A nonprofit group representing fishermen’s loved ones and Lincoln County are suing to return a Coast Guard helicopter to the Newport Airport Facility.  buff.ly/m0vbtqN

A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates.

The country’s largest landlord would stop using algorithmic software to artificially inflate rent prices under a $7 million settlement offer Oregon and eight other states proposed.

Democratic-led states, including Oregon, are ramping up protections in reproductive health shield laws

Oregon’s economic activity is declining, population growth is slowing and unemployment is rising — all at a faster pace than the U.S.  oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/21/s...

Commentary: Will ICE melt in Newport?

President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video message encouraging U.S. armed forces to refuse “illegal orders.”

The rate of Oregon ninth graders on track to graduate in four years hit record highs during the 2024-25 school year, according to new data from the Oregon Department of Education.

A pattern of ill-advised management decisions reflecting “strategic neglect” and an ongoing lack of resources have fueled the backlog of thousands of worker complaints made to Oregon’s labor agency, according to a Thursday audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.

All Oregon National Guard members will return home after the Trump administration’s ill-fated attempts to deploy them to Portland under federal orders, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Wednesday.

Gov. Tina Kotek wants state agencies to move faster to address climate change, ensure more longterm renewable energy power that is cheap and reliable for Oregonians and fill in gaps from federal disinvestment from clean energy projects. buff.ly/16Uwthk

A lesson on Oregon's business climate • Oregon Capital Chronicle

U.S. senators began debating how to reduce health care costs for Americans during a hearing Wednesday, where experts’ varied recommendations and comments from lawmakers previewed the rocky and potentially long path ahead.

A group of Democratic secretaries of state, including Oregon's Tobias Read, say they’re concerned the Trump administration misled them about how it would use voter data collected from their states.

Students and families hoping the Oregon Department of Education will help them resolve discrimination issues and violations of state education laws at schools are facing major waits as the agency tries to handle a growing backlog of cases, according to state education officials.

Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling an unexpected $20 bill from the pocket, or getting a birthday check that covers a surprise bill, the $373 million budget deficit Oregon faced just yesterday is being shrunk, for now, by what state economists call “found money.” buff.ly/FDsKGJd

Deschutes County commissioner launches campaign for Oregon's closest congressional seat

A top federal election official who falsely claimed Democrats need “illegal citizens” to vote to win elections and publicly mused about committing voter fraud herself must rescind those statements or resign immediately, U.S. senators from Oregon and California demanded Tuesday.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to force the release of unclassified investigative files from the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a friend to the powerful who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 awaiting federal trial on sex trafficking charges.

Oregon state Rep. Annessa Hartman, D-Gladstone, announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer.

The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed this summer that will reduce state revenue. buff.ly/kIxKhTd

Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the compensation process for wrongfully convicted individuals.

David Richardson, the senior official performing the duties of the administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has resigned and moved to the “private sector,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

President Donald Trump on Sunday night abruptly changed his tune, telling House Republicans to vote on a bill to compel the Department of Justice to release all files related to its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 awaiting federal trial.

Oregon Democrats have agreed to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars, months after Congress approved a measure blocking access to federal Medicaid funds until at least July 2026.

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Oregon National Guard troops set to return home before Thanksgiving, after waiting nearly two months at a coastal training camp for legal battles to play out over a potential deployment to Portland, might instead remain at camp.

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 — they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets. buff.ly/VageCKI

The two Oregon nonprofits that sued federal immigration agencies last month have added another plaintiff to their suit and are asking the court to stop federal agencies from blocking all people detained in Oregon from access to their lawyers. buff.ly/9qi2wGo

It looks like we’re about to enter another cycle of ballot measure warfare in Oregon, columnist Tim Nesbitt writes. buff.ly/mH440Im

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

Oregon Department of Transportation Director Kris Strickler plans to retire Jan. 2, saying it is time for a new chapter within the agency now that the state has figured out how to fill its massive budget shortfalls.

Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreement to curb rising health insurance costs if lawmakers want to avoid another government shutdown.

Commentary from Randy Stapilus: Amid the uproar over federal and Oregon state relations, an Oregon political deadline came and went Oct. 27 with little attention, but some implications for the political year ahead. buff.ly/9S1iOqh

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome.

ICYMI: A defense contractor with a history of providing housing for military operations withdrew its inquiry seeking land in Newport as growing evidence suggests the Trump administration intends to use the site for Oregon’s first immigration detention facility. buff.ly/HnM7U3I

At a special city council meeting tonight, Newport City Manager Nina Vetter confirmed that the contractor Team Housing Solutions has withdrawn its letter of intent to lease the property at the city's municipal airport. Story to come for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com, still have a 2 hour meeting to go.

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Portland and cuts to food stamps and health insurance his party passed this summer could hamper the popularity of Republican candidates in Oregon’s 2026 race for governor, according to a new survey from a Democratic polling firm.

When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, he said it was because of something he saw on television.

U.S. House Democrats investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released emails Wednesday they say show President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as far back as 2011.

Oregonians have a new license plate design option, and like many others, it honors conservation efforts in the state.

A vague letter from a Texas-based defense contractor spurred concern in Newport that the federal government would seek to establish an immigration detention facility on Oregon’s Central Coast.  buff.ly/AUbX4Qt

A growing number of Oregon high schoolers are participating in college-level coursework and showing college-level proficiency, according to a new report.

The off-and-on freeze of benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that serves about 42 million people, was among the most consequential effects of the record-setting shutdown. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans use SNAP to help buy groceries

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley joined Kentucky's Rand Paul in an ill-fated effort to block a provision attached to legislation to reopen the government that hemp growers say will regulate the industry "to death."

Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Oregon’s long-awaited transportation bill into law, setting the stage for opponents to begin collecting signatures for a referendum effort to overturn it. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/10/s...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a right-wing group’s lawsuit aiming to strike down an Oregon union’s policy that allows it to charge correction workers who opt out of joining for the costs of representing them.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday he pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other people allegedly involved in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the president’s federal pardon does not shield members of the group from state charges. buff.ly/h0Tl6Dj

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely. buff.ly/XWTinSE