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July 02, 2025
  • ODOT layoffs hits key Democrat constituency
  • Oregon judge orders ICE detainee's released
  • Sawmill closes, 62 laid off
  • House Speaker at risk after gas tax botch
  • Kotek launches state housing production office
  • Sanctuary hotline sees 300% increase
  • Oregon joins lawsuit over sharing Medicaid files with ICE
  • Wyden: Tech bill to protect victims
  • Honor Independence Day - share the Phillis Wheatley story
  • Immigration arrest circle widens from Portland courtrooms
  • Oregon China spy suspect arrested
  • Climate change may fuel tree pest outbreaks
  • Prosper Portland reveals incoming director's $$
  • Reporter finds homeless boy eating tree bark (video)
  • Muslim inmates in Oregon sue over unequal treatment of religious practices
  • Oregon teen accused of planning mass shooting released from custody
  • Kids playing with fireworks spark blaze
    • July 01, 2025
  • 2 Chinese nationals from Oregon arrested for spying on US Navy
  • ODOT layoffs, cuts coming
  • Oregon wine: first sales decline since 2009
  • Oregon among bottom states for home flipping
  • Chart: lots of people leaving blue states
  • What happens now with ODOT?
  • Lawmakers pass gov's groundwater bill, but with defections
  • UofO finds 4-day weeks may not help
  • GOP block bill to prevent fed overreach with National Guard
  • Kotek criticizes lawmakers for ending 2 days early
  • Lars Larson: Our mayor's riot moment
  • Sen. Bonham: Hydropower makes a comeback
  • Kotek touts successes around housing
  • Lawmakers approve changes to permitting rules after KATU investigation
  • Public invited to weigh in on Southern Oregon's economic future
  • 1 list to rule them all, Oregon unifies its recycling rules
  • Oregon Attorney General to host local town hall
  • Portland fire chief finalist accepted city job offer, then turned it down
  • Portland gets closer to settling on a parks levy for Nov. ballot
  • Timberline Lodge faces 'challenging' future after liability bill fails
  • Oregon lawmakers approve $137.5M in state bonds for PSU arts complex
  • Bentz: Public lands sale bill not right for budget bill
    • June 30, 2025
  • Gun bill heads to governor's desk
  • Practical guidance for understanding SB426
  • What bills died in the Legislature?
  • Oregon minimum wage 35-cent hike ‘not anything'
  • 5 Kotek setbacks (beyond gas tax defeat)
  • Proposal to sell Oregon public land pulled from GOP bill
  • Miss Oregon 2025 crowned in Seaside
  • Oregon gas prices surge
  • Lars Larson: Watching Democrats fight over taxes
  • Editorial: Welcome reduction in landowners' bills for wildfire protection
  • 9 waste projects funded at midnight hour of legislature
  • Readers respond to governor's critique of Preschool for All
  • These changes are coming for investor-owned utilities in Oregon
  • Maupin reservoir bursts, leaving some residents without water
  • New secure residential treatment facility in Salem aims to bring hope
  • PPS audit on bond projects finds delays, overspending
  • Oregon DA warns of scam calls that threaten jury duty fines