • Lars: Multnomah liberals worried about taxes
  • BOLI reviewing unlawful AI use
  • Former timber town faces extreme debt
  • Metro threatens lawsuit if Council changes Arts Tax
  • Bad assumptions may worsen PPS budget
  • Communities say plan for fish could harm drinking water
  • Court Paves Way for County Ban on Flavored Tobacco
  • DA races go uncontested for the first time in decades
  • Deschutes Co races bring in over $1M in fundraising
  • Deserted factory now a homeless kingdom (video)
  • Murmurs: Jason Lee Elementary Renamed ‘Sunrise'
  • OPB's First Look: foster care abuse at its peak
  • Oregon postal worker caught stealing mail
  • Portland Metro Chamber threatens to sue over arts tax
  • Portland to close 450 shelter beds — as homelessness rises
  • Prosper Portland reclaims Old Town properties
  • Wilson joins fight for Equal Rights Amendment
  • ‘Lower taxes': Ed Diehl wants your vote