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Oregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners
Fortune
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Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers begin a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like...
Oregon considers transportation tax hike on EVs to save government jobs
The Blaze
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August 29, 2025
In an effort to prevent mass layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) is proposing a new, mandatory tax program for electric vehicles. While Republicans say the governor's proposal would be unnecessary if...
Oregon could be second state to mandate EV pay-per-mile program
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
The Blueprint Oregon faces a $300M transportation budget shortfall. Lawmakers weigh mandatory EV pay-per-mile charge. Hawaii launched the first required EV road usage program. Critics cite privacy and fairness concerns for drivers. Oregon could...
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s list of species at risk surpasses 300
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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August 29, 2025
More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, up from 294 about a decade ago, the last time the agency updated its State Wildlife Action...
Oregon Lawmakers In Special Session on Transportation Funding
98.7 The Bull - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at the State Library of Oregon in Salem on Jan. 31, 2023. An internal investigation by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, obtained by The Associated Press via a public records request Wednesday, Feb. 8,...
Oregon utility board agrees to smaller rate increase for Avista
Jefferson Public Radio - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved a settlement between Avista, a natural gas utility, and advocacy groups. Avista had previously requested a 7% rate increase for residential customers. But the company agreed to a reduced increase after...
Oregon man sentenced in kidnap-assault case
The Western News - Montana
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August 29, 2025
A man involved in a kidnapping and assault case earlier this year was recently sentenced in Lincoln County District Court. Hunter Taylor Yuille, 25, one of four co-defendants, pleaded guilty June 23 to an amended charge of felony criminal...
Oregon lawmakers convene Friday to take up road funding. Here’s what you need to know
Jefferson Public Radio - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
Oregon lawmakers will convene Friday for a special legislative session that may be more marathon than sprint. Gov. Tina Kotek called the session to complete what she says is unfinished business: passing a transportation funding package that will...
Federal appeals court backs Oregon drug price transparency law
OregonLive.com
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August 29, 2025
A federal appeals court reinstated a paused Oregon law meant to ensure transparency behind rising prescription drug prices after a legal challenge claimed it infringed on the property and free speech rights of pharmaceutical companies. In a 2-1...
Texas governor OKs new congressional map in move to add U.S. House seats
United Press International (UPI)
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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed legislation for a new congressional map in the state in an attempt to add five GOP seats in the U.S. House for the 2026 midterm elections. The border-changing in the Lone Star...
Fiscal woes bring rating downgrade for Oregon hospital chain
The Bond Buyer - New York
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August 29, 2025
Unity Center for Behavioral Health is a mental health facility run in partnership by Legacy Health with Oregon Health & Science University, Adventist Health and Kaiser Permanente.Legacy Health Legacy Health, an eight-hospital Portland,...
GUEST COLUMN: Oregon’s different way on liquor store privatization
The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
GUEST COLUMN: Oregon’s different way on liquor store privatization Published 6:51 am Friday, August 29, 2025 A ballot measure to allow liquor sales in Oregon grocery and other stores could put the state more in line with Washington and California...
SBA Relief Still Available to Oregon Private Nonprofits Affected by Summer Wildfires
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Oregon of the Oct. 1, 2025, deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by...
Family of dad, 39, who suddenly died next to wife on flight home from birthday trip stuck in legal nightmare over body
The U.S. Sun
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August 29, 2025
A DEVASTATED family says they’re trapped in a legal maze after a 39-year-old dad died beside his wife on a flight home. His body is still overseas, and red tape stands in the way of bringing him back. 4 39-year-old Andres Castro died of a heart...
Midcentury modern home that launched this famous Oregon resort is for sale at $2.5M
OregonLive.com
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August 29, 2025
Sixty years ago, Portland developer John Gray and attorney Donald V. McCallum began transforming a demolished World War II-era Army camp south of Bend into Sunriver Resort, a luxury community now ranked as one of the top resorts in the Western...
Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul sues to stop federal government from sharing Wisconsin Medicaid data
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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August 29, 2025
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that Wisconsin has joined a multistate lawsuit to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using or sharing personally...
Mailbag: Pac-12 legacy sleeper teams for 2025, our QB assessment, legal affairs, the Saint Mary’s issue, schedules matters and more
Marin Independent Journal - California
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August 29, 2025
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity....
Bill Belichick Linked to Future Alongside Steve Sarkisian and Ryan Day as UNC Gets Warned of Legal Consequences
Essentially Sports
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August 28, 2025
We are two days away from the big first game of 2025, yet the real drama is happening in boardrooms, text chains, and whispered phone calls. Why? Because the SEC and Big Ten are quietly plotting the next wave of realignment. And Bill Belichick‘s...
Oregon drivers miss out as U.S. gas prices fall to lowest level of past 4 years
OregonLive.com
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August 29, 2025
The average price of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. reached its lowest late-summer price of the past four years this month — but not in Oregon, where gas prices rose over the same time period. So far this month, the U.S. average for a gallon...
Know Official Election Information
K103 Portland - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
Even though the May 2026 primary is still months away, Oregonians are already starting to receive mail and other communications about their participation in the next major election. To avoid confusion and combat misinformation, Secretary of State...