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October 31, 2025
  • Feds demand Portland turn over protest data — 2014 DOJ consent decree
  • Wyden bill to end tariffs passes Senate
  • Police failed to protect ICE building — federal testimony
  • StopTheGasTax.com website launched
  • Renewables not enough to stop PNW blackouts
  • OR among the worst states to find a job
  • Protests catch residents in crossfire — chemical and more
  • USFS to changes NW Forest Plan
  • Clackamas Co declares food emergency
  • County Auditor Friction With Chair's Office
  • County criticizes Portland shelter expansion
  • Feds propose more public lands for grazing
  • Fired rowing coach sues OSU
  • Happy Valley woman accused of assulting fed
  • How a generation of COVID students is faring
  • Judge questions delay in removing Nat Guard
  • Lawmakers talk business, politics in forum
  • Library projects fell flat of recycling policies
  • NW Natural rate increase by more than 5%
  • Oregon Judge Finds a Hallucinogenic Citation
  • Portland to start enforcing camping ban
  • PPS Student Outcomes Fall Short
  • PPS weighs options with Jefferson HS
  • Rep. Reschke: 2 bad choices
  • State rep in Beaverton to retire
  • Town of Detroit relieved at DEQ change
  • Venture Portland Removes Executive Director
  • WA Dems propose income tax — on "higher earners"
    • October 30, 2025
  • Kotek sends $5M to food banks
  • Coyote grabs 9-year old in Portland
  • Journalist sued over pepper spray at ICE protest
  • The OTHER SIDE to journalist being pepper sprayed — it was self-defense
  • Rep. Hoyle votes for shutdown — yet her paycheck continues
  • MAP: SNAP participants by Oregon county
  • NG troops were at ICE building despite court ban
  • Portland Gets a Lesson in Tax Compression — courtesy of Big Pink
  • Portland councilors could target property owners — leasing to detention centers
  • PPD, PFR investigating fire at councilor's home
  • Rift on Portland City Council over NG troops
  • Blazers coach will not receive salary
  • Bulletin newspaper union pickets in Bend
  • Enrollment Dips Again at Portland Public Schools
  • Hillsboro teachers form neighborhood ICE watch
  • How to donate to those losing SNAP
  • Kotek Democrat backlash; Gas tax poll
  • Merkley calls for probe into NG deployment
  • OR lawmakers trade blame for SNAP
  • PacificSource to lay off hundreds of OR workers
  • PacWest Center Sells for $55.7 Million
  • PeaceHealth cuts 2.5% of PNW workforce
  • Portland's potholes get creative makeover
  • Powell's Books conducts 4th round of layoffs
  • PPS Forecasts $50 Million Budget Shortfall
  • Senators demand NBA records in betting probe
  • Stark St Bridge closes after semi-truck crash
  • TriMet owes Portland $7.5M for botched project
  • Vote No on McMinnville's $98M blank check
  • Wells Fargo to lay off more than 400 in OR
    • October 29, 2025
  • Why so many Oregonians rely on SNAP?
  • Dem Party responds to Drazan's entry
  • Oregon AG: Trump's SNAP pause is illegal
  • Poll: 82% oppose gas tax, 86% want to sign petition
  • Voters face decisions on fire, police and parks
  • Trial begins: Oregon, city fight Nat'l Guard deployment
  • Clatsop Co settles with employees from DA's office amid ongoing invest
  • MultCo taps rainy-day funds to keep hundreds out of crowded jail
  • Salmon hit more milestones
  • Voters have a week to get their ballots in
  • We sent gas tax bill to Kotek in Japan (to veto/sign) on her vanity tour
  • Wells Fargo layoff toll: 444 in Portland, Hillsboro and Salem
  • Rep Gomberg: A deep budget dive
  • New Salem police plan prioritizes efforts to cut shootings, traffic crashes
  • Portland Mayor Wilson defends tax increase for city parks
  • Redmond Council approves additional funding for east Redmond project
  • Reward of up to $1,000 for info on bull elk poachers south of Tri-Cities
  • Salem Council accepts $180k donation from businesses to fund police team
  • Handwritten threat prompts Wilsonville High School closure