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February 20, 2025
  • Union calls on Kotek to fire OR DHS director
  • Bill bars visitiation with kids for 'gun-abusing' parents
  • Police: Human traffickers arrested in Wilsonville
  • Rep. Helfrich announces he'll run for State Senate
  • State GOP Chair battle this weekend
  • Kotek: regulations to roll out with ‘more consistency'
  • Rep. Wright: 5 problems behind Wildfire Map fail
  • Portland: budget shortfall of $100M, admin talks cuts
  • Trump fires Oregon U.S. District Attorney
  • Lawmakers call on Dems to support responsible immigration
  • Bill seeks OHA involvement in Missing Indigenous People
  • Chavez-DeRemer grilled on union support
  • Former OLCC director sues over bourbon scandal
  • Jostling over Chavez-DeRemer nomination
  • Kotek, Drazan agree: mental health bill important
  • Multnomah Co Library racial discrimination settlement
  • OR BIPOC Caucus unveils 2025 legislative priorities
  • OR food banks are seeing historic levels of need
  • Oregon Dems tap a Republican to dig into road funding
  • Parents' Rights Gala 3/6 with Rachel Campos-Duffy
  • Payouts for wrongdoing grow; threaten OR insurance fund
  • Report Suggests OR Spend More on Education
  • Report: Fewer homeless left shelters in 2024
  • Restructuring Oregon's Death Tax Would Benefit the State
  • State health director takes side job at Stanford
  • State Reps Letter to Trump About Housing Funding Freeze
    • February 19, 2025
  • OHA to hire ex-DEI Feds amid Trump's pushback
  • Top House Dem admits motor voter, mass mail ballots invited cheating
  • Lawmakers ponder retail delivery fee
  • Ore. colleges respond to eliminating race-based programs
  • Report: Oregon workers feel unsafe in the workplace
  • Payroll tax scheme involving $177 M
  • Sticker shock! Oregon 3% surcharge on receipts
  • Oregon's U.S. attorney terminated by Trump administration
  • 3,000 Oregon Federal jobs might be cut
  • Former Oregon House GOP leader will run for Senate GOP leader's seat
  • Gas prices jump as seasonal switch to summer blend, refinery shuts down
  • Irrigator group wants more ‘teeth' for aquifer recharge proposal
  • New data: contaminated wells in Crook Co, but doesn't point to source
  • Oregon lawmakers seek to make utility bills more affordable, transparent
  • 65 acres of Hayden Island is up for conservation
  • Oregon snowpack thrives despite dry January, all basins over 100% of average levels
  • Colleges want $5M for ‘benefits navigators' who help students get food stamps
  • Oregon DOJ reports sharp increase in child ‘sextortion' tips
  • Sen. Bonham: Oregon's Policies Are Weakening Job Growth
    • February 18, 2025
  • GOP opposes wildfire hazard map as Kotek puts appeals referrals on pause
  • Congressional calls surge as Oregonians react to Trump presidency
  • Idaho and Oregon media ramp up Trump Derangement Syndrome
  • Oregon may exempt H-2A employers from unemployment tax
  • Editorial: Does the state need mandated percentage of state employed defenders?
  • Sen. Anderson: Land-use, housing,solutions
  • 5 take-down responses to protester signs
  • EV chargers still bound for Central Oregon amid funding freeze
  • Oregon NFIB on jobs report
  • Oregon union asking lawmakers to pass worker safety bills
  • Oregon, Washington Forest Service employees speak on layoffs
  • Protesters take to the streets on Presidents Day in Oregon
  • Public meetings scheduled for Northwest Forest Plan Amendment review
  • $500M water plant now $1.2B
  • McDaniel High School student announces bid for PPS Board
  • Oregon educators rally for special education funding reform at Salem hearing
  • West Linn police chief says department will abide by Oregon's sanctuary laws