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November 12, 2025
  • Supreme Court decision on mail-in ballots could affect Oregon's system
  • ODOT floats possibility of officially shelving the Rose Quarter project
  • Legislative Committee Days being next week
  • Sen Starr responds to Gov. Kotek Signing $4.3B Transportation Tax Hike
  • Lars Larson: Meet Democracy's biggest Oregon enemy
  • Oregon voters launch referendum to stop $4.3 billion transportation tax hike
  • Rep. Reschke: Alert on climate protection program
  • Economic Uncertainty: Oregon private companies adjust plans
  • Real estate investors trounce Portland in new survey
  • Report: More Oregon blackouts in 2026
  • State attorneys shifted blame to parents who sued when kids suffered
  • An accusation resurfaces against City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney
  • Ballot initiative: reroute 25% of climate tax revenues to hiring police
  • DEQ announces enforcement action against Coffin Butte landfill
  • More Oregon high schoolers taking AP exams, earning college credit
  • Portland schools secure perimeters after ICE rumors; DHS claims no operations
  • Rift widens on PPS board over Center for Black Student Excellence updates
  • ICE arrests at least 16 in northeast Salem in highest one-day total
    • November 11, 2025
  • Feds eye Oregon coast locations for ICE facility
  • Sen. Wyden, Merkely on flight cancellations
  • Business rulemaking, policy, tax update
  • Kotek signs bill; Republicans file petition to refer gas tax hike to voters
  • Sneaky Kotek (secretly) signs gas tax!!! (now 2-3 paperwork delay begins)
  • Signature gathering for Oregon gas tax referendum couldbegin by end of week
  • Oregon conservatives push for SNAP benefits, while Fed GOP pursues restrictions
  • Lars Larson: Why she is “Tent City” Kotek
  • Salute to veterans
  • Sen. Starr responds to Gov. Kotek signing $4.3B gas tax
  • Ore. Dem lawmakers introduce bill allowing DHS detainees legal counsel, family
  • Rep. Bentz talks shutdown; Sens. Merkley, Wyden respond
  • Rep. Court Boice to head Oregon Coastal Caucus
  • Bend may study building vehicle bridge over Deschutes River
  • Councilor Morillo blasts Mayor Wilson over homelessness spending
  • Hillsboro's 1,800-acre land grab: billions in giveaways, decades to beak even
  • Roseburg City council to consider fee increases
  • Where to find Veterans Day parades, celebrations around C Oregon
  • A check in with Oregon's ambitious education goal — Failure
  • School districts brace for midyear funding cuts
  • Garner sentenced to 30 years for plot to commit Smith Rock mass shooting
    • November 10, 2025
  • Dem Senators vote No to end shutdown, criticize Dems who did
  • Kotek blocking Trump on SNAP
  • Whistleblower sues school $$ formula
  • Playing games with our 2025 Kicker refund
  • Rep. Dexter bill on detainee
  • There's a state-sponsored bookie in your pocket
  • Kotek to Trump: Not giving SNAP back
  • United in service, united in gratitude: honoring vets
  • Kotek fights Trump on SNAP
  • $2 Trillion and No One Aboard
  • 101 Astoria-Megler Bridge work begins
  • Oregon ranked as one of the worst states for jobs in 2025 by WalletHub
  • Travelers consider other options (shutdown)
  • Campbell Global acquires 28,000 acre Oregon timber package
  • Formal application filed for former Croman Mill site development
  • Invasive beetle known to infect white oak trees found in Marion, Polk co
  • Mayor: Portland ‘livability at risk' if Council cuts homeless camp removal funds
  • What's open and closed in Oregon on Veterans Day 2025?