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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
    • February 08, 2026
  • Wyden supports ‘economic force' of Moda renovation
  • 47-foot whale washes ashore
  • One of our most iconic waterfalls is up for sale
  • Oregon's education workforce climbed while student enrollment slid
  • Kotek scrambles to stop Blazers exit (Her businesses bashing didn't help)
  • Sen. Anderson: Monday hearing, help affordable housing, on-site child care
  • Model City: Portland Journey From Symbol of Chic to Shabby
  • MultCo invests in new model to determine operating costs for Preschool for All
  • ODOT and DMV warn of new phishing text scam
  • Oregon's LUBGWMA efforts to expand with $2M in federal funds
  • Anti-ICE protest forms outside Mayor Wilson's home
  • Huge logjam blocks another popular Oregon river
  • Keizer unveils Oregon's first Gold Star Families Memorial
  • Salem Council to consider $200k social services fund, in part for families impacted by ICE 
  • See Oregon's biggest homeless camp (it's not in Portland)
  • St. Charles Bend offers free heart screenings for teens to prevent cardiac arrests
    • February 07, 2026
  • (red alert) Bill hearing for gas tax swap Monday. Please testify!
  • Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek among most unpopular governors. See ranking
  • Oregon senators introduce legislation to ban ICE from using facial recognition tech
  • Lars Larson: Oregon stops punishing adults for telling kids to skip school
  • Oregon's Death Tax: fair share or final penalty? State's most controversial levy
  • Will Oregon save its climate or destroy its economy?
  • Dexter denied entry to facility holding Oregon Family
  • Kotek bill would allow cities another growth boundary expansion for housing
  • Legislative ag update 2/7
  • OR Supreme Court ruling: More than 1,400 criminal cases dismissed statewide
  • Oregon advocates drop transgender rights ballot measure
  • Oregon House Republicans test rule barring political donations during session
  • Oregon livestock pregnancy check proposal reprised after veto
  • Poll: Oregonians optimism hits 20-year low
  • Public Safety vs. Public Health: Oregon needle exchange bill sparks heated debate
  • The truth on voter ID
  • Wyden's letter to CIA director
  • Somehow, Portland Is sitting on $106M in unspent housing dollars
  • Here's when Oregon athletes will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics