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There was only one big story in Oregon in 2025: Donald Trump, not just nationally but specifically in Oregon, writes col...
01/03/2026

There was only one big story in Oregon in 2025: Donald Trump, not just nationally but specifically in Oregon, writes columnist Randy Stapilus.

In this season of reviewing the year’s top news stories in Oregon — either because of importance or attention — this year, in this state, the job is unusually and maybe eerily easy. There was only one big story in Oregon in 2025: Donald Trump, not just nationally but specifically in Oregon. Tr...

Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, inc...
01/02/2026

Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration.

Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status.

Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at least two decades.
01/01/2026

Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at least two decades.

Thursday marks the first day of the 2026 new year, and with that, a new set of laws passed by the Oregon Legislature will take effect.

The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discou...
12/31/2025

The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research.

The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research. In a settlement agreement filed in Massachusetts federal court Monday, the National Institutes of Health...

The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by El...
12/31/2025

The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted.

The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted.

Behind the 2025 headlines, here are some of the Oregonians who played an outsized role in state politics.
12/30/2025

Behind the 2025 headlines, here are some of the Oregonians who played an outsized role in state politics.

A roundup of Oregonians who played an outsized role in protests, policies and major tax cut and spending packages making headlines this year.

Federal immigration agents arrested at least 1,100 people in Oregon this year, immigration experts estimate — a surge fr...
12/29/2025

Federal immigration agents arrested at least 1,100 people in Oregon this year, immigration experts estimate — a surge from the 113 arrests recorded in all of 2024.

Federal immigration agents arrested about 1,100 people in Oregon this year, immigration experts estimate — a surge from the 113 arrests recorded in all of 2024. In August, the Trump administration said it would “come after” states like Oregon with laws preventing local law enforcement from coo...

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservat...
12/26/2025

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt measures to reduce the amount of fishing gear during whale feeding and migration seasons.

At least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, according to ODFW.

The petition, filed earlier this month, comes weeks after a young entangled humpback whale was found stranded on a beach...
12/25/2025

The petition, filed earlier this month, comes weeks after a young entangled humpback whale was found stranded on a beach north of Yachats.

At least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, according to ODFW.

Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who led the Oregon House when it passed some of the nation’s strongest laws to protect ac...
12/24/2025

Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who led the Oregon House when it passed some of the nation’s strongest laws to protect access to transgender health care, is suing the federal government over efforts to bar gender-affirming care for minors by stripping federal funding.

Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the federal government over efforts to bar gender-affirming care for minors by stripping federal funding.

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme C...
12/24/2025

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president that could have ramifications for Portland.

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. The court’s majority rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay, or halt, a lower court’s order ba...

A landmark 2017 Oregon law that limited how much hospitals can bill state employees’ health care plans has saved the sta...
12/23/2025

A landmark 2017 Oregon law that limited how much hospitals can bill state employees’ health care plans has saved the state around $50 million annually without harming providers’ ability to operate, according to a new report.

A leading hospital industry group in Oregon sharply disagreed with the study findings and called them "tone deaf."

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