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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
    • February 05, 2026
  • Oregon Motor Voter program updated (after 1K+ error)
  • Bill requires gender-neutral restroom signs
  • Nike: Fed probe into DEI discrimination
  • (hearing) $400M backdoor tax on business
  • (hearing today) Make it easier to sue business
  • (hearing) 83% hotel tax hike for wildlife
  • Dems eye blue wave to unseat Bentz
  • Portland Schools beg for state help — $50M shortfall
  • Battle over agritourism
  • Bill to approve self-driving Waymo cars
  • Bill would allow big changes to university system
  • Bill would fast-track renewable energy projects
  • Bill Would Reduce Funding for Medical Residencies
  • Corporate profits lessen state budget squeeze
  • Deschutes County sheriff race heats up
  • Drug Market Moves Into Apartment Building
  • Fed package includes $100 million for I-5 light rail
  • Judge restricts warrantless ICE arrests in OR
  • Lawmaker pushes tear gas ban
  • Lawsuit targets 6,000 acres of thinning in S. OR
  • Lloyd Center to close in 2026
  • MultCo Chair favors Blazers stadium funding
  • Portland finds additional $15 million for housing
  • Rep. Elmer: On the latest forecast
  • Salem-Keizer schools could axe 100+ jobs
    • February 04, 2026
  • No GOP governor since 1982. Could it change this year?
  • Amazon pulls ‘Melania' from LO theater.
  • Wyden faults Trump IRS on tax cheats
  • Rep. Dexter to visit detained Gresham family in Texas (measles)
  • City-owned Blazer arena seeks $600M bailout
  • Cities push back on state housing goals
  • Lawmakers eye doubling tax credits for tech, data centers
  • In farm-related Oregon policy, words matter
  • Legislative committee to hear from Oregonians on budget cuts
  • Legislature: How laws get passed
  • MultCo homelessness $$ drops 26%
  • Rep. Bentz: wildfire management, insurance rates
  • Wyden: Equifax's grip on Medicaid data risks Oregon's needy
  • (photo) Folly of anti-homeless fences
  • Canby explosion prompts Level 3 ‘Go Now' evacuations.
  • City-owned Blazer arena seeks half-billion bailout
  • Judge temporarily stops DHS using tear gas at Portland ICE facility
  • Pendleton City Council recommends SkyWest Charter for airport service
  • The Skanner ceases operation after 50 years
  • 99% school districts implemented a cell ban