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OPB Politics Now

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"OPB Politics Now" is a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into the hottest political topics in Oregon and the Northwest. Every Friday, OPB’s political reporters and special guests offer in-depth analysis, discussion and insight into candidates, events and issues.

1018 - OPB Politics Now Live from Beaverton

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1018 - OPB Politics Now Live from Beaverton
Thu, 1 Oct 2026
1017 - Half of Portland’s City Council is back on the ballot
Thu, 24 Sep 2026
1016 - Oregon governor’s race tightens, gets national attention
Thu, 17 Sep 2026
1015 - Why data centers are suddenly in the middle of Oregon governor’s race
Wed, 9 Sep 2026
1014 - Where vote by mail stands as Trump legal fight continues
Thu, 3 Sep 2026
1013 - How one Portland woman found beauty in 'ground scores'
Thu, 27 Aug 2026
1012 - Hunger in rural Oregon on display as SNAP cuts take effect
Thu, 20 Aug 2026
1011 - Portland puts the Trail Blazers’ future in Tom Dundon’s court
Thu, 13 Aug 2026
1010 - The sudden backlash to data centers in Oregon
Thu, 6 Aug 2026
1009 - The race for the 3rd Congressional District could help determine who controls Congress
Thu, 30 Jul 2026
1008 - What a Green Party candidate may mean for Oregon governor’s race
Thu, 23 Jul 2026
1007 - ICE’s building in Portland is back in the legal spotlight
Fri, 17 Jul 2026
1006 - How Oregon will handle major Medicaid cuts
Thu, 9 Jul 2026
1005 - Supreme Court rules Oregon (and others) can accept late ballots
Thu, 2 Jul 2026
1004 - Tom Dundon comes to town as Moda Center takes center stage
Thu, 25 Jun 2026
1003 - Portland’s divided City Council passed another budget no one is pleased with
Thu, 18 Jun 2026
1002 - The messy legacy of Bob Packwood
Thu, 11 Jun 2026
1001 - Longview picks up the pieces after mill tragedy
Thu, 4 Jun 2026
1000 - How a small Oregon town fell into financial ruin
Thu, 28 May 2026
999 - Do Oregonians have tax fatigue or did they just hate the gas tax?
Fri, 22 May 2026
998 - East of the Cascades, affordability and housing are on the ballot
Thu, 14 May 2026
997 - Suburban races offer comeback stories, intrigue
Thu, 7 May 2026
996 - A deep dive on Oregon’s GOP gubernatorial race
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
995 - Major budget cuts loom over Portland area
Thu, 23 Apr 2026
994 - 4 top Oregon Republicans square off in first gubernatorial debate
Fri, 17 Apr 2026
993 - Portland’s ICE building back in national spotlight
Thu, 9 Apr 2026
992 - Why Portland’s mayor and Multnomah County disagree on homelessness data
Thu, 2 Apr 2026
991 - Vote by mail remains in the national conversation: Is it safe?
Thu, 26 Mar 2026
990 - Going behind the scenes at the Oregon State Capitol
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
989 - Oregon lawmakers head home as 2026 legislative session ends
Wed, 11 Mar 2026
988 - Oregon education report card: Grading the 2026 session
Thu, 5 Mar 2026
987 - Salmon, dams and energy, plus an Oregon legislative potpourri
Fri, 27 Feb 2026
986 - Oregon Legislature approaches halfway mark of short session
Fri, 20 Feb 2026
985 - OPB Politics Now’: Pots of money falling from the sky
Fri, 13 Feb 2026
984 - Lawmakers begin Salem session, plus the politics surrounding Portland’s ICE building
Thu, 5 Feb 2026
983 - ICE, transportation and a looming budget hole: Oregon lawmakers return to Salem
Thu, 29 Jan 2026
982 - Marking the first year of the Trump administration
Thu, 22 Jan 2026
981 - Portland finds a ‘reluctant’ hero, Kotek chooses a business whisperer
Thu, 15 Jan 2026
980 - Oregon enters an election year with big political questions
Thu, 8 Jan 2026
979 - Oregon’s big political stories of the 2025, looking ahead to 2026
Thu, 18 Dec 2025
978 - Deschutes County political maps spark debate, plus groundwater contamination in Eastern Oregon
Thu, 11 Dec 2025
977 - Homelessness in Portland and taxes in Oregon take center stage
Thu, 4 Dec 2025
976 - Oregon education report card: Budget woes, enrollment issues and Trump effect
Thu, 20 Nov 2025
975 - Newport fights potential ICE facility, plus Trump’s National Guard legal defeat
Thu, 13 Nov 2025
974 - Portland's camping ban, suburban ICE raids and election recap
Thu, 6 Nov 2025
973 - Food assistance and health insurance stuck in government shutdown limbo
Fri, 31 Oct 2025
972 - Talking Tina Kotek: The National Guard, reelection and her first term
Thu, 23 Oct 2025
971 - Portland’s ICE protest brings frogs, naked cyclists and right wing streamers
Thu, 16 Oct 2025
970 - OPB Politics Now: President Trump's push for the military in U.S. cities ramps up in courts, streets
Fri, 10 Oct 2025
969 - President Trump targets Portland
Thu, 2 Oct 2025
968 - Inside one of Portland’s new homeless shelters
Thu, 25 Sep 2025
967 - Who needs shots? Vaccines drive a wedge between Oregon and the feds
Thu, 18 Sep 2025
966 - Why 2 Oregon lawmakers bucked their political parties
Thu, 11 Sep 2025
965 - Oregon's road funding special legislative session sputters at its midway point
Thu, 4 Sep 2025
964 - The politics of Gov. Kotek’s special session on transportation funding
Thu, 28 Aug 2025
963 - Oregon's timber counties brace for losses after Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
Thu, 21 Aug 2025
962 - Oregon Democrats say federal cuts hurt the vulnerable, Republicans blame Democrats
Thu, 14 Aug 2025
961 - Portland wrestles with how to respond to Trump administration
Thu, 7 Aug 2025
960 - Explaining Oregon’s farm stand rules kerfuffle
Thu, 31 Jul 2025
959 - Federal immigration raids are shaking the Northwest
Thu, 24 Jul 2025
958 - Senator Jeff Merkley is running for reelection, plus special session scuttlebutt
Tue, 15 Jul 2025
957 - Oregon Legislature wraps up a busy session punctuated by a transportation package failure
Thu, 3 Jul 2025
956 - Salem drama reaches fever pitch as sine die looms
Thu, 26 Jun 2025
955 - What Oregon lawmakers have, have not done on education issues this session
Thu, 19 Jun 2025
954 - What the Big Beautiful Bill would mean for Oregon’s healthcare system
Thu, 12 Jun 2025
953 - Oregon legislative session is almost over - what have they done?
Thu, 5 Jun 2025
952 - The rise, fall and return of cap and trade in Oregon
Thu, 29 May 2025
951 - An inside look at how OPB covers the Oregon Capitol
Thu, 22 May 2025
950 - Oregon’s revenue forecast shows economic slowdown
Thu, 15 May 2025
949 - Unpacking Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s first budget
Thu, 8 May 2025
948 - The rise of placeholder bills in Oregon’s Legislature
Thu, 1 May 2025
947 - Dan Handelman’s life, work and the vacuum his death leaves in advocacy world
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
946 - How Oregon businesses are reacting to Trump’s tariffs
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
945 - Oregon’s legislative session hits the midway point
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
944 - Is the Pacific Northwest entering an era of dam removal?
Fri, 4 Apr 2025
943 - Melissa Fireside’s sudden rise and downfall in Clackamas County
Fri, 28 Mar 2025
942 - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek stops by OPB
Fri, 21 Mar 2025
941 - A deep dive on Oregon’s education system
Fri, 14 Mar 2025
940 - Why Portland and Multnomah County’s budgets are so bleak but Oregon’s is stable?
Fri, 7 Mar 2025
939 - ‘What’s the plan?’ Oregonians push back at politicians town halls across the state
Fri, 28 Feb 2025
938 - Recapping Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation hearing
Fri, 21 Feb 2025
937 - A legislative check-in one month into the Salem session
Fri, 14 Feb 2025
936 - Tina Kotek’s climate legacy – so far
Fri, 7 Feb 2025
935 - How Trump’s federal funding freeze landed in Oregon
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
934 - The second Trump administration and the Pacific Northwest
Fri, 24 Jan 2025
933 - Previewing Oregon’s 2025 legislative session
Fri, 17 Jan 2025
932 - Portland’s new City Council begins 2025 with drama, intrigue
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
931 - Who is Keith Wilson?
Fri, 3 Jan 2025
930 - Exit Interview: Earl Blumenauer
Fri, 27 Dec 2024
929 - Exit Interview: Ted Wheeler
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
928 - Paying for wildfires
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
927 - Christine Drazan’s return, plus Portland city councilors jostle for power
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
926 - Recapping the election results with Think Out Loud
Fri, 15 Nov 2024
925 - Portland’s new political era has arrived
Fri, 8 Nov 2024
924 - A big night for Republicans, but not in Oregon
Thu, 7 Nov 2024
923 - How Portland’s campaigns have changed, plus the ballot box fires
Fri, 1 Nov 2024
922 - These Oregon legislative races could determine the balance of power in Salem
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
921 - A deep dive on Deschutes County and Bend politics
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
920 - OPB Politics Now’: Previewing your 2024 ballot
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
919 - Analyzing Oregon’s attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer races
Fri, 4 Oct 2024

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