Daily Political News Ticker -- Covering 20 different news sources daily

✓ Stories updated every morning by 6:15 AM.
✓ Get these headlines by email. See Left margin.
December 14, 2025
  • Ethics investigation: Councilors retreat
  • Rancher's sage grouse win, now lithium mine threat
  • NW Natural alternative fuel projects face uncertain future
  • Homeless loot grocery store after fire
  • Immigration enforcement transforms Oregon's most Latino city
  • Full interview: Sen. Drazan, governor run
  • MetroPaint closing. Where else to recycle old paint?
  • Mississippi's reading turnaround may hold lessons for Oregon schools
  • Use beyond design parameters — The scope of government functions
  • New Oregon veteran license plates to be available
  • Oregon Red Cross volunteer sent to Washington
  • Confusion abounds over Josephine appointment
  • Messing up the Tripcheck website to keep drivers out of, well, messes
  • Multnomah County declares emergency over ICE
  • Winter Whale Watch Week returns to Oregon coast
  • Enhancing transparency at the city of Bend
  • Year 3 of Green Peter drawdown ‘better' for Sweet Home, Lebanon
  • ‘Middle housing' slowly make Bend more dense
    • December 13, 2025
  • Referendum leaders submit 200,000
  • Ethics commission investigates union leader
  • Seniors leave the state to avoid the estate tax.
  • Rep. Bentz: Bill's impact on The Dalles water supply
  • Sen. Drazan ramps up governor run
  • Despite early turn-in, please petitions ASAP (we're still collecting)
  • Declining import cargo volume to continue on 2026
  • Liberals try to block HD33 candidate from hosting private event
  • Nurses union accuses Legacy Emanuel of failing to protect patients in ICE custody
  • Oregon joins lawsuit against Trump administration over $100K fee for H-1B visas
  • Oregon lawmaker violated government ethics laws, commission finds
  • Foster care kids waiting for their advocate. Volunteer training is coming up soon
  • Oregon coast's OR229 shut down indefinitely by severe landslide
  • Oregon's commercial crabbers begin season without an agreed-upon price
  • Oregon's Harney Basin is now a critical groundwater area
  • State police flood Central Oregon highways after recent semi crashes
  • State Police launch statewide holiday traffic safety operation on Highway 97
  • Hillsboro High School students participate in walkout to protest ICE activity
    • December 12, 2025
  • Hundreds violate camping ban, only 20 cited
  • OR unemployment among highest in U.S.
  • SNAP work requirements in effect in OR
  • Cannabis sees 70% price drop
  • Eugene Airport looking to expand
  • Metrics for Kotek's “Prosperity Roadmap”
  • MultCo braces for Behavioral Health shakeups
  • Nurses union alleges ICE dictates patient care
  • OR sits on trillion $ “white Gold” mine — Bird stands in way
  • Planners to reveal a new price for I-5 bridge
  • Portland cracks down on car theft
  • Preschool for All to double capacity next year
  • Readers respond: Hotel tax changes?
  • Rose Quarter Improvement Project staying alive — needs more funding?
  • Senators question military on NG deployments
  • Two of Oregon's oldest colleges may merge
  • Use charitable tax credit before 2025 ends
  • Would OR kids benefit from 'Trump accounts'?