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February 05, 2026
  • Oregon Motor Voter program updated (after 1K+ error)
  • Bill requires gender-neutral restroom signs
  • Nike: Fed probe into DEI discrimination
  • (hearing) $400M backdoor tax on business
  • (hearing today) Make it easier to sue business
  • (hearing) 83% hotel tax hike for wildlife
  • Dems eye blue wave to unseat Bentz
  • Portland Schools beg for state help — $50M shortfall
  • Battle over agritourism
  • Bill to approve self-driving Waymo cars
  • Bill would allow big changes to university system
  • Bill would fast-track renewable energy projects
  • Bill Would Reduce Funding for Medical Residencies
  • Corporate profits lessen state budget squeeze
  • Deschutes County sheriff race heats up
  • Drug Market Moves Into Apartment Building
  • Fed package includes $100 million for I-5 light rail
  • Judge restricts warrantless ICE arrests in OR
  • Lawmaker pushes tear gas ban
  • Lawsuit targets 6,000 acres of thinning in S. OR
  • Lloyd Center to close in 2026
  • MultCo Chair favors Blazers stadium funding
  • Portland finds additional $15 million for housing
  • Rep. Elmer: On the latest forecast
  • Salem-Keizer schools could axe 100+ jobs
    • February 04, 2026
  • No GOP governor since 1982. Could it change this year?
  • Amazon pulls ‘Melania' from LO theater.
  • Wyden faults Trump IRS on tax cheats
  • Rep. Dexter to visit detained Gresham family in Texas (measles)
  • City-owned Blazer arena seeks $600M bailout
  • Cities push back on state housing goals
  • Lawmakers eye doubling tax credits for tech, data centers
  • In farm-related Oregon policy, words matter
  • Legislative committee to hear from Oregonians on budget cuts
  • Legislature: How laws get passed
  • MultCo homelessness $$ drops 26%
  • Rep. Bentz: wildfire management, insurance rates
  • Wyden: Equifax's grip on Medicaid data risks Oregon's needy
  • (photo) Folly of anti-homeless fences
  • Canby explosion prompts Level 3 ‘Go Now' evacuations.
  • City-owned Blazer arena seeks half-billion bailout
  • Judge temporarily stops DHS using tear gas at Portland ICE facility
  • Pendleton City Council recommends SkyWest Charter for airport service
  • The Skanner ceases operation after 50 years
  • 99% school districts implemented a cell ban
    • February 03, 2026
  • Lawmakers agree to revenue deal
  • Dems plan: Reclaim $$ lost to Trump tax cut
  • Survey: sour on economy, state leaders
  • DeSpain 3x out-funds Rep. Hoyle! (rare feat)
  • Lawmakers: More industrial land, more data center tax breaks
  • Oregon lawmakers kick off even-year session amid budget and policy fights
  • Unemployment rate 5.2% — Highest rate in a decade
  • A Trillion Dollar Energy Law | HB2021: Watch John Charles on PDX Real
  • Early testimony blocked for Kicker bill. Now you can (please do)
  • Lars Larson: Politicians defend rioters to the extreme
  • $21M in hidden housing funds, councilor says Portland has done it again
  • 4 Dem. candidates vie for nomination in Oregon's 2nd District
  • Nurses union, Dems introduce bill to limit immigration enforcement at hospitals
  • Oregon lawmakers introduce bill to 'ban masked law enforcement,' require visible ID
  • Petition drive launched to repeal Oregon's new small watercraft permit fees
  • Video shows traffic stop and Border Patrol shooting
  • Dan Farrington runs for House #17
  • March 4 virtual town hall in Salem for Oregon veterans' issues
  • Sandy Transit focuses on curbing trafficking
  • “Ghost” physicians haunt medicaid registries in great number — OHSU study