ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former Oregon congresswoman, will step down from her post, the Trump administration announced Monday, following multiple reports alleging work misconduct including misuse of funds and more.
Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.
State health experts attributed the drop to the expiration of the pandemic-era enhanced premium tax credit, driving up monthly insurance costs. In 2026, people paid an average of $426 in monthly premiums after financial assistance, a surge from an average of $272 in 2025
About 21,000 fewer people enrolled in health insurance plans through the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace compared with a year ago, according to a new report. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/20/f...
A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it.
America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border.
In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job.
My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
Israel says it warns residents when it's bombing neighborhoods.
It didn't do that the other week when it bombed central Beirut.
At least 90 people were killed.
2,000-lb made by the U.S. were used.
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‘Chief Justice John Roberts has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side. At a critical moment for the country and court, the papers show he acted as bulldozer in pushing to stop Obama’s plan to address the climate crisis.’
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So, slavery.
Remarks by National Guard's top general at a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing came as Democratic lawmakers also voiced unease over the continuing deployment of nearly 2,500 National Guard members in D.C. By @jonshorman.bsky.social ky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/04/17/r...
A nearly seven-year-old state law requiring nonprofit hospitals to account for patient income and to provide financial support before collecting debts led to a significant reduction in the number of Oregonians racking up unpaid medical bills, according to a recent study.
The reason: “The Portland trailblazers are part of our DNA” 🥴🥴
My colleague Monica Samayoa was featured in @pbsnews.org segment on the Portland Clean Energy Fund. Featuring Mayor Wilson's reasoning for using PCEF $$ on Moda renovations. Watch here:
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Rümeysa Öztürk. Text on the card reads: “Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey”
Breaking news: Tufts University graduate Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by masked immigration agents last year, has returned to her home country of Turkey, citing the "state-imposed violence and hostility" she said she experienced in the United States. trib.al/7GKyEiz
Gov. @tinakotek.bsky.social has vetoed a bill journalists and the state ethics commission warned would have fundamentally changed public meetings law and reduced transparency.
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Wyden is the longest serving member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and it should generally raise the public’s concern when he rings alarm bells about government surveillance.
Update: Kotek vetoed the bill. Called on the state Government Ethics Commission to work with her office, the Legislature, media and local government associations to come up with solutions for next session.
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Oregon school districts would no longer be able to shorten the school year to cut costs, avoid layoffs and plug budget holes under a new order from the state’s governor.
Federal poverty estimates, using two-year-old data, are vastly different from the state’s own accounting of students in each district experiencing poverty. And because of federal shutdowns and delays, schools didn’t get the data until months after they’d finalized their budgets.
As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters and compile lists of voting-age Americans.
I'll be in Hillsboro tonight covering the GOP debate between the top four candidates for the nomination: Chris Dudley, Christine Drazan, Ed Diehl and Danielle Bethell. Please say hi if you're around!
Did hell freeze over? "We believe it is in the best interest of Oregon and the Oregon economy for the Legislature to adopt a carbon-reduction program like cap and trade..." said Angela Wilhelms corporate interest group Oregon Business and Industry.
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U.S. Census Bureau data estimates 13% of Salem-Keizer Public Schools' students is experiencing poverty. State data, directly connected to registration data for aid programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services, puts that at closer to 42% of students. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/16/o...
Districts would no longer be able to cut instructional hours, count teacher professional development or parent-teacher conferences as instructional hours or get instructional time waivers allowing them to fall below state mandated minimum instruction time.
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A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
Companies hoping to mine in the pristine Boundary Waters (the most visited wilderness area in the U.S.) still face major obstacles including obtaining necessary permits, inevitable litigation and the majority of the state’s residents who oppose mining in the area via @minnesotareformer.com
