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(video clip) Portland still a hell hole?

By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren gives an update on Portland.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren and financially support him. . . Is Portland still ...

2026-08-02

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Sen. David Brock Smith: FEMA should reverse denials

Senator David Brock Smith Urges FEMA to Reverse Denials and Approve Emergency Funding for East Evans Creek and Rowe Creek Fire Complex By State Senator David Brock Smith, SALEM, OR – Senator David Bro...

2026-08-01

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Top headlines for the week of 7/31

Top 5 headlines 1 Drazan commits to debates – Kotek declines 2 PEACE Act. Petition IP28 fails 3 DOJ fresh allegations: Officials’ data center scheme 4 Big changes coming for Oregon Health Plan 5 DougC...

2026-08-01

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Random: 10-car window smash, suspect flees

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, For no known or perceived reason, a man with a baseball bat in Salem began smashing windows of 10 cars outside a grocery store.    There may have been mo...

2026-08-01

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Poll: Who should get government help?

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com A Manhattan Institute poll shows a healthy majority of voters favor the idea that government should focus social spending on those that need it th...

2026-08-01

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Lars Larson: Truth on Oregon wildfires

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense If you’re choking on the smoke of Northwest wildfires like my family and I have been, the story only gets worse when you take a close ...

2026-07-31

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Owen v. Askew: Social Media Defamation Case Moves Forward

Kursten Owen, an Oregonian trying to sell a certain kind of hair clip online, faced a massive digital intimidation campaign from Breana Askew, a resident of Georgia who believed Owen was selling knock...

2026-07-31

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Naked man was released early from jail before kidnapping

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Portland police arrested a naked man accused of trying to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from Tom McCall Waterfront Park, according to KPTV.com. Court records ...

2026-07-31

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Rep. Breese-Iverson: Fair Federal Wildfire Funding

Reps. Levy, Breese-Iverson Call for Fair Federal Wildfire Funding for All Oregon Communities By Oregon State Representative Vicki Breese-Iverson & State Representative Emerson Levy, While some fires i...

2026-07-31

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Homeless man builds huge 2-story house

By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a video fo a homeless man building a two-story home.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren and financially suppo...

2026-07-30

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Portland’s War on Cars 1: Losing the War on the Automobile

by Randal O’Toole Editor’s note: This is part 1 in a series “Portland’s War on Cars” from a new Report by the Cascade Policy Institute, The Portland Transportation Disaster: The High Cost of Anti Auto...

2026-07-30

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Drazan accepts more debate invites. Kotek hides.

Christine Drazan Accepts Two More Debates; Tina Kotek Has Accepted None By Christine Drazan for Governor campaign, CANBY, Ore. – Gubernatorial candidate Senator Christine Drazan (R-Canby) has accepted...

2026-07-30

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Poll: Universal basic income

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Manhattan Institute polled people on where they stood on Universal Basic Income where Government just sends people checks who say they need th...

2026-07-30

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Blazer fail uncovers how we subsidize everything

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Portland Trail Blazers are saying that a combined $600 million tax subsidy for an arena remodel is not enough.   Both sides are stuck. Already...

2026-07-29

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Fires burn 1.4M acres

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregon summer wildfires have burned over 1.4 million acres. Over 12,000 personnel are dedicated to the fight. Instead of state/local governmen...

2026-07-29

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Blind kid’s wheelchair stolen off nature trail

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com More and more places are becoming less safe in Oregon. Earlier this month, we saw an incident at Portland’s Waterfront Park, one of the busiest pu...

2026-07-28

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An updated Oregon Trail joke

By Guest Submission Meme, Someone with wit updated the old Oregon Trail meme by including the current smoke from the Canada wildfires and the tainted lettuce outbreak.  It fits.The postAn updated Oreg...

2026-07-28

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Sen. David Brock Smith rebukes extreme socialist agenda

By Oregon Campaign Watch, Here is a Statement David Brock Smith posted on X, “Oregonians and Americans do not support the Democrats and their extreme socialist agenda. We will continue to fight agains...

2026-07-28