GREAT SCOOP from @michaelscherer.bsky.social: National Park Service projects are now being defunded to cover President Trump’s Washington renovation spree. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

NEW: A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states.

From today's meeting of the governor's Data Center Advisory Committee: no one could say how many data centers are in Oregon. A Business Oregon rep. said there are 900+ "entities" self-categorizing as data centers, but that could mean small stand alone facilities to campuses w/ multiple facilities.

This is an incredible investigation. Wild that a single water district has been allowed so much power (and water) for so long. The Oregon Water Resources Department should have been acting on this data long ago, as well as the State Legislature. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Multnomah County’s case against fossil fuels companies is one of nearly 40 filed by state, local govs across U.S. arguing the gas giants must be held accountable for worsening climate change. The county’s is unique in focus on a specific disaster: the 2021 heat dome. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/c...

Huh, $55 billion seems like a lot for one year when I've been repeatedly assured that farmers don't want handouts. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

A federal judge blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail on Thursday, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/25/r...

An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its population since 2013 to a wasting disease.

OREGON CITY — Several hundred people turned out along the Willamette River on Thursday to celebrate a fish often misunderstood for its style but long revered for its substance.

EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr encouraged a third-party candidate to “make an agreement” to exit a contested Iowa congressional race and help GOP win the seat. “I can’t go into specifics because there’s legal prohibitions about that,” RFK Jr. said, per audio obtained by The Post.

Four years after Dobbs, access to all abortion has gotten more scarce and complicated. For later abortions, even in cases with severe fetal complications, cost and access are even steeper barriers. Advocates are split on whether to remove those barriers. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/25/r...

“The fact that the governor is benefiting directly from his face and image being plastered across Missouri TV screens by a dark money group from Delaware — or somewhere, not here — shouldn’t be lost on anyone.” Missouri’s Gov Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure

Do you administer Medicaid or SNAP benefits? Help @propublica.org report on America’s safety net. We want to hear from you if you currently work for (or have worked for) government agencies involved with implementing changes related to work requirements: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Some of Oregon’s local law enforcement leaders say that federal immigration authorities have failed to adhere to a longstanding practice of notifying them of their activity in their jurisdictions.

This was previously blocked by a preliminary injunction, which is on appeal. But the ruling underscores the stakes of the SAVE America Act — Trump needs the bill because he cannot impose a proof of citizenship rule unilaterally.

Thanks for highlighting @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social If you're wondering why your electric bill is going up, one reason is utilities trying to prevent 🔥. Sounds good, but NW states aren't doing enough to make sure utilities are spending our $ wisely. www.sightline.org/2026/06/16/n...

Yakama Nation lamprey harvest/salvage on Willamette/Wa'lúmt this morning for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Many of these private utilities in the West should have been investing more of their record profits in wildfire prevention over the last few decades, rather than hiking rates in haste following 2020 wake up call and asking ratepayers to urgently shoulder the burden.

Gas station operators including BP , Circle K , Marathon Petroleum , 7-Eleven , Walmart and Albertsons were sued on Monday by California drivers who accused them of using artificial intelligence to boost prices at the pump.

🚨New data: In the 8 months after H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by 4+ million (-10%) nationwide. In just the 13 states with available data, 800,000+ fewer kids are receiving SNAP. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

RIP Mark Singer, who wrote what is still one of the best Trump profiles in 1997: www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...

NEW: A Canadian mining company has resurrected plans for a copper mine just outside Oregon's Opal Creek Wilderness. The company is looking to fast-track the mine under Trump admin rules but also stressing environmental safety: tinyurl.com/45fueec5

Man is my heart heavy with this news. A fitting tribute to an exceptional Oregon reporter and person. We are lucky to have been on the receiving end of so much of his work. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Our @madisonmcvan.bsky.social was named "Young Journalist of the Year" by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists for her exemplary work in 2025. You can look back at some of that work below. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/refor...

"Oregon has one of the largest concentrations of data centers anywhere in the country, fueled by readily available land, power and tax breaks worth $450 million this year alone."

"The air outside Bailey Park’s homes pops, buzzes and crackles with the sound of high-capacity electrical lines towering overhead." A hulking Amazon data center lays just beyond Bailey Park’s neatly trimmed lawns, stretching more than a third of a mile... www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

“My kid is at public school, being marketed to by [a private tech company] and nobody told the parents about it… it really makes me question the judgment of the PPS admin.” Kaepernick returns to Portland Public Schools to promote AI product... www.portlandmercury.com/news/chaotic...

NEW: The firm behind an award-winning @nmhca.bsky.social social media campaign is now recruiting influencers to promote the controversial Project Jupiter data center Story here, on @sourcenm.com

Utility-scale solar has produced more electricity than gas power plants in California across most days this year: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Democratic U.S. senators launch an inquiry into oil companies’ recent windfall profits — more than $40 billion in the first three months of the year. www.eenews.net/articles/dem...

This is bombshell stuff.

ICYMI, a very timely episode:

The US has emptied the immigration detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz after the state spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the high-profile jail to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Roughly 100 protesters showed up to the federal courthouse in St. Paul after officials announced charges against 15 Minnesotans “for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers.” U.S. marshals sprayed pepper spray and released aerosol grenades after protesters tried to hold open a door.

The federal directive is expected to result in the loss of around 1,000 Oregon National Guard members who would be reassigned by 2030, including vehicle maintenance specialists and medical care providers @shaanthx.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/16/h...

Reporter: "That sounds like thoughtcrime. How many officers were injured?" Daniel Rosen, DOJ: "Nothing I said is thoughtcrime. I don't follow the question."

Heat and drought are expected to worsen through the summer and will heighten wildfire risks across Oregon, spurring Gov. Tina Kotek to declare a state of emergency: oregoncapitalchronicle.com?post_type=br...

In 1955, 15 cents could buy a McDonald’s hamburger or pay the tax on 15 gallons of jet fuel. 70+ years later, hamburgers cost several dollars, but the tax rate the state’s aviation agency counts on hasn’t changed @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/15/a...

‘Only two people were deported to Somalia, according to the data, even though the ostensible reason for the immigration enforcement surge of federal agents to Minnesota in the winter was to target Somali Minnesotans. The vast majority of Minnesotans with Somali ancestry are citizens.’

Nonaffiliated voters are Oregon’s largest voting bloc, but making the ballot without a party is an uphill battle

As I walk out of the Oregon House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment stacked with lobbyists from Google, Amazon, big tech™️, and more of them waiting outside in the hall, I am extremely excited to get into climate economics with this group in September. www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...

Amazon Whole Foods' push to overturn union election results at a Philly store have been denied, allowing the certification of the results, where workers voted to unionize despite Amazon's anti-union campaign

In April, San Francisco submitted a valuation of $3.4 billion to acquire PG&E's land, infrastructure and equipment so the city could leave the monopoly utility and create a public power district. One expert said rates could decline 15%-20% in the decade after purchase: www.kqed.org/news/1208188...

Meanwhile BPA, which owns most of the NW grid in Oregon and Washington, insists on opting out of a Western day ahead market and joining the Southwest Power Pool headquartered in Arkansas, expected to raise costs for consumers in the next few years. thenevadaindependent.com/article/nv-e...

Notably, no one from Oregon’s education sector - including the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission - was appointed to the gov’s Prosperity Council. www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...

genuinely speechless here.

Alaska House appears likely to pass 85% tax cut for proposed gas pipeline, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/12/a...

Fox's refusal to show open ceremonies in Mexico or Canada in place of an empty stadium studio show is baffling. Thankful for Telemundo for showing both ceremonies.

Earlier this month, in an act of urgency after finding many young Chinook salmon dead in the vegetation along the Upper Klamath River near the Oregon-California border, scientists drove to an Oregon expert with several of the fish carcasses they normally would have mailed. buff.ly/ZfflD2Y

In the last few months, state, federal, tribal scientists have become increasingly concerned about the fast spread of a parasite that Klamath Basin Chinook salmon are dying from, and carrying into the Upper Klamath River and Oregon for the first time. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/12/p...