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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 Monument
  • 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
    • February 06, 2026
  • Raiding climate fund to bail out Blazers?
  • PPS calls Legislature to stop cuts — Heated $$ Debate
  • Rally to disconnect from the fed tax code
  • 6 bad bills in 1 week (kicker, gas tax, biz tax, guns)
  • Kotek, 31 mayors call ICE to halt all enforcement
  • Back to court after Trump axes salmon deal
  • SB 1599 swaps gas tax vote — yet it's hidden from public
  • Activists demand Portland revoke ICE permit
  • Agency failed to spend preschool funds
  • Contentious Deschutes Co district map heads to voters
  • Five weeks, 260 bills: Short session underway
  • Lawmakers push to compensate wrongly convicted
  • Lloyd Center Has Celebrated Its Last Christmas
  • OR bill would block National Guard deployment
  • OR leaders demand halt to immigration enforcement
  • OR Supreme Court Limits Prosecution Time
  • Portland to investigate unspent funds
  • Revenue outlook is better than expected
  • School alert system for ICE activity?
  • WS Journal touts Oregon gas tax revolt
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Lawmakers begin session