Oregon attorney general sues drug companies over ‘skyrocketing’ insulin prices
Oregon’s attorney general is suing six of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers for conspiring to artificially inflate insulin prices and other critical diabetes medications for years. Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the lawsuit on Wednesday against insulin and diabetes medication manufacturers Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Eli…
Oregon Head Start calls on Gov. Kotek to reallocate nearly $10M in lost funding
Leaders of Oregon’s Head Start programs are urging state officials to restore $9.5 million in funding cuts that have spurred additional layoffs and program reductions in key early childhood education services offered to more than…
Interstate bridge staff hid information about ballooning cost of giant highway project
At a Dec. 15 public hearing on the Interstate Bridge Replacement project, government employees who have been working for years to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River told a bistate committee of lawmakers…
Western states split from CDC’s updated recommendations on vaccines for kids
Oregon and other western states will follow vaccine recommendations from a leading medical group instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the federal health agency on Monday changed longstanding pediatric vaccination recommendations. The CDC cut back on…
Last Oregon Guard troops mobilized by Trump allowed to go home
The final 100 Oregon National Guard members President Donald Trump mobilized in September and sent to a training camp on the North Coast can return home after more than three months of waiting for a deployment that never came. Gov.…
Feds award Oregon $197 million for rural health care as state grapples with billions in cuts
Oregon will receive more than $197 million to invest in rural health care projects in 2026, federal health officials announced shortly before the new year. It’s slightly less than the $200 million the Oregon Health Authority requested from the new…
Hazelnuts are bright spot for Oregon agriculture
While many Oregon farmers pull back amid tariff worries, low crop prices and a difficult labor market, Jeff Newton plans to invest in new hazelnut trees at Christensen Farms near Amity in Yamhill County. Newton, along with other Oregon hazelnut…
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration. It’s the most…
From stronger consumer rights to harsher criminal penalties, these Oregon laws are now official
Thursday marks the first day of the 2026 new year, and with that, a new set of laws passed by the Oregon Legislature will take effect. They span from stronger accountability provisions for utility companies to criminal penalties for spreading…
Mother forced to dig up son’s burial vault
A long-running dispute over a West Hills burial plot reached a dramatic conclusion over the holidays. On Dec. 12, a Multnomah County circuit judge ruled that although Skyline Memorial Gardens in Northwest Portland had erroneously sold the same burial plot…
USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off
The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted. A USPS rule that took effect on Dec. 24…
From lawsuits to new laws, these Oregonians made biggest impacts on state politics in 2025
In state and national news this year, many Oregonians stood out for standing up. From protests and marches against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies and executive orders, to dozens of lawsuits against the federal government. Massive spending and…
Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025
Federal immigration agents arrested at least 1,100 people in Oregon this year, immigration experts estimate — a surge from the 113 arrests recorded in all of 2024. In August, the Trump administration said it would “come after” states like Oregon…
Conservation groups urge Oregon to reduce whale deaths from crab fishing gear
After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt measures to reduce the amount of fishing gear during whale feeding…
Oregon leads lawsuit over Kennedy’s efforts to ban gender-affirming care for minors
Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who led the Oregon House when it passed some of the nation’s strongest laws to protect access to transgender health care, is suing the federal government over efforts to bar gender-affirming care for minors by stripping…
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