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11/18/2025

The military official said all 200 California guard members who came to Oregon would be returning home soon, but 100 of them would remain under the president’s control.

Federalized members of the California National Guard who deployed to Oregon on orders from President Donald Trump are set to return home “in the coming days."

11/18/2025

The new room, funded in part by community donations, replaces a system that forced internal radiation patients to wait for space in a vault built for external radiation.

11/18/2025

In an emergency motion filed Sunday with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said Immergut’s order effectively second-guessed military judgements by the commander in chief, “something district courts lack the authority and competence to do.”

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Sunday to immediately place a hold on a court ruling preventing the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland.

11/17/2025

As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall in the state’s next quarterly revenue forecast expected Wednesday — they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets.

Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees.

11/17/2025

Immigration enforcement throughout the country has slowly ramped up since the start of Trump’s second term, but detentions in Oregon jumped dramatically in October, increasing by at least 550% compared to previous months, according to figures from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition.

The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition reported 329 arrests in Oregon last month.

11/17/2025

More than 42 million people across the country, including over five million Californians, rely on food assistance benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as CalFresh in California.

The record-breaking government shutdown has come to an end, but what remains are the ripple effects that played out over those 43 days.

11/15/2025

As neighboring states clamor to build up or revive dormant nuclear energy sectors to meet rising demand for electricity from data centers in the next few years, Oregon’s energy future includes no such plans.

Nuclear is mostly absent from a new energy strategy outlining how the state will meet growing power demand, reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

11/14/2025

California Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire has officially launched his challenge to longtime Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa in a congressional district drastically redrawn by Proposition 50.

McGuire, who terms out of the Legislature next year, hopes to capitalize on Democrats’ new voter registration advantage in LaMalfa’s post-Prop. 50 district to flip a congressional seat from red to blue. His launch video appears to preemptively address the criticism that he’s out of touch with ...

11/14/2025

In Oregon, federal agencies began the slow process of reopening, although it’s unclear how quickly things will return to normal.

Federal offices and agencies began reopening in Oregon after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on Wednesday.

11/14/2025

The goal is to provide quicker, more cost-effective treatment while reducing unneeded hospital visits.

Seniors and veterans in Jackson County will soon have a new option for emergency medical care: receiving help at home.

11/14/2025

While declining birth rates in the state were already affecting school enrollment trends, the sharp drop in students raises questions about where once-enrolled students have gone.

Oregon's public school enrollment continues to decline in the years after COVID-19, but it's not clear where students are going.

11/13/2025

At a packed community meeting in Newport, along Oregon’s central coast, residents gathered to express a mix of frustration and anxiety about the relocation of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter – and the federal immigration enforcement outpost that could take its place.

The Wednesday night meeting started with surprising news: City officials said the federal contractor that first reached out last week about leasing property at the municipal airport had rescinded their letter of intent.