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Oregon DEQ fines Pacific Seafood $3.2 million for water pollution violations
Published: April 27, 2026 23:38
An Oregon seafood company faces $3.2 million in fines for discharging fish parts, chlorine, oil and grease into the Pacific Ocean and two rivers across three sites up and down the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality levied the…
Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
Published: April 27, 2026 23:02
WASHINGTON — The California man said by federal prosecutors to have opened fire just outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance alongside Cabinet members and lawmakers, was charged Monday with…
Six rural Oregon Democrats compete to oust U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz
Published: April 27, 2026 21:57
Six Democrats are facing off in the primary in May for Oregon’s most rural congressional district. The winner will likely compete in November against Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, an Ontario attorney and former state lawmaker who has held the seat…
The truth about Oregon’s mail-in ballots
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/27/the-truth-about-oregons-mail-in-ballots/
Published: April 27, 2026 19:29
Have you ever taken a tour of your local elections office? I have, and other members of the League of Women Voters around Oregon have done the same. If I had to choose one word to describe the processes there, it would be “secure.” If I were able to choose…
US Supreme Court weighs how far police investigations can go in using cellphone location data
Published: April 27, 2026 19:20
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow law enforcement to continue seeking warrants for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes, even as the justices wrestled with how far the government must go to protect Americans’…
Trump: Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting created a ‘manifesto’ for attack
Published: April 27, 2026 13:39
The alleged shooter at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., wrote a “manifesto” ahead of his planned attack, President Donald Trump said in a Sunday morning interview on Fox News and later in the day on the CBS show “60…
Nearly 100 Democrats vie for party’s nomination in legislative races ahead of May primary
Published: April 27, 2026 13:00
Nearly 100 Democrats are vying for the party’s nomination in the May primary to be the next, or returning, Oregon state representative or senator in 75 races across the state. About a third of the candidates are incumbents who are running unchallenged, and…
Menopause coverage bills meet mixed fates in state legislatures
Published: April 25, 2026 13:00
A handful of states are considering legislation this session related to menopause and perimenopause, including proposals to mandate coverage and others to include work protections for people experiencing symptoms related to the conditions. Others have…
Small Oregon businesses are skeptical of Trump’s tariff reimbursements
Published: April 24, 2026 21:42
MCMINNVILLE— In 2021, Richard Smith and Serengeti Savage took over the downtown McMinnville tea shop where they had their first date. The shop sits along the town’s popular Third Street, which is lined with antique shops, restaurants, wineries and other…
As GOP candidates spar to be Oregon governor, some nominations pose an uphill battle
Published: April 24, 2026 20:10
The top four Oregon Republicans running for governor spent their first debate attacking incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek’s leadership, while shying away from the GOP’s ties to President Donald Trump. But for at least one candidate who political…
Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.
Published: April 24, 2026 17:11
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut…
Subtle choices for Oregon Republicans
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/24/subtle-choices-for-oregon-republicans/
Published: April 24, 2026 12:58
As happened four years ago, Oregon’s Republicans have a lot of choices in putting forward a nominee for governor. Those may be subtle and tactical choices. The number of contenders is a little smaller this time but not by much: 14 Republicans are in the…
Court ruling limiting adult gender-affirming Medicaid coverage could have national impacts
Published: April 24, 2026 12:54
A U.S. appeals court ruling last month that upheld West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgeries could embolden other states seeking to impose similar restrictions. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in March overturned a…
Tuition to rise for 12th year in a row at Oregon’s public universities
Published: April 23, 2026 22:38
Tuition will be up again at Oregon’s seven public universities this fall, marking the 12th school year in a row that each of the state’s four-year post-secondary institutions raised the cost of admission for incoming freshmen. The continued reliance on…
Nitrate contaminates the drinking water of millions of Americans, study finds
Published: April 23, 2026 20:51
Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released Thursday. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group examined test data collected by…
US Senate GOP adopts budget blueprint laying path for billions for ICE, Border Patrol
Published: April 23, 2026 20:48
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Thursday intended to speed the way for billions for immigration enforcement, sending the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber need to adopt it to unlock the…
Oregon minimum wage workers will get 50-cent bump in July
Published: April 23, 2026 20:42
Oregon workers making minimum wage will get an additional 50 cents per hour beginning in July, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Thursday. The state has three different minimum wages, depending on location. Beginning July 1, minimum wage…
How Trump’s order on mail ballots threatens Postal Service independence
Published: April 23, 2026 18:06
President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting would shatter decades of U.S. Postal Service independence intended to shield it from partisan politics, postal experts and attorneys say. Postal experts said Trump ordering the postmaster general to…
A new Oregon law regulates police use of license plate readers. Here’s how it works
Published: April 23, 2026 13:00
Oregonians will soon be able to sue private companies that sell or otherwise improperly use data captured by license plate-reading cameras under a new state law. Senate Bill 1516, signed into law by Gov. Tina Kotek on March 31, went into effect…
For the fifth time, a vote in the US Senate to limit Trump’s war in Iran falls short
Published: April 22, 2026 22:45
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, and one Democrat, maintained their support for President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, after blocking for the fifth time a resolution that would force the president to seek congressional authorization for further action in…
The untold story of school funding in Oregon
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/22/the-untold-story-of-school-funding-in-oregon/
Published: April 22, 2026 22:41
When students walk through their classroom doors each morning, a day of learning is just the start of what schools provide. From meals to health services and academic interventions, districts have taken on expanded responsibilities because they know…
Oregon governor signs housing bills addressing affordability, urban boundary growth boundaries
Published: April 22, 2026 21:29
Six new Oregon housing laws aim to make it easier for cities and developers to build housing and prioritize affordable housing for families and older Oregonians. Gov. Tina Kotek, local elected officials and state legislators gathered at Woodburn’s city…
Some Oregon students getting years more in school than peers depending on district, study finds
Published: April 22, 2026 19:59
By the time they graduate from high school, some Oregon students have spent the equivalent of three years more at schools than their peers in other districts, a new study found. Those vast disparities in school time, based on a state law that gives…
Congress struggles with questions about ethics investigations after 3 members resign
Published: April 22, 2026 16:59
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republican leaders Tuesday defended the secretive process used in that chamber to investigate allegations of wrongdoing, though they did confirm referring a complaint made against Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego to the Ethics…
Meet the two Republicans vying to flip Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
Published: April 22, 2026 13:00
Republican voters in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District will choose between a longtime Republican communications professional and a local elected official in the May 19 primary. Former legislative spokesperson Jonathan Lockwood and Deschutes County…
Federal judge in Oregon voids RFK Jr.’s ‘unlawful’ directive banning gender-affirming care
Published: April 21, 2026 21:49
A federal district judge in Oregon overturned Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s directive that said health care facilities providing gender-affirming care to minors are barred from Medicare and Medicaid. U.S. District Judge…
Oregonians claw back nearly $1.6M with state consumer protection effort for scams, fraud
Published: April 21, 2026 20:29
Oregonians filed more than 10,000 consumer complaints with the Oregon Department of Justice last year recovering nearly $1.6 million as a result of state attorneys’ efforts. The more than $1.56 million Oregonians received back through the Justice…
Republicans in US Senate unveil road map for 3 years of immigration crackdown
Published: April 21, 2026 20:15
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress appeared to be on the same page Tuesday about how to fund immigration activities for the next three years as they released a party-line measure that will pave the way for a special process known as budget…
Trump’s DOJ sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters
Published: April 21, 2026 17:13
Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge Tuesday against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice is building a…
Oregon’s GOP beat out critics to launch an anti-tax ballot referral. Can they do it again?
Published: April 21, 2026 13:00
Oregon Republicans have developed something of a familiar strategy when they seek to block revenue-raising measures they failed to derail in Salem: Taking legislative Democrats’ decision to the voters. Their most recent success? More than 250,000…