Wind Shifts West Sending Wildfire Smoke Into Portland
A westward shift in winds on Monday cast an amber haze over the city as smoke from the catastrophic wildfires burning in central Washington and…
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States sue Trump administration over plan to share antipoverty program data
The Trump administrationβs demand for states to provide Social Security numbers, immigration status, and other private information on low-income residents who receive cash benefits is…
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Democratic state officials urge US Supreme Court to affirm pause on Trump vote-by-mail order
States do not have time before Novemberβs midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trumpβs executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, two dozen…
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Tariffs didnβt start Oregonβs economic slowdown, but they exacerbated it, report finds
President Donald Trumpβs tariffs contributed to a $442 million loss in Oregonβs 2025-27 budget cycle, state economists estimate.Β Thatβs according to a new report Gov.…
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Oregon poised to adopt double-digit health insurance premium hikes in 2027
Oregonians who own small businesses or buy their health insurance as individuals on the stateβs health insurance marketplace could see a more than 15% increase…
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Blanche asserts βanti-weaponizationβ fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate
WASHINGTON β Acting Attorney General Todd Blancheβs nomination to be attorney general appeared on track Monday after he submitted a written assurance to Senate Judiciary…
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Todayβs children could prosper in tomorrowβs shortage of young workers
Todayβs children could be the first generation since the 1970s to do better than their parents as young workers become more sought after and well…
Read full article βFire Collapses All Eight Stories of Vacant Centennial Mills
Hundreds of people gathered in adjacent The Fields Park to watch the 116-year-old abandoned building burn.
Read full article βIs the Barking of Cars with Obnoxiously Loud Exhausts Legal?
Itβs a Class C traffic violation to operate a vehicle whose exhaust system exceeds 88 decibels.
Read full article βOregon Is the Top-Ranked State for Breastfeeding Right After Birth
All 36 counties surpass the national average, with Hood River the highest and Clatsop the lowest, a new study shows.
Read full article βWhy sentencing reform for domestic violence survivors keeps falling short in Oregon
Advocates and lawmakers in Oregon have introduced bills to allow judges to reduce a sentence based on how coercion and abuse played a role in…
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Oregon transportation agency faces $200 million budget gap
Oregonβs beleaguered transportation agency is staring down a $200 million budget gap for the 2027-29 budget cycle and layoffs unless the state Legislature intervenes, according…
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Trump defends massive settlement for βgreat American Patriotsβ of Jan. 6, attacks GOP senators
WASHINGTON β President Donald Trump defended his highly criticized, nearly $1.8 billion βanti-weaponizationβ settlement fund on social media and in a Cabinet meeting Friday, as…
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Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say
WASHINGTON β Bryan Chavez knows that having access to legal representation as an unaccompanied minor can be a lifeline. In 2017, immigration officials separated him…
Read full article βFollowing Outcry, City Will Allow Brooklyn Park Waterslide to Return
After WW reported on the slide being shut down, the parks bureau has backtracked.
Read full article βWhat Weβre Cooking This Week: Italian Sausage and Peppers
The trick to getting a nice, snappy sausage texture? Salt and a little patience.
Read full article βAhead of PPS School Consolidations, a Report Offers Lessons From Its Most Recent Enrollment Balancing Attempt
The evaluationβs authors indicate that the intention of the report is not to justify school closures, but to help the district better understand how rightsizing…
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Gov. Kotek presses feds to get Oregon farmers, ranchers same urgent wildfire relief as red states
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is urging federal officials to help Oregon farmers and ranchers respond to, and rebound from, wildfires at the same scale and…
Read full article βSplinter Group of Multnomah County Democrats Calls for U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynumβs Resignation
A faction within the party objects to her alleged support for ICE and preference for capitalism over socialism. Most of her district is outside the…
Read full article βTenant Sues Home Forward Over Cockroach Infestation
A tenant filed suit against Home Forward Wednesday over a cockroach infestation at one of the housing authorityβs properties.
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