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May 02, 2026
  • $$ crunch forces rethink on how we pay for roads
  • Kotek open to updating sanctuary laws after arrest incident
  • May Day protests around Oregon
  • Stores roll out digital pricing amid price surge
  • Petition Sign-Across-Oregon weekend May 2-3
  • AI scammers clone daughters voice to trick dad
  • What GOP gov. candidates say they would prioritize
  • AI erroneous court filings escalating
  • Lars Larson: On Portland's new road tax
  • 24 new EV charging stations planned across Oregon
  • Boycott 'Animal Farm' film. (anti-Communism turned anti-capitalist)
  • Christine Drazan is ready for a rematch
  • DOJ official: Feds will probe MultCo homeless housing criteria
  • Gas prices jump nearly 20 cents
  • Kotek orders flags at half-staff May 3, honoring fallen firefighters
  • Latest school attendance numbers — OJP’s new Attendance Tracker
  • Oregon Fire Marshal boosts wildfire response with nearly $6M in grants
  • UO lab's collaboration with nonprofit brings pesticide use in Oregon to light
  • Hiding drugs in kids toys. 8 busted in Mexico-Oregon drug ring
  • Oregon man faces lengthy prison sentence after laser targeting Fed helicopter
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    May 01, 2026
  • OEA becoming more strike-ready, anti-capitalist?
  • Police prepare ahead of May Day protests
  • Climate cash for cops moves closer to ballot
  • Willamette Week blasts Measure 120 gas tax
  • OR doc out as Surgeon General nominee
  • Wilson does not support Home Forward CEO severance
  • 3 Councilors Got Free Blazers Playoff Tickets — after meeting with owner
  • Drazan TV ad: Stopping 35 taxes
  • Economy shows resilience despite Iran war
  • FEMA denies OR disaster funds for December storm
  • Greg Smith to face first primary challenge
  • How the gas tax ended up on the ballot
  • Judge blocks new WA sheriff standards law
  • Lars Larson: The killer Kotek set free
  • Mayor Wilson on proposed cuts, budget hole
  • Multnomah County to study affordability
  • New law regulates police use of license plate reader
  • Port of Portland's mass timber campus takes shape
  • Portland street fee will hit most households
  • PPS wants state to tap education reserve fund
  • Tigard floats $150 million bond for police building
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Oregon's GOP gubernatorial race
    • April 30, 2026
  • 6 figure severance for Home Forward CEO to resign
  • WW's May 2026 Endorsements
  • Mayor: $100K grants for new grocery stores
  • Many schools denied summer money
  • Homeless build fancy mini-homes on sidewalk
  • Oregon wine served at King Charles dinner at WH
  • PPS superintendent: 300+ staff cuts, $50M budget gap
  • Clackamas sheriff seeks property tax increase
  • Cuts coming for Jefferson Public Radio?
  • Diehl hopes to ride anti-tax momentum to governor's office
  • Dudley talks tax cuts
  • Foie gras debate consumes more Council time
  • Former OR postal worker admits to theft
  • Gresham-Barlow community rallies against music cuts
  • Judges answer candidate questions from Oregonian
  • Kotek still holding out on Federal Tax Credit for kids
  • Kotek's plan for ambitious academic goals
  • Mail-in ballots to be sent out Wednesday
  • Mayor asks councilor to drop plan to unmask feds
  • Murmurs: Home Forward Hunkers Down Amid Controversy
  • New Diehl video: Ed saves a goat
  • OPB's First Look: Estacada's political appointee pattern
  • Oregonian editorial board primary endorsements
  • Patriot Prayer member challenges $760K jury verdict
  • Portland SB Again Closes Door on School Foundations
  • Sameer Kanal 'misstated' key detail about feds
  • Vancouver officials push for I-5 light rail extensions
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