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December 19, 2025
  • Flooding hits Oregon
  • Lawmakers spar over winter maintenance
  • 2 charged in Oregon SNAP theft
  • 2026 Legislature flirts with 2 tax hikes
  • Katu online poll: Transgender care law
  • Molalla could become island under flood
  • 2 days with Portland behavioral health unit
  • 9th Circ. finds man Didn't Sell Machine Gun
  • Civil Rights Complaint Against Center for Black Excellence
  • Error rate so far on gas tax referendum
  • Investigation discredits Bend racial discrimination
  • MultCo Doubles Down on Sanctuary Policies
  • OHSU: Transgender Program Marches On
  • Oregon Democrat slams Trump
  • Oregon's big political stories of 2025
  • Oregon's push to improve reading scores
  • Sen. Drazan: My 2 key bills for 2026 Session
  • Turmoil, resignations at Bandon School District
  • West Linn-Wilsonville to close schools
    • December 18, 2025
  • Monique DeSpain: Val Hoyle has failed on public safety. I'll work to clean up her mess.
  • Audit: OHA bungled Measure 110
  • OR union calls for monthly Trump boycotts
  • Not everything in OR is getting pricier
  • HS Counselor faces investigations
  • How Kotek contributes to rampant welfare fraud
  • Portland forecasts another budget shortfall
  • GOP gov candidate faces ethics investigations
  • City Council Staff Seeks to Unionize
  • Developer: Portland Toxic to Real Estate Investors
  • Eugene SD prepares for $30 million in cuts
  • Feds may cut homeless grants in Portland
  • Firm That Sues Portland is Representing Councilors
  • Former Portland Police Chief leaving city
  • Lars: Want less floods? More electricity? — or more PC
  • Mental Health Talks Blow Past Deadlines
  • More than 10% of Congress won't return
  • MultCo Chair will not seek reelection
  • New bill would hike Oregon's lodging tax
  • Opera in the Park will expand in 2026
  • OR AG Rayfield holds Town Hall event
  • OR sues Trump over EV funds
  • Portland near top for Christmas celebrations
  • Rep. Elmer: On Measure 110 audit
  • Republicans silent on Greg Smith ethics
  • The Champions of a Coos Bay Shipping Port
  • Thompson Elk statue could return to Portland
    • December 17, 2025
  • Politicians bet $$ billions on terminal. Critics balk
  • Referendum halts car fee hikes yet some still going up Dec-31?
  • 98% of stolen benefits happen out of state
  • 21 Oregon political cartoons, memes of 2025
  • New bill hikes Oregon's lodging tax
  • Kotek appoints new Clackamas judge
  • ‘Punted down the road': PNW lawmakers await updated cost estimate for I-5 bridge project
  • Commissioner: Flawed data led to bad decisions in Preschool for All rollout
  • Kotek appoints Benton Co commissioner to lead task force on municipal solid waste
  • Oregon lawmakers urge DHS to inform public of any potential ICE expansions in state
  • Oregon prison health care changes underway
  • Rains help fill reservoirs, but warmer storms cause a snowpack deficit 
  • Angi Bailey reelected as Oregon Farm Bureau Federation President
  • Downtown Portland's ice rink won't open this year. Here's why
  • Law firm that often sues city over police is representing the 5 councilors in ethics case
  • New bus service reconnects rural Northeast Oregon after nearly a year
  • ODOT delays work on major Hwy 229 slide due to continued fears of instability 
  • State ethics commission votes to investigate Portland Peacock Caucus meeting
  • MacLaren youth will get access to library for first time in 5 years