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December 13, 2025
  • Referendum leaders submit 200,000
  • Ethics commission investigates union leader
  • Seniors leave the state to avoid the estate tax.
  • Rep. Bentz: Bill's impact on The Dalles water supply
  • Sen. Drazan ramps up governor run
  • Despite early turn-in, please petitions ASAP (we're still collecting)
  • Declining import cargo volume to continue on 2026
  • Liberals try to block HD33 candidate from hosting private event
  • Nurses union accuses Legacy Emanuel of failing to protect patients in ICE custody
  • Oregon joins lawsuit against Trump administration over $100K fee for H-1B visas
  • Oregon lawmaker violated government ethics laws, commission finds
  • Foster care kids waiting for their advocate. Volunteer training is coming up soon
  • Oregon coast's OR229 shut down indefinitely by severe landslide
  • Oregon's commercial crabbers begin season without an agreed-upon price
  • Oregon's Harney Basin is now a critical groundwater area
  • State police flood Central Oregon highways after recent semi crashes
  • State Police launch statewide holiday traffic safety operation on Highway 97
  • Hillsboro High School students participate in walkout to protest ICE activity
    • December 12, 2025
  • Hundreds violate camping ban, only 20 cited
  • OR unemployment among highest in U.S.
  • SNAP work requirements in effect in OR
  • Cannabis sees 70% price drop
  • Eugene Airport looking to expand
  • Metrics for Kotek's “Prosperity Roadmap”
  • MultCo braces for Behavioral Health shakeups
  • Nurses union alleges ICE dictates patient care
  • OR sits on trillion $ “white Gold” mine — Bird stands in way
  • Planners to reveal a new price for I-5 bridge
  • Portland cracks down on car theft
  • Preschool for All to double capacity next year
  • Readers respond: Hotel tax changes?
  • Rose Quarter Improvement Project staying alive — needs more funding?
  • Senators question military on NG deployments
  • Two of Oregon's oldest colleges may merge
  • Use charitable tax credit before 2025 ends
  • Would OR kids benefit from 'Trump accounts'?
    • December 11, 2025
  • Comedy Central on naked bike ride protest
  • Unemployment hits 5.2% — +1% from last year
  • Consequences of overbuilding High Schools
  • Sen. Brock-Smith: School funding good news
  • Wyden, Merkley to save the hemp industry
  • WA granted hundreds of CDLs to noncitizens
  • Beaverton teacher helps decorate White House for Christmas
  • Bill puts squeeze on speculative ticketers
  • Detroit Lake drawdown creates rising concerns
  • Feds deny endangered species protection for 2 salmon
  • Fewer kids move goalposts for Preschool for All
  • Harney Basin is at a crossroads in water crisis
  • How Can 955 Home Forward Units Sit Empty?
  • Lars: Tutoring results on a budget
  • Mississippi Reading Turnaround: Lessons for OR
  • Nicole's story: If gas tax passes, I'll be living in my car
  • OR college grads earn less than peers with no degree
  • OR lawmaker likely broke state ethics law
  • Proposal for $21M in unspent housing funds
  • Tigard personal information exposed in breach
  • VIDEO: Mult. Falls rages after atmospheric river