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Dems ditching State of the Union blast Trump on immigration, ‘lawlessness’
Published: February 25, 2026 04:30
WASHINGTON — Some congressional Democrats boycotted President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, opting to attend counter-programming to protest the administration’s actions. Lawmakers took to alternative stages in Washington, D.C.,…
Trump in State of the Union speech touts US ‘turnaround for the ages,’ attacks Democrats
Published: February 25, 2026 04:29
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to lambaste Democrats and the Biden administration, while pitching the Republican Party to voters ahead of this year’s crucial midterm elections. “Tonight, after just one…
$35 million per year investment in summer school is paying off, Oregon education officials say
Published: February 25, 2026 01:17
Nearly 30,000 Oregon students took advantage of literacy-focused summer school programs and most made learning gains in 2025, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The findings, shared in a recent analysis from the agency, show that the $35…
Gov. Kotek launches ‘roundtable’ to create blueprint for universal pre-K in Oregon
Published: February 25, 2026 00:05
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is bringing together a group of early learning experts to create a plan to provide “affordable, universal preschool access for 3- and 4-year-olds” in every Oregon county. Kotek announced the Early Childhood Care and Learning System…
Oregon Senate passes bill that would criminalize threats against public officials
Published: February 24, 2026 21:57
People who threaten public officials could face prison time under a bill the Oregon Senate passed 18-11 Tuesday. Senate Bill 1530 would make threatening a public official — including lawmakers, school board members, city councilors and county…
How a handful of states and districts could decide who runs Congress
Published: February 24, 2026 21:26
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats will spend billions of dollars and countless hours campaigning throughout the country ahead of November’s midterm elections, even though control of Congress likely will be decided by a relatively small number of…
Supreme Court takes up climate case testing local lawsuits against oil companies
Published: February 24, 2026 14:37
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a significant climate lawsuit in which oil companies are seeking to avoid being tried in state court. The fate of several dozen climate lawsuits brought against oil companies by state and local…
Oregon Senate passes bill to reschedule gas tax referral despite GOP opposition
Published: February 23, 2026 23:31
After several delays and an encroaching Wednesday deadline, a proposal to reschedule the date of a gas tax referendum to May finally passed the Oregon Senate. The Senate voted 17-13 mostly along party lines Monday to pass Senate Bill 1599, which would…
Oregon House Republicans stage walkout as gas tax election, gun control votes near
Published: February 23, 2026 23:31
Republicans began boycotting the House floor Monday afternoon, shortly after the Oregon Senate sent their chamber a controversial bill that would reschedule a referendum on transportation tax and fee increases from November to May. “Today, House…
Amid polling low, Trump centers pre-State of the Union message on immigration
Published: February 23, 2026 19:44
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday to honor families whose loved ones were killed by noncitizens, but spent most of the event complaining about his approval ratings and amplifying the falsehood that the 2020 presidential…
Shut out of campaign finance bill, good governance groups tell lawmakers to vote against it
Published: February 23, 2026 14:00
Good governance groups behind a historic 2024 campaign finance reform law are calling on lawmakers to vote against a proposal meant to provide technical fixes to the law. They say business and lobbying groups wrote it to render political spending limits…
With surge winding down in Minnesota, Pacific Northwest volunteer networks brace for more ICE agents
Published: February 21, 2026 14:00
An immigrant man with long black hair lay cuffed in a snowbank in a south Minneapolis neighborhood. Federal agents — tactical vests emblazoned with “Police” — hovered over him. A woman with blond streaked hair, bundled in a purple coat, watchdogged them.…
Oregon Senate votes to close nicotine pouch loophole
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Published: February 21, 2026 00:18
The Oregon Senate voted 26-1 Friday to pass a bill aiming to close a loophole allowing Oregon youth to purchase nicotine pouch products. Senate Bill 1571, sponsored by Sen. Lisa Reynolds, D-Portland, redefines tobacco products to include nicotine pouch…
Clock ticks as Oregon lawmakers postpone transportation referendum vote yet again
Published: February 20, 2026 23:47
The Oregon Senate postponed a vote for the third time this week on a controversial bill to reschedule a referendum on transportation tax and fee increases from November to May. Senate Bill 1599, a Democratic proposal to shift a statewide vote on whether to…
After slow fall COVID shot rollout, Oregon moves to bolster public health officials’ authority
Published: February 20, 2026 21:39
The stories during fall’s annual vaccine season kept piling up: Patients driving to Washington. Doctors concerned about a lack of liability protections. Pharmacists navigating a legal gray area they had never seen before. Oregonians went to great lengths…
Trump vows new tariffs, attacks Supreme Court justices after ruling
Published: February 20, 2026 20:43
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to keep tariffs in place using different authorities after the Supreme Court ruled he exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act. During the afternoon press conference…
Did you reserve the right to be wiser tomorrow?
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/20/did-you-reserve-the-right-to-be-wiser-tomorrow/
Published: February 20, 2026 19:32
This year, a sadly partisan political fight in the Oregon Legislature pits the wealthiest against the typical Oregonians. The issue? Whether Oregon should disconnect from some of the changes in the definition of federal taxable income contained in…
US Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs in 6-3 opinion, dealing blow to trade agenda
Published: February 20, 2026 17:01
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s trade agenda Friday, ruling the tariffs he issued under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act are illegal. In a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John…
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels
Published: February 20, 2026 14:00
Federal officials are attempting to open up millions of acres of forests in western Oregon for “maximum” timber production to “advance Trump administration priorities,” including areas that are home to federally protected, vulnerable species, the Bureau of…
A police officer’s conundrum
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/19/a-police-officers-conundrum/
Published: February 20, 2026 01:35
The Alex Pretti scenario ought to be under serious consideration by the Oregon Legislature. Time is running out. Pretti, as most of us know, was the ICU nurse (and U.S. citizen) shot to death on a Minneapolis street by federal immigration authorities. The…
Oregon health officials declare measles outbreak with five confirmed cases
Published: February 20, 2026 01:01
State health officials declared a measles outbreak Thursday following five confirmed cases in Oregon. Dr. Howard Chiou, medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations for the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division, warned during a…
Reporter’s note: Minnesotans’ whistles are a warning and a bellwether for Oregon and the nation
Published: February 19, 2026 21:35
When I left Portland in early February for my hometown of Minneapolis to swap newsrooms for a week and report for our States Newsroom sister site, the Minnesota Reformer, I took one central worry with me. I feared most that the people I love in the Twin…
Oregon Senate advances bill to protect public lands
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregon-senate-advances-bill-to-protect-public-lands/
Published: February 19, 2026 21:29
The Oregon Senate in a 17-11 vote Thursday advanced a bill meant to safeguard public lands against the threat of privatization. Senate Bill 1590, sponsored by Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, would prohibit state agencies from using any funding, data,…
Oregon Senate Republicans end one-day walkout ahead of transportation referendum vote
Published: February 19, 2026 19:47
Oregon Republicans ended a brief Senate walkout that threatened to derail Democrats’ plans to reschedule a referendum on controversial transportation tax and fee increases from November to May. Both chambers on Thursday gaveled in with enough Republicans…
Tensions rise among Oregon lawmakers over push to introduce bill limitations
Published: February 19, 2026 14:00
It’s a common scene at the Oregon Legislature: Crowds filling committee rooms and hallways hoping to testify on legislation, only to miss their chance to speak, submit written testimony instead or face interruption by a committee chair with a reminder that…
Communities fight ICE detention centers, but have few tools to stop them
Published: February 18, 2026 23:42
Outrage erupted last month when Oklahoma City residents learned of plans to convert a vacant warehouse into an immigration processing facility. Making matters worse was the secrecy of the federal government: City leaders received no communication from U.S.…
Oregon Republicans walk out of Senate ahead of vote on transportation referendum
Published: February 18, 2026 23:30
Republicans in the Oregon Senate staged a walkout Wednesday afternoon ahead of a scheduled vote on a bill to reschedule a referendum on controversial transportation tax and fee increases from November to May. Senators were scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m.,…
Oregon still dragging its feet on polluted northeast Oregon drinking water
Published: February 18, 2026 22:00
Progress doesn’t look like letting billion-dollar corporations and big industries continue to pollute groundwater for a few more years in order to protect their profits.
Climate, health groups challenge EPA repeal of major greenhouse gas regulation
Published: February 18, 2026 19:31
A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin…
Bills are debated, dead or dying as Oregon 2026 legislative session hits midpoint
Published: February 18, 2026 14:00
The five-week Oregon legislative session started in February with more than 260 bills aimed at tackling issues from roads funding to data privacy to school funding to federal immigration and tax policies. Now, halfway through the session and past the Feb.…
A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon
Published: February 17, 2026 23:58
WASHINGTON — Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully,…
Avel Gordly, first Black woman elected to Oregon Senate, dies at 79
Published: February 17, 2026 23:36
Oregon Public Broadcasting first published this article. Avel Gordly, one of Oregon’s most influential civil rights champions and a politician who was often referred to as the “conscience of the state Senate” for her strong moral compass, died at home on…
Oregon House clears bill to alert school, university communities of immigration activity
Published: February 17, 2026 22:58
Oregon public universities and schools would have to promptly notify their communities when federal immigration agents step onto campus under a bill the Oregon House passed Tuesday. Federal policy has long blocked immigration enforcement at “sensitive…
Legal fights over Trump attempt to deploy National Guard to Portland come to an end
Published: February 17, 2026 22:35
This is a developing story and may be updated. Ongoing legal fights over President Donald Trump’s attempt to send hundreds of Oregon, California and Texas National Guard troops to Portland last fall over the objections of residents and state and local…
Oregon lawmakers want to build on immigration protections. Here’s where those bills stand
Published: February 17, 2026 21:03
As the first state in the nation to pass a sanctuary law, Oregon has some of the most comprehensive immigration protections in the country. However, lawmakers are trying to do more in response to concerns that federal immigration officers are overstepping…
High housing costs, shortages propel movement on reform in Congress
Published: February 17, 2026 19:03
WASHINGTON — Republicans, Democrats and the White House are methodically, calmly inching toward a common goal: agreeing on a thick package of laws that would do something quickly about slowing housing costs and boosting supply. There’s no talk of gridlock…
Southern Oregon state Sen. Jeff Golden to retire at the end of the year
Published: February 17, 2026 14:00
Oregon state Sen. Jeff Golden, a Democrat from Ashland, will retire at the end of the year rather than running for a third term. Golden, 75, announced Friday in a video that he was abandoning his earlier run for reelection, citing the intense pace of the…