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June 28, 2025
  • 2138 ‘middle housing' bill passes Legislature
  • Session ends, ODOT job cuts imminent
  • OHSU selects president after nationwide search
  • BLM to hold July 2025 geothermal lease sale
  • Local tribes celebrate sacred food source
  • Session ends with no funding for transportation
  • Police officer found justified in shooting
    • June 27, 2025
  • Dem scramble over transportation package
  • Gun control bill passes House — bans bump stocks, guns in buildings
  • State Hospital provides patients with sex toys
  • Knives thrown at Oregon ICE agents
  • Gov. signs $800 million baseball plan
  • Metro tweaks homeless tax
  • Oregon Microgrids a step closer to reality
  • Mannix: Why I voted for transportation tax bill
  • Taxpayers Assoc. replies to Rep. Mannix gas tax vote
  • Liberals pass largest tax in Oregon history
  • City council expands Portland Street Response
  • Eastern Oregon nuclear energy push stalls out
  • Hunters and Environmentalists Support Lodging Tax
  • Kotek digs in heels on universal preschool — says it cannot keep its promise
  • Kotek signs $800 million baseball stadium bill
  • Kotek Vetoes Three Bills Relating to Child Welfare
  • Lars: Lawmakers legacy of failure, weakness, debt
  • Portland ICE protests continue
  • Portland's long-winded city councilors
  • Privacy and police surveillance concerns in S. OR
  • WA owes millions in drug conviction refunds
  • Washington Co. forwards public safety levy
  • Yes to amendment to stop the pre-school tax
    • June 26, 2025
  • Democrats unveil new road funding plan, as time runs short
  • Metro president: Portland in critical condition
  • Washington Co. addresses DEI resolution
  • The perilous (Dem) supermajority
  • Bentz opposes federal land sales
  • $2B gas tax bill hearing Thursday
  • Neighbors upset over Pearl District shelter
  • Senate overrides veto of foster children bill
  • AG affirms hospital emergency abortion duty
  • Bill to make Big Tech pay local news dies
  • Construction to resume on Bull Run treatment plant
  • County defends tuition-free universal preschool
  • George Washington statue returned … to London
  • Kotek signs bill for unemployment pay for strikers
  • Lawmakers approve limits on utility rate hikes
  • Lender Seeks Foreclosure on Prominent Developer — Downtown Real Estate Crisis Deepens
  • Mental health treatment bill moves forward
  • Minimum wage rises again in July
  • MultCo: 'groundbreaking' partnership with OHSU-PSU
  • MultCo: sobering services without police
  • NTSB blames systemic failures for door plug blowout
  • OR foster parent recruiters use AI to match families
  • OR joins states suing Trump admin over cuts
  • Oswego Lake closing for July 4th weekend
  • Owens Corning to close Prineville facility
  • Panel will scrutinize the vaccine schedule for kids
  • Portland reverses vote to withhold youth grants
  • Portland Tribune to stop publishing print edition
  • State grant for Willamette Falls stokes tensions