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May 16, 2025
  • Jobless rate highest since 2021
  • Oregon has 4th highest nonmedical vaccine exemption rate
  • Police raid Oregon safari park.
  • Senate meeting: LUBGWMA called ‘sacrifice zone'
  • Kicker refund to shrink, taxes to rise
  • Kotek testifies for controversial foster chil bill
  • Ex-DOJ attorney blasts Purdue deal
  • Public defense backlog even as public defenders grow
  • Leader ‘vacuum' threatens State Hospital
  • OLCC Dir. hired to fix scandal retires
  • Rep. Diehl: Major relief for business on advanced clean truck rule
  • State's biggest business building for sale (sad story)
  • Feds put Portland's Gus Solomon Courthouse up for sale
  • Residents see largest water rate hike in a decade
  • Tuberculosis case confirmed at Portland middle school
  • State commissioned study without weighing funding against accountability
  • Trucking school linked to bribery scheme suspended
  • Oregon historic drug kingpin = 2X deported over 15 years
    • May 15, 2025
  • Budget outlook slashed 'kicker' tax refund reduced
  • Councilor erupts over homeless $$, layoffs
  • Paying to reunite children with Trump deportees
  • CA cuts non-citizen aid, while Oregon boosts it
  • $500 million less, economic uncertainty reigns
  • OHSU Paid Lawyers $5.8 Million in Failed Merger
  • State Policy Stands in the Way of a Major Housing Expansion
  • 30-yr beloved outdoor shop closes.
  • Addiction experts raise alarm about cannabis use among Oregon's youth
  • Business lobby group lays out data on tariff harm
  • Oregon's mental health needs outweigh its ability to provide services
  • Years-old homeless encampment at Delta Sandy River Park to be shut down
  • Multnomah County issues new rule to limit giving out tents to homeless
  • ‘Vulnerable people' in jeopardy due to Multnomah County budget cuts
  • Portlanders make their voices heard on looming Multnomah County budget cuts
  • The push to bring ferry service to Portland is on its last legs
  • Phil Knight reportedly out as Trail Blazers buyer
    • May 14, 2025
  • New law bans employers from asking applicants' age
  • GOP plan forces states to pay for portion of SNAP benefits
  • $1 billion-a-year Portland infrastructure crisis
  • Kotek comes out of hiding
  • Molalla Councilor arrested, multiple felony theft charges
  • DA finds ally with powerful county chair
  • Other states lure Oregon businesses away. Study says it's working
  • Oregon among states suing Trump admin over conditions placed on federal funds
  • Shift Police & Fire overtime $$ into set-aside fund
  • Mayor's budget: balancing law enforcement ‘equation'
  • Liberal postcard decries too much politics in schools
  • Trail Blazers hitting the market
  • Man accused in Beaverton road rage crash indicted for attempted murder
  • Lawmaker wants Oregonians to have more time to fight media errors
  • Audit shows a billion in accounting errors
  • Oregon will finally exit the dog-racing business