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May 08, 2025
  • BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Neron appointed as Senator
  • Oregon arrests in national child sex sting
  • Bill increases housing construction
  • 21 students suspended, banned after UW protest
  • Lars: One of Kotek's “friends” in fed custody
  • Republicans push to sell public lands in the West
  • Big problems with the Oregon tech tax
  • City Council Rejects PGE Transmission Line Plan
  • OR AG sues to stop termination of EV funding
  • Take 1 question online poll on PSU protesters
  • Advocates urge bill for food benefits to immigrants
  • Chronic Absenteeism Fixed with Full School Weeks?
  • Coalition of homeless providers blasts shelter budgets
  • Councilor Proposes Stripping Tree Regulation Team
  • Fagan Seeks to Settle With the Ethics Commission
  • Incredible video: Car flees, rams light rail stop
  • Interstate Bridge tolling pushed back to 2027
  • Legacy Faces Unions Boosted by OHSU's Failed Bid
  • Mannix statement on massive Salem drug bust
  • Mayor unwavering on public safety in Portland budget
  • Merkley bill to stop presidents selling crypto
  • More allegations of sexual abuse at OR youth prison
  • Multnomah DA must pay $700K to whistleblower
  • OHSU and Legacy Health merger called off
  • Ombudsman's scathing report on Portland Fire
  • OR AG seeks pause on Trump tariffs amid lawsuit
  • Oregon Caves Chateau on most endangered list
  • Oregon ranks 12th worst for drugs
  • Parents Have Long Urged PPS to Commit to Retrofits
  • PCEF considers loan to Portland from climate fund
  • Pushback on Linfield University budget cuts
  • Should Portland Ban Backyard Beekeeping?
    • May 07, 2025
  • 'largest fentanyl bust' in DEA history
  • Rite Aid trouble: 50 Oregon stores at risk
  • OPB responds to Trump ending $$ for NPR
  • Oregon sues Coinbase
  • Stop both Uber tax and Facebook tax
  • Bills to regulate private utilities at a standstill
  • DA vows accountability for PSU protest arrests
  • AG sues RFK Jr. to keep public health programs
  • REAL ID deadline is Wednesday. Here's everything to know
  • Trouble brews for Mayor's $8B Portland budget
  • Lars Larson: More Oregon corruption
  • Multnomah created planning team then paid $250K to outsource it
  • Portland Mayor to slash parks, permitting to balance budget
  • Portland bureaus escape cuts, actually gain employees
  • Parent Advocates Urged PPS to Commit $$ to Retrofits
  • Rep. Wright: SB 1098 = bad book bill for kids
  • Sen. Merkley Central Oregon town halls May 10
  • State partners with insurance to help homeowner wildfire prevention
    • May 06, 2025
  • Bill to tax tech to pay for local news advances
  • Judge blocks grazing on 22,000 acres
  • Firm buys 7 big-name Portland radio stations
  • 5 arrested at PSU Riley Gaines event
  • Oregon “dust bowl children”
  • UofP strips Pamplin name from business school
  • State's largest privately owned employer jumps county line
  • Portland firm suspends message app after Trump hack
  • SB 1154: adding more complexity to water issues
  • Newark airport scare. Lessons for Oregon
  • Legislature bans firefighting foam with PFAS
  • OHSU and Legacy call off planned merger
  • Report underscores $$ challenges facing hospitals
  • Portland Mayor proposes layoffs, revenue increases
  • Antisemitic vandalism at SO University
  • Ehlers-Danilo's syndromes awareness month bill
  • 2-yr old nearly dies from fentanyl