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AT&T
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Airplanes ✈️
Boeing memes, travelers skip, spell more bad news | The Oregon Catalyst
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in shakeup amid safety crisis | Reuters
Delta flight cut short after a panel behind one of the engines fell off during takeoff
Boeing’s CEO Will Walk Away With Tens Of Millions Despite Failing To Solve Key Safety Issues
Judicial Watch
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Censorship and Surveillance
Key Bridge Disaster
The effects of the Baltimore bridge collapse will be horrific. Let me break it down. | Not the Bee
Baltimore bridge collision has no 'ties to terrorism'; rescuers search for people in water
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after being struck by ship, mass casualty declared
Aerial footage shows crane working on wreckage of Baltimore bridge collapse | AP News
What Baltimore's port closure will mean for shipping times, costs
Salvage crews work to lift first piece of collapsed Baltimore bridge | Reuters
Border Crisis
I Asked Illegal Aliens If They Knew They Were Breaking Law. Here's What They Said.
Ex-Border Patrol Agent Reflects on 31 Years of Service Undone
COVID
FDA agrees to remove COVID-19 posts warning against ivermectin use | Just The News
‘15 Days to Slow the Spread’ Turned Into Government Overreach
Progressive Law Enforcement
AI and Homelessness
California Communists
Julian Assange
DEI
Nex Benedict
Trans Proclamation
Biden celebrates ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ on Easter | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com
On Trans Day of Visibility, founder Rachel Crandall-Crocker reflects on year 15 : NPR
Caitlyn Jenner ‘Disgusted’ with Biden over Transgender Day of Visibility
Paying for homelessness
No Easter
Gas Stove coverup
Ramps/Wild Leeks
Solar Eclipse
Libs of TikTok
DAILY BRIEFING: Sex Offender At Gym, Planet Fitness Exposed, Trans State Rep, and More!"
DAILY BRIEFING: "EA Gets Political, Man Defeats Women, Trans Preschool, and More!"
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Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass | CNN
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Netanyahu cancels Israeli delegation to US over UN Gaza vote | Reuters
Military draft bill creates rift in Israeli government | Reuters
Netanyahu visiting US would have given Hamas the ‘wrong message’: Spokesperson | The Hill
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Moscow attack: Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism
Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine | Reuters
Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Does 2A apply to criminal aliens?
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Colorado
New York
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Multnomah County
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ANTIFA
Business
McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurant in RiverPlace to Close Sunday
Six Months After Opening, a Northeast Portland Shroom Center Becomes the First to Close
Crime
Economy
What it costs to live "comfortably" in Portland | Business | portlandtribune.com
Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation, report says - oregonlive.com
NCAA March Madness Women's Regionals at Moda Center to bring in $3M to Portland economy
Fentanyl
68 people have died from suspected or confirmed fentanyl overdoses in Portland area this year
MultCo unveils Overdose Dashboard as new tool in fentanyl crisis
Government
City of Portland
Portland to update odor code that led to closure of Vietnamese restaurant Pho Gabo
City Budget Office Rebukes Commissioner Dan Ryan’s Staffing Request
City auditor says Zenith Energy failed to report lobbying with Portland officials
District Attorney
Oregon law may set trend to resolve murder cases through plea deals
PF&R
Community members vouch for Portland Street Response amid uncertain future
Portland firefighters' overdose response program received 90 calls in its first 30 days
Homelessness
Refugees
Oregon
2024 Ballot
Politics and Law
End of session
She did it again! – Kotek sits on 91 bills undecided | The Oregon Catalyst
Oregon governor signs ‘recreational immunity’ bill protecting landowners from lawsuits - OPB
Tina Kotek & Aimee Kotek-Wilson, First Spouse
Kotek wants “First Spouse” office to employ wife | The Oregon Catalyst
Kotek’s Chief of Staff exits, 2 others | The Oregon Catalyst
Oregon first lady will bring staff, security detail to out-of-state conference - OPB
Gov. Tina Kotek’s wife has state-funded security detail, scheduler - oregonlive.com
Lars Larson: Voters elected Kotek … not her wife | The Oregon Catalyst
Kotek Releases More Information About First Lady’s Staff and Duties
Oregon Government Ethics Commission Receives Complaint About Governor and First Lady
Kotek’s wife’s $143,000 assistant? Ethics complaint. | The Oregon Catalyst
Turmoil Over First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson’s Role Threatens the Governor’s Agenda
Lars Larson: Alcoholism, Governorship, Nepotism | The Oregon Catalyst
‘OPB Politics Now’: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s wife wants a larger role, does that matter?
Shelly Boshart-Davis, R HD-15
State representative says Oregon government 'unfriendly' to ag
Oregon house
Column: Balance of power in Oregon House could be up for grabs | Opinion | thechronicleonline.com
Electric Vehicles
Repealing Oregon’s EV Mandate Should Be Next on Gov. Kotek’s List
Biogas Field trip
NW Natural linked to another Oregon lawmaker trip to tour Danish biogas facilities - OPB
Ron Wyden, D OR
Oregon Sen. Wyden talks with KOIN 6 News: CHIPS Act, child tax credit, Crater Lake, elections
2024 Primary May 21
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2024 Senate
Christine Goodwin, R SD 2
Rep. Christine Goodwin goes to court over residency questions | Briefs | nrtoday.com
2024 House
Assisted Suicide
Bureau of Land Management
Columbia River Pilots
Demographics
Department of Early Learning and Care
Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wolverine sightings continue along Oregon coast, ODFW stresses legal protection of animal
Small school district sues Oregon Department of Forestry over new forest plan
Department of Justice
Department of Revenue
Education
Schools sit on $544M surplus … why the taxes? | The Oregon Catalyst
Oregon Literacy Crisis: State distributes millions in grants aimed at reading education
Oregon to get portion of $21 billion for early and postsecondary education allocated by Congress
Health Care
Hospital Ransomware Attack
INTEL
What Intel’s $8.5 billion federal subsidy means for Oregon: Beat Check podcast - oregonlive.com
CHIPS Act Success Shows Value of Hard Work, Supportive Policy
Interstate Bridge
ODOT
Oregon's bridge conditions improve, but a long-term decline is still expected
Congress OKs $400,000 toward I-5 wildlife overcrossing project | | rv-times.com
ODOT thinks tolls on US 26 and OR 217 could be a congestion fix
ODOT: Structural failures can carry lessons for other states after Baltimore bridge collapse
These two Columbia River bridges have the highest risk of shipping damage: Experts
Office of Public Defense Services
OHA
State wants Oregon hospitals to think twice before cuts | News | portlandtribune.com
Oregon launches website to ease abortion access as US Supreme Court hears anti-abortion case - OPB
OHCS
OHP
Oregon State University
Paid Leave
Paralegals
Summer School
US Dish and wildlife
US Forest Service
Where Oregonians went\
Wrong Convictions
Oregon pays few of the wrongfully convicted since the passage of a new law
State of Oregon fights Frank Gable over compensation for wrongful conviction, imprisonment
County News
Baker
Baker City seeks to acquire property in watershed | Local News | bakercityherald.com
Baker City Council considering pot nuisance ordinance | Local News | bakercityherald.com
Clackamas
Columbia
Deschutes
Douglas
Jackson
$25-Million Downtown Hotel Project Moves Forward – Medford Alert
Medford approves $300k for new storm water treatment facility - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2
$2M to La Clinica for Acute Care Center Expansion - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2
Jefferson
Klamath
Lane
Construction begins on University of Oregon's expansion for football facility
Eugene man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting horse | News | kezi.com
Man narrowly escapes death as runaway saw skids towards him from construction site | News | kezi.com
Linn
Lebanon mayor says 'not the end' as city approaches financial cliff
Albany woman suing GAPS over a slip-and-fall at Central Elementary
Malheur
Marion
Silver Falls School District deficit likely worse than originally projected
UPDATE: Councilors approve public takeover of Salem’s ambulance service
What to know as Salem schools consider weapons detectors for middle, high schools - Salem Reporter
Long-awaited Vietnam veteran memorial breaks ground at Oregon State Capitol - Salem Reporter
Tillamook
Umatilla
Washington
County Judge Slaps Down North Plains Leaders And Allows Vote On Growth - The Hillsboro Herald
Washington County deputies find 15-pound bag of marijuana during roadside trash pickup
In-N-Out Burger continues attempts to open Beaverton-area location
Washington County continues to slide from state criminal case resolution goals | News
Hillsboro Hops rename Ron Tonkin Field after 'decade-long naming rights deal'
Washington County has eliminated homeless encampments - oregonlive.com
National
Politics and Law
Joe Biden
Artificial Intelligence
The White House issued new rules on how government can use AI. Here's what they do
Social Media
Big Tech companies reveal trust and safety cuts in disclosures to Senate Judiciary Committee
Alejandro Mayorkas
US House to deliver Homeland Secretary Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10 | Reuters
Green energy slush fund
Foreign Policy
White House blasts new ban on flying BLM, gay pride flags at embassies - Washington Times
US, Japan to call for deeper cooperation in AI, semiconductors, Asahi says | Reuters
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, D NY-14
AOC Urges New York To Seize Trump’s Assets: He ‘Ordered Essentially A Terrorist Attack’
Chip Roy, R TX-21
2024 Presidential
Joe Biden
Biden trolls Trump for boasting about golf trophies: ‘Quite the accomplishment’ | The Hill
Biden taps Obama, Clinton for star-studded, $25M NYC fundraiser | The Hill
Protesters interrupt Biden, Obama, Clinton at $25 million New York fundraiser
Donald Trump
Billionaires sought to help fund Trump bond in civil fraud case, sources say | Reuters
Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the 'meme stock' mantle
Trump Calls For Return To ‘Law And Order’ At Wake For Slain NY Police Officer | The Daily Wire
Trump posts video with an image of a hog-tied Biden, drawing a rebuke from Democrat's campaign
Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
Literally Anybody Else
Texas man running for president under name Literally Anybody Else | The Hill
Nikki Haley
Some Republicans who supported Nikki Haley are still refusing to back Donald Trump | AP News
2024 House
Monique DeSpain, R OR-4
Con. Hoyle called out over controversial offshore wind project | The Oregon Catalyst
2024 Senate
Census
Department of Defense
Army Seeks Retirees to Come Back to Work Amid Manpower Crisis
Army Suffers Fourth Apache Helicopter Incident In Two Months | The Daily Caller
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Central District of California
Hunter Biden's tax case heads to a California courtroom as his defense seeks to have it tossed out
Northern District of Georgia
EXCLUSIVE: Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Competitors in Sports | The Free Press
Southern District of Mississippi
White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi
Southern District of New York
Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud | Reuters
5th Circuit
Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling | AP News
US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS | US news | The Guardian
Economy
Fed's preferred inflation gauge rose 2.8% in February — reducing hopes for quicker rate cuts
Powell says Fed wants to see 'more good inflation readings' before it can cut rates | AP News
EPA
National Park Service
Obituaries
SCOTUS
National Monuments
US Supreme Court declines Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument cases, upholding 2017 expansion - OPB
Comment on Supreme Ct. denial of petition for writ of certiorari on O&C lands case
SCOTUS: No Cert for Murphy Co. v. Biden | The Oregon Catalyst
Covington Kids
'Cancel culture': Supreme Court rejects case on dust-up between Catholic student and Native American
Mifepristone
Supreme Court justices appear deeply skeptical of effort to cut access to abortion pill | The Hill
Judicial Watch Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Abortion Drug Mifeprex/Mifepristone
Rosenblum speaks at D.C. rally in support of abortion medication | News | portlandtribune.com
Spirit of Aloha and Oil
Uranium
The Other 49
California
Donald Trump
Florida
Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16 | Reuters
DeSantis, Disney Court Battle Ends In Legal Settlement | The Daily Wire
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Donald Trump
Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money trial to start on April 15, judge rules | Reuters
Law Prof Pours Cold Water on AG's Plans to Seize Trump Assets
Judge Issues Gag Order On Trump Ahead Of New York Criminal Trial | The Daily Wire
Enviros Cheered NY for Shutting Down a Nuke Plant. Then Greenhouse Gas Emissions Jumped.
Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York. The 1907 law may finally be repealed | AP News
Nearly 2M NYC residents live in poverty, including 1 in 4 children: report – The Hill
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Clark County Fire District 6 hopes to lift the levy lid - Portland
Coyote Wall Mountain Bike Trail in the Gorge to Be Buffed Up With Federal Cash
Washington state leaders highlight progress on homelessness, worry about cleanup funding - OPB
Northwest agriculture titan Frank Tiegs remembered as devoted entrepreneur and caring father - OPB
Wisconsin
International
United Nations 🇺🇳
European Union 🇪🇺
Afghanistan 🇦🇫
Australia 🇦🇺
Canada 🇨🇦
Black Press closes sale of company; emerges from creditor protection - Business News - Castanet.net
Canadian court rules woman with autism can seek Trudeau-government assisted suicide
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
France 🇫🇷
Guyana 🇬🇾
India 🇮🇳
Jordan 🇯🇴
The Netherlands 🇳🇱
North Korea 🇰🇵
Poland 🇵🇱
Thailand 🇹🇭
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
UK government no longer NatWest's controlling shareholder | Reuters
Easter egg health warning issued by Essex and Suffolk doctor
Vatican City 🇻🇦
Technology
Apple
Artificial Intelligence
AI Ph.D.s are flocking to Big Tech. Here’s why that could be bad news for open innovation | Fortune
AI Surge Has Big Tech Scrambling for Power Supply | OilPrice.com
Generative AI 'FOMO' is driving tech heavyweights to invest billions of dollars in startups
Where is AI technology now and where is it headed?: Weapons and Warfare
Big Tech
Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech | Reuters
Cramer says Washington's antitrust fights against Big Tech don't hold weight
Google and Meta suppressed health ads in developing countries
Meta
X
Elon Musk Loses Pathetic Defamation Case Against Hate Speech Watchdog | The New Republic
Don Lemon's show is tanking after he was fired by Elon Musk following testy interview | Not the Bee
Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week | Reuters
Youtube
Culture and Editorials
Abortion
Business
Celebrities
Feds search Sean 'Diddy' Combs' properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says raids of the rapper's homes were 'excessive' use of military force
Carol Burnett Jokes She Only Wants One Thing For Her 91st Birthday | The Daily Wire
Anne Hathaway Says Famous Director Single-Handedly Saved Her Dying Career | The Daily Caller
Culture War
According to the ADL, "100%" is now a hate symbol. No, this isn't satire. | Not the Bee
DEI can work. We just need to end 'cancel culture' first. | Opinion
Leftists disrupt Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC | Andy Ngô
Film
Health
Scientists make "pivotal" discovery that could lead to the cure for AIDS | Not the Bee
Mifepristone's Adverse Event Reporting: Cause for Concern at FDA
Higher Education
VCU one of the top campuses in the country for free speech, advocacy group says - Axios Richmond
Missouri School Condemned for Honoring AP's Hamas Photo | Newsmax.com
Texas universities required to punish antisemitic rhetoric in free speech policies
K-12
Literature
Media
Full-scale revolt: MSNBC personalities object to NBC News' hiring of Ronna McDaniel as a contributor
NBC News parts with Ronna McDaniel following internal backlash | The Hill
Missouri AG launches investigation of Media Matters | The Hill
What in the world? CNN is so anti-Christian they can't even say the word! | Not the Bee
Music
Obituaries
Science
Sports
NFL owners approve ban on swivel hip-drop tackling technique - ESPN
LSU's Kim Mulkey threatens to sue Washington Post if outlet publishes rumored 'hit piece' about her
Trans-identified male wins US women's national weightlifting competition, breaks records
Olympics taster: Paris race celebrates the servers who nourish city's life and soul
Pac-12 settlement: OSU, WSU owed millions by departing schools - Portland Business Journal
When is MLB Opening Day 2024? Date, TV schedule, start times for all 30 teams | Sporting News
Television
Who Is Disney’s New ‘Star Wars’ Director, The ‘Queen Of Raunch Comedy’? | The Daily Wire
Power of Sail review – campus cancel culture drama ripe for a Netflix series | Stage | The Guardian
Podcasts
Corrupt Mayor Hired CRIMINALS To Work For The City! | Matt Christiansen & Actual Justice Warrior
Abolish The Police Or Back The Blue | The Culture War with Tim Pool