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March 27, 2026
  • Man threatens dawn prayer at Portland mosque
  • Business leaders urge Kotek to think bigger
  • Land use and water laws suppress housing and jobs
  • $50 billion rural hospital fund could lead to cuts
  • City to bail out affordable housing landlords?
  • Drazan: Kotek must veto $311M business tax
  • Homeless shelter operator to close
  • Issues shaping crowded Deschutes Co election
  • Lars: Election date, vote-by-mail, fraud
  • Merkley bill would ban sports, election gambling
  • More AI Hallucinations in OR Court
  • New York Times publishes guide on life in Portland
  • OR files complaint against Morrow Co officials
  • Persuading Gov. Kotek
  • Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent
  • Readers respond: PBOT should reprioritize existing $
  • State hospital whistleblower complaint
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Vote by mail
    • March 26, 2026
  • ICE to rent offices in PDX, Roseburg, more
  • 9th Circuit sides with Trump on Portland ICE
  • $9,200 desk as commissioner faces reelection
  • K-Falls lab charged with $46M Medicare Fraud
  • Full-page ad ($250K!) touts No Kings
  • Kotek's transport board excludes legislators
  • Portland man sues over Trump coin
  • 'No Kings' protests again this weekend
  • DAs urge Kotek to respond over State Hospital
  • Cannabis can blur, reshape your memory
  • Fallout Spreads From Rockwood Tower
  • Home Forward Officials Speak on Struggles
  • ICE use of force ban blocked on appeal
  • Netflix unveils trailer for 'Jail Blazers' doc
  • Novick Won't Send Climate Dollars to Moda Center
  • OR passes law on chatbots for kids
  • Portland: $400k to study tenant protection law
  • Readers respond: Call it 39th Avenue
  • Report: OR fails to protect residents against gambling
  • WA Gov signs law to undo estate tax increase — one year after enacted
  • WA passes bill hiding voter data from DOJ
    • March 25, 2026
  • Wyden's son and Epstein connection
  • New Blazers owner and predatory lending case
  • Record fine: Lawyer over AI hallucinated law
  • DAs urge gov. to oppose hospital admissions limits
  • Property rights score big legislative wins
  • Bullet that struck mosque determined accidental
  • Oregon rises to 4th priciest gas in U.S.
  • Heated ICE protest. Man pulls out gun (video)
  • Chinook salmon are hatching in Upper Klamath for first time in a century
  • Drazan in Medford: "Oregon needs stronger jobs"
  • Housing, child care costs drive affordability struggles
  • Smoking drugs linked to half of hospital burn cases
  • State/Fed bills affecting hospitality industry
  • Why Oregon scientists are tracking bobcats to save fishers
  • Bend tax dollars go to reusable utensils, disc golf upgrades
  • EWEB plans to develop drinking water plant on Willamette River in Glenwood
  • Invasive mussel species discovered on boat at Oregon inspection station
  • Portland weighs new robotaxi rules
  • Samaritan Lebanon Hospital votes to join SEIU
  • ‘No evidence' that Hillsboro mosque was intentionally targeted by stray bullet
  • Portland Police foil major copper theft operation