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October 31, 2026
  • GOP leans into ‘ballot harvesting'
  • Bloomberg: Taxes, lost jobs help GOP loosen liberal grip
  • Daimler closes truck plant; Lays off 375
  • Lars Larson: Alaska Senate scandal has ties to NW
  • Oregon among nation's stongest gun laws -- some want more
  • Bend teacher hero speaks for first time!
  • Millions into online schools with no results
  • DOJ again warns election staff of potential prosecution
  • Brad Hicks (SD#3) fix the school day slump
  • Farm, business revive claims against climate program
  • KATU Christine Drazan full interview
  • Flu vaccination rates for Oregon healthcare workers fell to 52%
  • Former OHA head skipped report warning long-term seclusions at State Hospital
  • Public Safety leader was fired from 2recent, high-profile jobs
  • Regulatory Ag Update 10/30
  • 3 dead, after helicopters collide near Mac airport
  • Study: Oregon students get 3. weeks less instructional time than US average
  • Inside the University of Oregon's plan to save $65 million a year
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    October 30, 2026
  • School forced kids duct tape mouths
  • Alex Stein removed from Portland City Hall
  • Oregon gas bills are going up Saturday
  • Drazan gets $5M boost (out raises Kotek)
  • Columbia Sportswear to give away doomsday bunker
  • Rep. Mannix: Time to cut death tax
  • 26 groups push back on PPS school closure proposals
  • 44 charged in Portland human trafficking mission
  • AFSCME declares ‘no confidence' in MultCo officials
  • City's New Public Safety Leader History of Firings
  • Cramer's ambitious Homelessness Transparency Act
  • Critics question mass timber partnership with the Port
  • Drazan, Kotek draw millions from allies
  • Ex-Metro President lands political job at City Hall
  • Hackers dox more than 40,000 DHS employees
  • House races to watch in the 2026 midterms
  • Longview paper mill fined $77K for violations
  • OPB Politics Now: Oregon Democrats' supermajority?
  • Prosaic reasons behind school closures
  • Reynolds School District seeks $162.5M bond
  • SW WA congresswoman bill to block oil imports
  • U of O to axe some postgraduate programs?
  • WashCo commission races test progressive strength
    • October 29, 2026
  • Medicine Wheel dumping homeless in Portland? — using Medicaid funding
  • Linn, Benton counties see higher early voting
  • 2026 Campaign Mailer Awards
  • Business group pushes to open Oregon land
  • Measure #26-267's anonymous donors
  • Emergency Drop Boxes Lagged Behind Ballots
  • Fed surge: dozens of Portland indictments
  • Fiber, broadband projects on hold — Kotek data center order
  • $16M recovered in OR COVID-19 fraud crackdown
  • Bynum and Adair face off for 5th District
  • Candidates for Portland City Council District 4
  • Cazares Asked OLCC to Remove Her From Licenses
  • Concealed firearms banned from Portland buildings
  • Corvallis to vote on resizing City Council
  • Former student sues Evergreen Public Schools
  • Fudge aims to help boost student tests scores
  • Lars Larson: Hotel fire sale
  • One-on-one with Port Portland Director — Start acting like grownups
  • OPUC approves natural gas rate hike
  • OR is hundreds of millions short in Medicaid funding
  • Readers respond: Oregonians should clean house
  • Roseburg to close elementary school
  • Stroh says SROs can make schools safe
  • Umatilla declares emergency over data center moratorium
  • Washington County passes data center resolution
  • Washington Secretary of State rejects DOJ voter list
  • What Kotek, Drazan would change first if elected