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May 17, 2025
  • Tolling delay on I-5 bridge could mean higher rates for drivers
  • Racing commission abruptly reverses policy reducing disclosure of revenue sources
  • 2 GOP lawmakers rumored to defect to big tax package
  • Sen. Broadman, Rep. Breese-Iverson create Bipartisan Central Oregon Caucus
  • Capital Chatter: Prudence over partisanship
  • Former foster youth criticizes proposed bill to allow out-of-state treatment
  • Fire restrictions in effect for all Oregon, Washington land managed by BLM
  • Grant Co commissioner spearheads patrol funding bill
  • Lane Co housing employee arrested in embezzlement scheme
  • Multnomah Co chief diversity officer resigns
  • Oregon bill speeds up renaming process of places with offensive names
  • Rep Drazan: House passes tax bill to help seniors stay in their home
  • 2025 Oregon ocean salmon seasons adopted
  • Blessing of the Fleet returns to Bandon after four-year hiatus
  • Newly-formed PAC jumps into Salem council race
  • Oregon International Air Show kicks off in Hillsboro
  • Public comment sought on Detroit Lake 'deep drawdown'
  • PPS defends sending hundreds of unused laptop cases to the dump
  • PPS' COO, who oversaw school rebuilds as costs spiraled, has resigned
  • Roseburg's Phoenix Charter School has a decision to make
  • Former Canby police sergeant killed himself after police standoff
    • May 16, 2025
  • Jobless rate highest since 2021
  • Oregon has 4th highest nonmedical vaccine exemption rate
  • Police raid Oregon safari park.
  • Senate meeting: LUBGWMA called ‘sacrifice zone'
  • Kicker refund to shrink, taxes to rise
  • Kotek testifies for controversial foster chil bill
  • Ex-DOJ attorney blasts Purdue deal
  • Public defense backlog even as public defenders grow
  • Leader ‘vacuum' threatens State Hospital
  • OLCC Dir. hired to fix scandal retires
  • Rep. Diehl: Major relief for business on advanced clean truck rule
  • State's biggest business building for sale (sad story)
  • Feds put Portland's Gus Solomon Courthouse up for sale
  • Residents see largest water rate hike in a decade
  • Tuberculosis case confirmed at Portland middle school
  • State commissioned study without weighing funding against accountability
  • Trucking school linked to bribery scheme suspended
  • Oregon historic drug kingpin = 2X deported over 15 years