The U.S. Department of Defense quietly changed its timeline for cleaning up toxic forever chemicals contaminating groundwater at two military bases in Oregon and Washington, delaying the process by six years without public announcement.

A week after the federal government sued Oregon and Maine for not turning over personal information in state voter rolls, Washington’s secretary of state on Tuesday denied the Trump administration’s request for Washington voters' personal data. buff.ly/6VofmNL via @washingtonstatestandard.org

Trump and RFK Jr. are making claims about autism. What do medical experts say?

A Trump administration move to revoke a 16-year-old scientific finding that helped reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector could have “serious and far-reaching consequences” for Oregonians, state environmental regulators said. buff.ly/L9NtXsL via @opb.org

‘A universal struggle’: Oregon eligibility workers brace for federal benefit cuts

Commentary: From the beginning, Oregon’s Jewish story was also a civic story.

In eight states, including Oregon, the number of people buying subsidized insurance from the marketplace would drop by at least half.

The Trump administration’s changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program have disqualified hundreds of thousands of locations — including homes, businesses and community buildings — from receiving internet access.

The torturously slow pace and increasingly expensive price to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River have some Oregon and Washington lawmakers growing uneasy and frustrated.

CDC panel opts against requiring COVID shot prescription, but wants greater emphasis on its risks. Meanwhile, Oregon acted this week to ensure COVID shot access.

A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

The U.S. Senate deadlocked Friday over how to fund the government past a deadline at the end of September, escalating the odds of a shutdown and heightening tensions on Capitol Hill.

This year alone, more than a dozen states including Oregon have passed laws regulating AI in health care. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/19/r...

Commentary from Randy Stapilus: You shouldn’t expect the 2026 election to fulfill extravagant hopes, from any point of view.

If lawmakers permanently extend the enhanced tax credits for certain people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, it would cost the government $350 billion over 10 years and increase the number of those with health insurance by 3.8 million.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers held detainees at the agency’s Portland facility in violation of the federal government’s land use agreement, according to the city of Portland. buff.ly/50CtDKX via @opb.org

Two Oregon lawmakers go on Israel-sponsored trip as country invades Gaza City. buff.ly/M8cABwA by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

While Oregon forms a work group, Washington committed to backfilling lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week.

A two-term Democratic congresswoman from Oregon who wants to ban lawmakers and their families from buying and selling individual stocks is the latest member of Congress to violate a conflicts-of-interest and financial transparency law. And it’s her second time this month. buff.ly/ObaJ3XI

UPDATE: Any Oregonian who wants COVID-19 vaccine can get it, state says. buff.ly/EIvOvoeby @shaanthx.bsky.social

An overhauled CDC panel is set to issue guidance on COVID shot access and childhood vaccines • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that she was fired after just 29 days because she refused to pre-approve vaccine recommendations or fire career officials for no reason.

The Oregon Senate will once again delay its vote on a major transportation bill until Sept. 29.

The nation’s four West Coast states on Wednesday recommended that all adults and children concerned about the respiratory season can receive the COVID-19 vaccine and other common inoculations.

Oregon’s legislative Democrats are once again looking for ways to strengthen abortion access in the wake of federal funding cuts to abortion providers.

Updated with details of the lawsuit the Department of Justice filed against Oregon for not handing over personal data of more than 3 million voters. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/16/t...

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it has sued Oregon and Maine for rejecting demands that the states turn over troves of personal voter information.  buff.ly/sRHdeNm by @jmshumway.bsky.social

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered an immediate halt to state employees’ non-essential out-of-state travel and directed agencies to find more ways to cut costs on Tuesday after Oregon’s budget surplus from a few months ago turned into a nearly $375 million shortfall. buff.ly/y6AO7ud by @jmshumway.bsky.social

COMMENTARY | September is Hunger Action Month. It’s a time when Americans come together to raise awareness about the hunger in our communities, and to take actions to ensure all of us can put food on the table.

As President Donald Trump wages an all-out assault on offshore wind projects, state leaders face a dilemma: Do they pull the plug on offshore wind and look for other ways to meet their fast-growing energy needs? Or do they double down on their investments?

CALLOUT: I’m looking for people to talk to on the record about their experiences with receiving any kind of care at Planned Parenthood in Oregon, especially those who needed low-cost options. This can be any clinic, but I would especially love to talk to anyone who used the Ontario clinic. DM me!

U.S. House Republican leaders released a seven-week stopgap government funding bill Tuesday that’s intended to avoid a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

The Women in Wildfire Boot Camp program was established in 2011 and continued for more than a decade before it was terminated in February because of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government.

Watchdog agency says Trump violated law for sixth time in withholding FEMA funds • Oregon Capital Chronicle

With the federal government backing down from consumer protection, Gov. Tina Kotek said states have to step up.

The federal government is unenthusiastic about cranking up its biggest cleanup project next month at the Hanford nuclear site in south-central Washington. But it will meet an Oct. 15 deadline to bring the so-called glassification facility online, the U.S. Department of Energy said.

Updated: Senate Republicans elected Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Dundee, as their new caucus leader, while outgoing leader Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles, confirmed he will resign from the Senate in October. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/15/o... by @shaanthx.bsky.social

Senate Minority Leader Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles, is stepping down from Republican leadership on Monday, his colleagues said, leaving the door open for a new leader and spurring speculation about his future plans.

Oregon has lost out on more than $48.6 million in federal money for rural roads, public services and schools since 2023 as Congress failed in the last year to renew a federal act that has sent billions to western states in the last 20 years.

If anyone had told @agdanrayfield.bsky.social two years ago that any attorney general had filed 37 lawsuits against the federal government, he would have assumed that attorney general was “bonkers.” But now, Rayfield's done it — and Oregon's arguments are prevailing in most cases. buff.ly/kL8ZZHg

Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the country began telling Medicaid patients Friday that their routine health care appointments will no longer be covered as a federal court order takes effect.

The U.S. Department of Justice is sharing state voter roll information with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizens, the Trump administration confirmed.

Business leaders say Oregon has more red tape than other states, leaving firms susceptible to recruitment

Northwest states, tribes and environmental groups will resume suing the federal government over dam operations in the Columbia River Basin that have harmed endangered native fish species.  buff.ly/31RvDBx by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social and Emily Fitzgerald of @washingtonstatestandard.com

More than three dozen people filed to run for statewide office, #orleg and district races today, the first day candidates could officially file. The @oregoncapitalchronicle.com team will keep tabs of candidate filings over the next six months here: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/11/w... #orpol

‘Frustrated’ Oregon governor says she’s trying to ensure COVID vaccine access amid confusion

Oregon is one of the states that could lose housing funding, according to the lawsuit.

The Trump administration can block Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood after an appeals court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s preliminary injunction.

Columnist Randy Stapilus takes readers on a tour of the protest scene outside Portland's ICE facility.

Oregon lawmakers have just a few months to decide if they’ll let state tax policy automatically couple with federal tax cuts passed in the July GOP megalaw that would leave the state government without hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for public services.