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May 12, 2026
  • Rival-turned-adviser hints Kotek's council to chip at CAT tax
  • Fortune: Dems genius idea to raise gas tax before midterms
  • Leaders weigh in on Trump's gas tax holiday
  • Lars: Kotek tries to buy election with $300M
  • Oregonians push for universal childcare ($20,000 cost)
  • Bynum outraised all other Oregon candidates for Congress
  • Senators introduce Public Lands Integrity Act
  • Oregon #4 highest gas price (no on 120)
  • Oregon logistics projects strategy: ‘wing it'!
  • 2 GOP vie for coastal seat HD #9
  • AG: More $$ for antitrust enforcement
  • David Brock Smith debuts veteran video
  • Drazan ready for Gov. rematch
  • Rep. Helfrich: Oregon tried more spending. Here's the results.
  • Annual campfire restrictions to start on BLM rivers in Central Oregon
  • Baker City to withdraw from county agreement on lodging tax
  • Portland passes street fee
  • Portland poll: fastest growing concerns for voters
  • Reynolds teachers union seeks ‘state of emergency'
  • Shock poll: 59% Portlanders dislike Kotek.
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    May 11, 2026
  • Poll: Kotek's popularity craters in Portland — GOP opening?
  • Drivers debate gas tax hike as prices spike
  • Giving farmers a greater say on water
  • Will HWY 26 infamous ‘Bump' ever go away?
  • MAC bomber was liberal union organizer
  • Oregon center of digital stalking laws
  • Large fire reported in Prineville
  • Oregonians fall for scams more than average.
  • Metro's War on Cars
  • GOP Gov. candidates on immigration
  • Candidate encounters porcupine
  • Floating solar project signals new economic direction for S Oregon agriculture
  • Oregon's most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point
  • Data center applications surge before deadline
  • Fact-checking Hillsboro Mayor Pace's data center defense
  • Salem city races are expensive. Here's who's writing the checks
  • Lane CC proposes ‘really tight' budget that cuts two programs, 23 jobs
  • Powerful lawmakers say they don't anticipate tapping education stability fund
    • May 10, 2026
  • ‘Nowhere near a done deal': PDX leaders buck pressure as clock ticks on Moda Center
  • Oregon teachers protest Nike over tax breaks, factory wages
  • Elon Musk was in Oregon this week: Here's why
  • New funding will kickstart internet infrastructure in rural Oregon
  • Lars Larson: Why Oregon sees no threat in 86 4 47
  • Defending Diehl from anonymous, fraud hit ads (was it Kotek?)
  • Meet the Republican candidates for Oregon's 4th Congressional District
  • Minnix issues cease-and-desist demand to Diehl Campaign
  • Morrow Co Commissioner Position 2 candidates discuss priorities
  • Multnomah County judicial candidates raise nearly $700,000
  • New Oregon law will compel AI chatbots to connect suicidal users to real life help
  • Oregon's only Republican congressman faces two challengers in the primary
  • Shakedown: Diverting Clean Energy $$ to Blazers
  • Firefighters hold Pine Mountain Fire at 2,866 acres, containment remains at 25%
  • Portland City Council questions shelter oversight, faces serious allegations
  • Portland demands more information about Urban Alchemy contract oversight
  • Oregon's two top budget writers faced a crowd of frustrated school advocates
  • Umatilla Co. students donate more than $65K to nonprofits