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March 09, 2026
  • Session ends: High-profile bills, controversy
  • Rep. Ed Diehl on lawsuit on referendum
  • Editorial: Legislators keep the gravy train rolling
  • Final update: Gas tax. Kicker. Death Tax. Google Tax
  • 25 cities with fastest-growing home prices
  • Abortion bill passes the legislature
  • ‘Lack of honesty, transparency' Oregon Freedom Coalition
  • Oregon's workweek hits lowest since 2010 . Layoffs push unemployment to 5.2%
  • 46 media groups urge Kotek HB 4177 veto (we agree)
  • Jackson Co organizations tackle food insecurity
  • Legislative Ag update 3/7/26
  • Wyden Announces March 14 Town Hall in Washington Co
  • Competing forecasts offer different views of what to expect from Oregon's spring weather
  • Portland could charge you a monthly fee to help fix its ‘deplorable' streets
  • See Willson Park and Waite Fountain before demolition work begins
  • Stayton voters will decide on funding measure for fire district in May
  • More Oregon students are choosing hands-on education.
  • Ongoing fisher research in S. Oregon now includes trapping and collaring bobcats
    • March 08, 2026
  • Editorial: Kotek needs to veto HB 4177
  • Iconic Oregon forest eyed for Trump logging
  • Oregon Iranian winemakers call for new era
  • State lowers the boom (again) on Robert Pamplin Jr.
  • +83% hotel tax for wildlife passes
  • Oregonians work fewest hours since 2010
  • Clock change problem -- deep divide on fix
  • (video) Portland man casually walks with fish on fire
  • Plan to improve Employment Dept. outlined
  • Lawmakers bipartisan deal to subsidize Moda Center
  • 200 Multnomah Co employees live in limbo
  • Grant Co court dissolves road service district
  • Why a high-profile manslaughter conviction was overturned
  • Estacada councilor arrested: Teen assault in his custody
  • Event honors Henry Sakamoto
  • Honoring submariners with SS Redside commissioning
  • Sunstone Way undergoes routine, but well-timed, investigation by Multnomah Co
  • Whales make splash during Whale Watch Week
  • ‘Green lab' helps Oregon officers recognize marijuana-impaired driving
  • Mediation between Klamath Falls City Schools District and union unsuccessful
  • PDX students could see shortened school year
    • March 07, 2026
  • 2025 session ends
  • Session closes: What you need to know
  • Session ends: Big budget issues
  • Kotek's bills pass. Here's what they'll do
  • Sen. Starr: Our results, our battles this Session
  • Newspapers urge Kotek to veto public meeting rewrite law
  • Financial wellness report shows people struggling
  • Bill to ban needle distribution near schools fails
  • Lawmakers: $365M Moda Center renovations
  • Lars Larson: Remote politician 5,500 miles away
  • Breese-Iverson's farm stand bill passes
  • Deadline: BLM plan to increase timber production
  • Fed judge rolls back hydro dam plans
  • Grassroots effort defeats controversial urban growth boundary expansion bill
  • Judge: BPA destroyed evidence after Fire
  • Oregon 250 Resolution honors economy as world's #1
  • Oregon sports betting fails to fully protect residents
  • Senate unanimously passes stripped-down gun bill modifying Measure 114
  • Judge blocks federal officers from using tear gas near Portland apartments
  • Portland Design Commission approves Lloyd Center redevelopment plan
  • Umatilla Co. commissioners declare drought