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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
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    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
    • May 13, 2026
  • 40% Portland residents consider moving.
  • Why did Kotek call candidate Dudley?
  • If petition passes, self-defense may be only way to kill animals
  • I-5 Bridge $$ analysis shows tolling impacts
  • Wyden: bill to block sale of Federal public lands
  • Deschutes candidate accused of illegal AI use
  • Anti-loitering noise devices spark backlash
  • 3 business news: rankings, education, data, jobs report
  • Diehl video: What makes him different
  • Hotly contested primary draws $$ from unions, Dem. establishment
  • Kotek issues drought emergency for 3 Oregon counties
  • Unique, historic national prayer event in DC on May 17th
  • Commission postpones vote on controversial Phoenix development
  • Increased patrols in Central Oregon as part of national seat belt blitz
  • Portland warns up to a third of newly added shelter beds could be eliminated
  • Small Doses: State agency all ears on Salem Health, Santiam deal
  • Lebanon School District announces cuts in face of reduced budget