Budget

In late July, Congress and President Trump eliminated all federal funding for every public radio and television station in the country. For JPR, that means loss of $525,000 in our current fiscal year. It's now up to us to create a new business model built entirely on local support.

Nearly all of the workers responsible for cleaning 272,000 pounds of garbage off Oregon highways have lost their jobs after lawmakers failed to pass a transportation spending package.

Doctors regularly need to pay more than $300,000 for medical school, including tuition and housing. New regulations signed by President Donald Trump cap their federal borrowing at $200,000 for medical degrees.

Clean-energy projects have new deadlines for federal tax credits and limits on foreign parts, taking aim at California’s climate agenda. Eleven major solar projects and one onshore wind project now face potential delays or cancellation.

Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.

Under the Trump Adminstration's One Big Beautiful Bill, Oregon could lose about 4 gigawatts of planned wind and solar energy, or enough energy to power one million homes.

State agency in charge of food benefit payments still currently assessing any potential changes.

ODOT says 10 percent of state road workers will be out of a job by August.

Operators of mental health support lines are laying off staff and ceasing or curtailing services due to California budget cuts and a 2024 ballot measure.

Layoffs appear certain. But a lot more could happen, too.

The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales.

Democratic lawmakers were scrambling Friday to come up with a modest alternative to its multi-billion dollar road funding bill.