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September 17, 2026
  • OR Medicaid audit: improper enrollment and payments
  • Oregon Medicaid program erroneously paid up to $4.1M
  • Police Chief: No confidence in Mitch Green — anti-police tweets
  • 40% of recent students aren't paying fed loans back
  • Committee tables ban on concealed guns in meetings
  • Fired OR HR official gets new state job
  • Fred Meyer accused of negligence over rotisserie chicken
  • Hillsboro soldier admits to selling secrets to China
  • Lawmakers seek to open up affordable housing records
  • Mental Health Care Tracker Underwhelms Lawmaker
  • MultCo split over how to spend Moda funding
  • New sponsor for book festival after pro-Palestine protest
  • Officials give update on Centennial Mills fire
  • OR settles lawsuit after Christian mother denied adoption — LGBTQ+ beliefs
  • PDX is one of the best large airports in the US
  • Portland among the best coffee cities in 2026
  • Portlanders' Feelings of Representation Plummet
  • Property managers face rising safety fears
  • Readers respond: Prevent eastside rezoning
  • Readers respond: Remembering 9/11 unity
  • Rose Quarter project cost soars to $3.5B — funding remains uncertain
  • What Will Happen to the Closed School Buildings?
  • Which Counties Have the Most Ballot Drop Boxes?
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    September 16, 2026
  • New poll shows Drazan with lead
  • WashCo chair flips off member during public meeting
  • Old councilor's tweet: ‘pure hatred for police'
  • ‘Spoilers' happen? Oregon Gov race?
  • 4 signs Drazan is winning (new poll)
  • Kotek's Data Center Advisory panel shares few answers
  • Bridge barriers save lives. Why Oregon lacks?
  • Community invited to review SW Airport master plan
  • New report finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care
  • Emergency board OK's wildfire funds
  • Most Oregon wildfires now 85% contained after record-breaking season
  • 9 months in, Kotek's Data Center Advisory Committee shares many questions, few answers
  • Central Oregon homelessness falls 19.1 percent. 1800 move into housing
  • DeSpain (CD#4) first TV ad, blasts Hoyle on $$
  • Knight family gives $1.1 billion to Providence St. Vincent
  • Oregon COVID fraud task force brings 12 cases, recovers $8.6M since June 2026
  • Oregon DOJ launches new online resource to help residents navigate government
  • Oregon proposes workers' comp rates for 2027
  • Look inside Central Oregon's first Amazon distribution hub
  • Saving an Oregon native: the plight of the Mazama Newt
    • September 15, 2026
  • Top forecaster: Drazan nears "toss-up"
  • Dems statewide tour: Tie Drazan to Trump
  • Trump bill rewards Oregon for food stamp incompetence
  • Mom wins challenge to LGBTQ+ foster policy
  • Salem sued over nonresident gun carry ban
  • Oregon will vote by mail in November, officials declare after Supreme Court ruling
  • Rep. Reschke: Two Oregons
  • Where Kotek, Drazan stand on Corporate Activities Tax reform
  • Data center committee wants to hear from you before sharing findings with lawmakers
  • ODFW responds to (M.OVI) pathogen in sheep herd
  • Oregon gets piece of $384M Abbott baby formula settlement
  • Oregon lawmakers may ease second homes on farmland
  • Poll: Getting even worse for data centers
  • States, cities sue Trump administration over new green card restrictions
  • Oregon Cultural Trust announces county and Tribal grants
  • Oregon moves to officially buy Abiqua Falls, additional property
  • Oregon state noxious weed board seeks members for three positions in 2027
  • Proposal aims to make Portland parks safer with expanded exclusions
  • Mayor Wilson: Blazers negotiations moving forward
  • Oregon regulators sound alarm on AI-powered investment fraud
  • Tacoma court blocks immigration lawyers from appearing remotely