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February 11, 2026
  • Editorial: Are state leaders getting this picture? 
  • Which city spends most on homeless? (answer is unsatisfying)
  • Sweeping school funding idea runs into buzzsaw of opposition
  • Hell week #2: Kicker, Biz tax, gas tax, Google tax
  • Bill adds public safety workers to more generous PERS tier
  • Here's how much Oregon's congressional delegation raised at the end of 2025
  • Lars Larson: Oregon "representative" government ignores the voices of the people
  • (Bill hearing) SB 1581 free school breakfast
  • AG settlement with Lannett and Bausch $17M
  • House passes bill to revisit 'rigid' rules for Oregon animal rescues
  • Lawmakers weigh Kotek plan to expand city growth boundaries for affordable homes
  • Man planned to kill, behead ICE agents, use separatist outfit to start civil war
  • Oregon House committee passes bill designed to curb high-interest lending
  • Oregon housing bill tries to reduce rental barriers for older adults
  • Oregon leaders need to act now to streamline health care, group says
  • Public hearing set for Wednesday on bill to fund $600M Moda Center renovation
  • SB 1541 punishes energy companies with new tax power
  • SB 1549 expands Political Tax Credit to $1,000, (bill hearing)
  • Visit Bend opens applications for $300K arts and culture grants
    • February 10, 2026
  • Thousands submit testimony against moving gas tax vote
  • Dems' bill ends 3 Trump tax breaks
  • Bill: Penalties for threatening public officials
  • Lawmakers: $600M Moda Center renovation
  • Oregon PERS, PGE and big halftime show
  • Lawmakers debate May vs. Nov. ballot for gas tax vote
  • Lars: Oregon stops punishing adults for telling kids to skip school
  • $311M tax moves to Senate floor vote
  • Highlights from gas tax hearing
  • International migration sustaining Oregon's population growth, new estimates
  • Minutes before hearing gas tax bill not listed
  • Union calls on Congress to deny DHS $$ hike for ICE
  • Brim-Edwards declares candidacy for Multnomah Co. chair
  • Guaranteed income program launches for pregnant families in MultCo
  • Oregon athletes face backlash after political remarks at Olympics
  • Portland's 20 largest office buildings have lost $2B in market value since 2019
  • OHSU could turn controversial Hillsboro primate research center into sanctuary
    • February 09, 2026
  • Potential con: Disconnecting from ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
  • Democrats call for climate superfund
  • (hearing today) Gas tax vote switch. Please testify.
  • Lawmakers consider raising retirement benefits
  • Legislature sets business up for another hit
  • 3rd Oregon train derailment in 18 days
  • Corvallis, Albany mayors don't join other mayors in anti-ICE letter
  • State gets $250M tax revenue boost. Still cry broke!
  • Students' futures caught in a crisis of time
  • Measure 114 bill raises permit fees, pushes date to 2028
  • Official says change to timber receipts won't help Lane Co's budget 
  • SB 1526 creates taxpayer-funded nonprofit for Net Zero projects
  • Chris Dudley on his new Oregon gubernatorial run
  • Home physically moving this spring? Warning signs
  • PeaceHealth to replace local emergency room doctors with out-of-state ApolloMD
  • Warm Springs tribes receive $1M state grant for solar and battery systems