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Protesters cross the Hawthorne Bridge on October 18, 2025.Allison Barr/The Oregonian Tens of thousands of protesters converged on downtown Portland Saturday afternoon as part of a wave of demonstrations in Oregon and in the rest of the country. Protesters decried President Donald Trump’s aggressive exercise of executive power and also rallied for other causes, including immigrant rights, improved health care …

Oregon Democrats on Tuesday delayed the final vote on a transportation funding plan until Sept. 17 because Sen. Chris Gorsek, a Gresham Democrat, is unable to attend a planned vote this week due to serious health issues, they said. Democrats were relying on Gorsek’s vote to approve the package because they have exactly the required 18 members in the Senate …