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June 29, 2025
  • Kotek blasts GOP, eyes Special Session for ODOT
  • AG Bondi, Oregon senator spar
  • See who got $$$ in 11th hour spending bills
  • Rep. Smith faces ethics inquiry on pay raise
  • Rep. Yunker: Xmas Tree (omnibus) bill filled with questionable $$
  • Disgraced CEO attacks WashCo Chair, scandal grows
  • Legislative Ag update
  • RVTD might cut 2/3rds of bus routes, 82 lay offs,
  • Controversial Willamette Falls funding proceeds
  • Lawmakers nix proposal to delay campaign finance limits for years after backlash
  • No Gas Hikes PAC on transportation tax defeat
  • Rep. Wright: we won on several fronts
  • Hundreds join Deschutes River cleanup to remove trash
  • PGE wants to add solar to troubled wind farm instead of replacing turbines
  • Polar Fire in Klamath Co prompting Level 3 (GO NOW) Evacuations
  • Public Notice: Comment period open on Salem housing plan
  • Oregon Charter Academy marks 2 decades. Graduates Class of 2025
  • Oregon student selected as 2025 Distinguished Young Woman
    • June 28, 2025
  • Transportation bill failure, stunning loss for Democrats
  • Middle housing bill passes Legislature
  • AG vows birthright citizenship fight
  • ‘Machine gun' bill passes Legislature
  • We won! Gas tax dies. Hotel tax dies. Google tax dies!
  • Portland eyes nation's biggest Uber tax
  • Session ends, ODOT job cuts imminent
  • Legislature passes Kotek's groundwater bill
  • Rep. Drazan: Session ends, compare the agendas
  • 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
  • Bill passes for state's energy assistance program
  • Minimum wage set to increase next week
  • Police officer found justified in shooting
  • Senators attempt to kill proposal for wildlife
  • Firefighters respond to fire in Polk County
  • Oregon Country Fair: it's one of a kind
  • PDX gets its wings as best airport in the US
  • Astoria historic pub celebrates pink shrimp
  • Columbia Farms talks berry season
  • Portland events happening this weekend
    • 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