A former appointed state senator and a Clatsop County commissioner will compete against each other in November to represent Oregon’s politically split North Coast in the state Senate @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/09/f...

The Mid-Willamette Valley rail project promised to move hay and grass seed to ports in Seattle and Tacoma, taking ~150 semi-trucks off I-5 each day. Today, a home roofing company uses it to move a few train cars of materials each week. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/09/2...

Without intensely competitive congressional races in Oregon this year, Portland-area TV has been inundated with ads for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and John Braun buff.ly/Nb3lSFj

A federal judge will rule in the coming days on whether the Trump administration can legally rescind White House press passes for journalists at three news organizations, or if those reporters will be able to continue accessing the grounds while the case continues. buff.ly/alr836b

Aiming to make up for lost revenue from federal benefit cuts, a coalition of powerful Oregon advocacy groups announced Thursday that they will pursue a 2028 ballot measure to approve a wealth tax on some of the state’s richest households while cutting taxes for low-income residents. buff.ly/r6AgT0W

“The real top line is that for maybe the first time ever, tariffs are a salient issue at the ballot box,” said Scott Lincicome of the libertarian Cato Institute. buff.ly/cK7sUAx

Reporter @miamaldonado.bsky.social went out to the North Coast this week to talk with incumbent Rep. Cyrus Javadi, challenger Max Sherman and voters in the hotly contested House race that could determine whether Democrats keep an #orleg supermajority.

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Leading immigration advocates and experts sounded the alarm Wednesday on the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to undo laws in Oregon and other states allowing some immigrants to pay in-state college tuition.  buff.ly/hZybgrD

A financial benefit for surviving family members of wildland firefighters who die fighting blazes on federal lands could increase tenfold under a new bill proposed by Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Utah’s Republican U.S. Sen. John Curtis. buff.ly/r5nDJwF

More than four hundred Washingtonians across 19 locations took to the streets Sunday to demand a statewide moratorium on data centers.  buff.ly/CsqT5yg

Oregon Democrats are banking on voters’ frustration with President Trump, while Republicans are counting on voters’ dissatisfaction with Democratic lawmakers in Salem. buff.ly/eGDzuga

Democrats could win the majority of governor’s offices for first time in 16 years. But a national forecaster puts Oregon, which hasn't elected a GOP governor since 1982, in the same category as Trump 2024 states Arizona, Iowa and Michigan.

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The number of women in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to increase and may decline following the November midterm elections, though there are still opportunities for candidates to make history in the upper chamber. buff.ly/IXIgayB

In a case likely to have implications for an ongoing Multnomah County lawsuit, the U.S. Supreme Court's majority appeared sympathetic to fossil fuel companies’ argument that allowing local governments to sue them over climate change in state court would be a “recipe for chaos.” buff.ly/XZn6KzS

Democrats are more motivated to vote in November’s midterm elections than Republicans, potentially giving the party an advantage to flip at least one chamber of Congress, according to a poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. buff.ly/UK9Z7GZ

Oregon has built at least six wildlife crossings, mostly tunnels under roads in the central part of the state. buff.ly/WrwyYCq

President Donald Trump wants to sharply curtail mail ballots. He’s called them “inherently corrupt” and baselessly condemned them as a major source of fraud.

But with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is urging his supporters to vote by mail. buff.ly/YA0EtVl

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that an attorney representing a Multnomah County man whom jurors saw shackled outside of a courtroom during his criminal trial should have sought a mistrial, expanding defendants’ right to not be seen with restraints before conviction. buff.ly/c2FCI3B

Oregon state Rep. Paul Evans, a centrist Democrat who represents Independence, Monmouth and parts of Salem, was arrested this weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence and damaging a stop sign.

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