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May 17, 2026
  • Oregon among nation's highest gas taxes -- it may get higher
  • Oregon seniors scammed at one of the highest rates
  • Downtown Portland on verge of a comeback?
  • Portland black faith leaders raise concerns over voting rights
  • 15 Gov't vehicles to remove 3 homeless
  • Drazan has 77% odds of winning
  • Airline offering TSA-free service
  • They want Kotek to fund a $24B train to Seattle?
  • Hillsboro rally targets planned data centers
  • Pickleball boom hits Oregon with massive new complex
  • Tribal leader: $50K prize for historic massacre site restoration
  • Historic highway reopens at Multnomah Falls, offering another route to waterfall
  • Prosper Portland repos Old Town buildings purchased by failed shoe startup
  • Springfield to weighs annexation, mental health regional strategy May 18
  • UO President Scholz says university needs $65M in budget cuts
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    May 16, 2026
  • Power players push Kotek on Cascadia Bullet Train
  • Oregon warns: SNAP homes need to complete interviews 6/1/26
  • SoS defends mail-in voting
  • What's driving overdose deaths decline?
  • Lars Larson: Maxine blames gas $$ on “Orange Man”
  • Oregon's housing supply increased only about 5% between 2020 and 2025
  • Governor, County side with locals against building a cemetery near Salem
  • Oregon DEQ approves temporary summer E15 gasoline sales
  • PeaceHealth fires top Oregon hospital executive, effective immediately
  • Ruling halts logging project in Southern Oregon
  • Central Oregon public lands enter Stage 1 fire restrictions Monday
  • East Portland residents voice frustration over proposed police cuts
  • Four-story affordable apartments planned for heart of Bend's west side
  • Gresham assures water is safe amid deluge of complaints
  • New Bend Recovery Center expands support for young adults
  • Troutdale weighs reviving city police department as sheriff's contract costs rise
  • PCC president resigns after tense tenure, staff strike — $261K severance package, $25K retention bonus
  • Delayed sentencing for Portland drug dealer is now under arrest again
  • Man with 166 arrests sentenced to life after exposing himself to mall employee
    • May 15, 2026
  • Governor poll: Bad news for Kotek?
  • Poll: Mayor's Blazer plan faces pushback
  • Marion Co. finds errors on ballots
  • Poll puts Drazan and Diehl within 3%
  • Kotek's Prosperity Council Suggests Tax Cuts, Reforms
  • Portland approves ICE demasking — certain to be sued
  • Wildfire survivors ask OR Supreme Ct. to take case
  • $75 million in climate money for Moda Center
  • Clackamas puts levy on ballot for sheriff's office
  • Councilors could face lawsuit over arts tax reforms
  • Lars: Multnomah liberals worried about taxes
  • LIST: Ballot drop box sites in the Portland metro
  • MAHA movement coming to school cafeterias
  • Merkley, Read address election security in primary
  • OPB's First Look: Homelessness policy in Pendleton
  • OPB: East of the Cascades, housing on the ballot
  • Oregon EV rebates shrinking
  • PDX mayor, council approval ratings 'lukewarm'
  • Politics, campaign cash underscore Salem city elections
  • Portland State faces $35 million deficit
  • Portland to slash upper management for public safety?
  • Sec-of-State should pledge to be nonpolitical
  • Sign the No Tax Claw back petition today!
  • Teacher strike looms in Woodburn