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Oregon News
POLITICS
State Rep. Ed Diehl, a key figure in fighting gas tax hike, plans run for Oregon governor
OPB | By Dirk VanderHart
The list of Republicans vying to take on Gov. Tina Kotek in November continues to grow.
Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump is now running for Oregon governor
The Oregonian | By Carlos Fuentes
Almost exactly one year after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, conservative influencer David Medina announced Monday that he will run for Oregon governor.
Former Oregon Republican ousted for supporting abortion rights running as Independent
Oregon Capital Chronicle | By Julia Shumway
A former one-term Republican lawmaker who lost his reelection primary in a landslide after splitting with the party over abortion rights and transgender health care is running for the Oregon House again, this time as an Independent.
John Tapogna takes over as head of Oregon Business Council, influential policy group
The Oregonian | By Mike Rogoway
The Oregon Business Council named John Tapogna its new president Tuesday, hiring the prominent Portland economist to oversee the 40-year-old organization’s efforts to shape the state’s future.
ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live
Oregon Capital Chronicle | By Anna Claire Vollers
In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people who are in the country illegally.
The case is ongoing. But for now, immigrants — including those who are in the country legally — will have to weigh the benefits of gaining health coverage against the risk that enrolling in Medicaid could make them or their family members easier for ICE to find.
Portland Mayor says sidewalk cleaning program is part of city's 'renaissance'
KATU | By Tanvi Varma
On its fourth month in action, Portland's sidewalk cleaning program continues to receive praise from Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and small businesses in the city.
Portland emergency management director placed on administrative leave
OPB | By Alex Zielinski
Ahmed is the third bureau director to be placed on leave in the past year.
Prosper Portland board chair says no action needed after HR investigation into executive director
The Oregonian | By Jonathan Bach
Prosper Portland’s board does not need to take action against the economic development agency’s executive director after an outside law firm investigated allegations of “inappropriate communications to a city staffer,” according to the agency’s board chair.
HOMELESSNESS
No one has been convicted of violating Portland’s public camping ban, records show
OPB | By Alex Zielinski
People experiencing homelessness have been cited for violating the ban, but not penalized.
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
Defense, prosecution offer conflicting accounts of Portland Border Patrol shooting
The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein
Luis Niño-Moncada was in “abject terror,” attempting to get away and not trying to assault officers when masked federal Border Patrol officers boxed in his truck in a Portland medical office parking lot earlier this month, his lawyers argue in a new court filing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Edmonds countered in a detention memo that Niño-Moncado used an “over-4000 pound” truck to violently ram into a government rental car multiple times, and “chose to fight his way out using his truck as a weapon and means of escape.”
EDUCATION
Portland Public Schools floats plan to shed nearly 300 positions to close $50M budget gap
The Oregonian | By Julia Silverman
With the current school year almost at its halfway point, school districts around Oregon have begun looking ahead to next year.
The picture isn’t pretty.
In Portland, district leaders have released an early draft of how they would close a $50 million budget gap that includes 288 fewer employees overall, including 180 fewer employees in the district’s 81 school buildings and 108 fewer staff members in its central office, many of whom juggle assignments in multiple schools.
NATURAL RESOURCES & WILDFIRE
Central Oregon senators move to clarify 'corner crossing' on public lands
Central Oregon Daily | By Travis Pittman
Senators Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, and Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, announced Tuesday they will introduce a bill that would work to clarify "corner crossing." That's when someone steps from one parcel of public land to another at a shared corner of private land.
What’s a ‘corner crossing’? Hunters know, and two Central Oregon lawmakers want to make them clearly legal
KTVZ
State senators Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte) and Anthony Broadman (D-Bend), working with the Oregon Hunters Association, introduced legislation this week to protect Oregonians’ access to public lands through “corner crossing.”
Oregon lawmakers look to wildfire mitigation as a path to lower home insurance costs
KATU | By Vasili Varlamos
Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, the proposal's sponsor, said the legislation is rooted in a widening insurance affordability crisis, particularly in rural and wildfire-prone parts of Oregon.
Oregon bill aims to emphasize timely payments for seed crops
Capital Press | By Mateusz Perkowski
Rep. Anna Scharf, R-Amity, plans to introduce legislation clarifying that seed dealers must pay farmers within 30 days of receiving a demand order from Oregon farm regulators under the state’s slow pay/no pay law.
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