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March 19, 2025
  • Lawmakers push for stricter oversight of care facilities after tragic death
  • Oregon has one of the smallest population growth changes in the country
  • WA, OR AGs call for withdrawal of ‘dehumanizing' gender rule change for passports
  • Oregon Republicans introduce bill to repeal wildfire hazard map
  • Statewide ad campaign “Don't burn a billion!”
  • County sends data dump on homeless services to governor
  • Emergency Management Dept. activates coordination center for widespread flooding
  • HB 2548 is sweeping 1-size-fits-all farm mandate
  • HB 3166 voids political parties, forces rank voting, voters rejected 3X
  • MultCo. Confirms: short-term $$ to pay for long-term homeless services
  • Oregon DOJ acknowledges Frank Gable is innocent
  • Oregon nurses, doctors split on new workplace violence bill
  • SB 1023 No foreign adversaries owing land
  • 6 statewide budget town halls: Please share your thoughts
  • Committee proposes slashing Deschutes commissioner salaries by $50K
  • Editorial: Should Bend residents pay more so businesses pay less?
  • Enrollment projections spell t rouble for Portland public schools
  • Lawmakers unite to tackle alarming chronic absenteeism in schools
  • Ex-soldiers arrested for government theft, bribery
  • Local health clinic CEO resigns, set to lose license over sexual abuse allegations
    • March 18, 2025
  • Senate approves renewing tax
  • Kotek silent over Trump
  • Oregon hit 2013 goal: 3M EVs on road by 2025
  • Pundits ridiculed Oregon official's ‘turtle' pronoun
  • Government workers lay out new tax
  • Rep. reads explicit passage on House floor (Book ban bill)
  • OBI backs permit reform aimed at Oregon's housing crisis
  • Rep Drazan: Decency in our schools (SB1098)
  • Reduce health costs by stopping hidden fees
  • Tootie Smith: Appoint Shull to vacant Clackamas Board
  • Construction braces for higher $$ (tariffs, immigration reform)
  • Fed Court reinstates NLRB member Wilcox
  • New tests reveal more toxins, arsenic, in well water
  • Rep Diehl: HB 3918 fixes the permit backlog
  • Portland police stop attending councilors' town halls following concerns
  • More than $2.9M coming to Northeastern Oregon school districts
  • OSU trustees raise tuition rates and student fees 4.8% for 2025-26 year
  • Parent activist launches campaign for school board seat
  • The Oregon Reform Education Act introduced