OPB Politics Now

977 - Homelessness in Portland and taxes in Oregon take center stage

"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.

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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