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Candidates running to represent Oregon in Congress raised more than $2.4 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, federal campaign finance records show.  All candidates running for U.S. Congress must report how much money they’ve raised and spent every three months to the Federal Election Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws. Candidates […]

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State Rep. Ken Helm, a Democrat representing Beaverton and Cedar Hills, will retire from the Oregon Legislature at the end of 2026 after more than a decade in office. Helm announced his retirement Wednesday and endorsed a successor: Beaverton City Councilor Ashley Hartmeier-Prigg, who is one of two candidates running to be the Democratic nominee […]

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians under the federal government’s ongoing shutdown. Kotek’s emergency declaration gives authority to the Oregon Department […]