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April 25, 2026
  • Kotek convenes new transportation workgroup May 1 to boost funding ideas
  • These Republicans think they can upset Kotek. Which one will get the chance?
  • Gov. Tina Kotek, 9 other Democrats running for Oregon governor
  • April 25 is sign-across-Oregon day for petitions
  • Oregon minimum wage workers will get 50-cent bump in July
  • Why Sen. Christine Drazan is running for Oregon governor again
  • Blazer buyers make out like bandits
  • Electric vehicle drivers gain 24 charging stations across Oregon
  • How will Oregon's extreme 'snow drought' impact wildfire, fishing?
  • Josephine County commissioner race draws crowded field
  • NW eagle nest cam, makes USA 250 feel even better
  • Oregon, other states sue feds over delay of national soot pollution limit
  • Rep. Dexter blocked from visiting pregnant teen detainees at Texas ICE facility
  • Editorial: Another big water fight for city of Bend?
  • Bend-La Pine schools may need to adjust after Kotek class time order
  • Rogue Community College moves closer to offering teaching bachelor's programs
  • Some Oregon students get years more in school than peers, study finds
  • Tuition to rise for 12th year in a row at Oregon's public universities
  • Big youth bust near elementary school (stash of everything)
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    April 24, 2026
  • Nike eliminates 1,400 jobs
  • Oregon Education Assoc. Is mighty but slipping
  • Ex-mayor, wife dead in murder-suicide
  • 7 key measures on local ballot (don't be surprised)
  • Rep Javadi: I was wrong on abortion
  • New law regulates use of license plate data
  • Rep. Dexter attempts to inspect ICE facilities
  • Councilors grill staff on undisclosed housing $$
  • Home Forward Sent 10 Staff on Orlando Junket
  • Portland police chief cautions about budget cuts
  • Study: OR housing among least affordable
  • Adair saved taxpayers $200K by rejecting Gov't pension
  • DEQ fines Pacific Seafood $3.2 million for water pollution
  • Kotek signs growth boundary expansion bills
  • Lane Community College implements program cuts
  • Mayor who pledged to end homeless in 1 year finds 2,700 more! — oops
  • Metro president faces four challengers in May
  • New website, WahtsValHiding.com, documents corruption
  • TriMet to see more reductions, eliminations
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': budget cuts loom over Portland
    • April 23, 2026
  • Climate tax petition in Eugene
  • Dudley appears to change abortion views
  • 2 Republicans try to flip most competitive district
  • Lawmakers warn USPS on executive order — unconstitutional?
  • Oregon among the worst states for businesses failing in 1st year
  • DeSpain blows Hoyle away on fundraising
  • Kotek signs bills on housing supply, tightening rules
  • Home Forward Cannot Produce Details of CEO's 2024 HI trip
  • Portland councilors to probe undisclosed housing funds
  • Counties get $100M from Secure Rural Schools
  • Huge variation in instructional time for OR students
  • Lars Larson: How Diehl can pull it off
  • Medics 'rescue' homeless drunk man 5x in 1 day
  • Portland School Board to Reconsider Foundations
  • PPS Seeks Emission Reductions With New Buildings
  • What PPS Loses if It Closes a Title I School
  • Would a Vacancy Tax Work?