Category OREGON NEWS
Groups at odds over proposed nitrate pollution rules for farmers in northeast Oregon
Some farm groups say proposed nitrate management rules go too far, while other farm and conservation groups say they don’t go far enough.
Oregon immigrant rights attorneys ask court to block warrantless ICE arrests
A HIllsboro construction worker who says he spent three weeks in ICE detention despite showing agents a work permit is one of two people suing the agency over its warrantless arrests in Oregon.
Federal judge blocks Trump election order, siding with Oregon, Washington
A federal judge in Washington state on Friday permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a 2025 executive order that sought to require voters prove citizenship and that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Oregon Gov. Kotek extends homelessness emergency order, this time with a mental health focus
A new declaration orders state agencies to rehouse more than 1,400 people and prevent homelessness for 8,000 Oregon households through 2027.
Federal agents shoot two people in Portland, police say
Federal agents shot and injured a man and a woman near an east Portland medical clinic Thursday afternoon.
Oregon Head Start calls on Gov. Kotek to reallocate nearly $10M in lost funding
State lawmakers cut roughly $35 million from preschool and early childhood programs in the 2025-27 budget because of projected declines in corporate tax revenue.
Oregon attorney general sues drug companies over ‘skyrocketing’ insulin prices
Attorney General Dan Rayfield accused some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies of conspiring to artificially inflate insulin prices.
Oregon Gov. Kotek calls for repeal of transportation funding package she championed
Kotek is asking the state Legislature to redirect existing transportation funds to core programs after a Republican-led effort to repeal new taxes and fees easily got enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Oregon will keep its childhood vaccination schedule, despite CDC changes
Oregon and other western states will continue to follow childhood vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut back its list of recommended immunizations.