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March 28, 2025
  • DOE: OR can't use waivers for undocumented immigrants
  • Complaint: Unruly public safety meeting
  • Portland considers 'social housing'
  • Property tax increase hearing (SB 712)
  • Anti-corporate control of health care bill advances
  • 12,000 tax forms had mistakes for 3rd year
  • Lawmakers consider student cellphone ban
  • City fights mayor's return-to-office mandate
  • State faulted for foster youth suicide
  • Sen. Bonham: Trump's logging order, an Oregon lifeline?
  • Amtrak Cascades now down to one train
  • County sewer CEO Hawaii trips on tax dime
  • Effects of ending pandemic-era health grants on OR
  • Funding blow for Eugene crisis intervention service
  • Lars Larson: Baseball stadium - foul ball for taxpayers
  • NW politician on the secret war plans group chat
  • Old Town residents furious with outreach group blocking roads
  • OR lawmakers ask Trump to reinstate USDA workers
  • OR records rise in 'Death With Dignity' prescriptions
  • OR, WA see unemployment rise in February
  • Patient death causes accreditation setback for state hospital
  • Pressure From Kotek to Close Primate Center
    • March 27, 2025
  • “Signalgate” Snares One of Oregon's Own
  • BLM rushes review of Oregon lithium project
  • Oregon: Trump's voting order to face challenges
  • OR Failed to Set Aside $$ for Legal Liabilities
  • Homeless lady quote perfectly verifies Portland failures
  • 2024 Class: Graduated With Poor Readiness
  • Interim St. Helens police chief accuses mayor of retaliation
  • All ideas merge into one mega-gun bill
  • Drink tax on soda, beer, water - HB 3940
  • 8% alcohol tax (2nd drink tax hearing in same week)
  • City Council Committee Spars Over Policy Process
  • Disaster prep advocates face pushback
  • Forest Park conservationists challenge PGE project
  • New bill adds pathway to increase doctors
  • ODFW removes elephant seal from beach for spring break
  • Portland weighs ban on using algorithms to set rents
  • PSU Reaches Tentative Agreement With Faculty Union
  • Push for special ed funding in $11B education budget
  • Sen. Nash: Fix for wolf compensation program
  • Senate passes SB 945, help for foster youth
  • Treasurer Steiner decries proposed Medicaid cuts
  • Trump ends covid funds for state health depts
  • Voluntary pay-by-mile program is 10 years old
    • March 26, 2025
  • Senate passes permanent standard time
  • Salem man faces Tesla arson charges
  • Auditor: Travel-food $$ looks ‘excessive and embarrassing,'
  • Backdoor tax on soda, beer, water (HB 3940 hearing)
  • Senate bans tenant discrimination over immigration status
  • Police chief files retaliation suit against mayor
  • Trump signs elections order requiring proof of citizenship
  • Rep. Sanchez pushes alcohol tax
  • House panel OKs first-time homebuyers bill
  • Homeless chief retires amid budget blowback
  • Ontario pursues millions to finish pool project
  • Affordable housing landlord sells 80 PDX homes
  • Fed investigation into PDX schools over transgender athlete complaint
  • House OKs Alyssa's Law to help school with panic alarms
  • School board election: Franko drops out, Gaffney switches
  • Taxpayers Assoc. simple testimony on income tax study bill