Packaging Recycling Fight: A federal court upheld Oregon’s packaging extended producer responsibility law, rejecting a constitutional challenge and giving the state an early roadmap for similar EPR fights. Labor & Civil Rights: Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries joined a coalition urging the EEOC to keep a decades-old workplace demographic reporting rule, warning that dropping it weakens civil rights enforcement. Elections & Voting Access: A judge temporarily blocked parts of a USPS mail-in voting rule, keeping Oregon’s vote-by-mail fight in the courts. School Politics: Portland Public Schools’ back-to-school “radical joy” video drew backlash over trans-related content, as the district faces ongoing disputes. Public Safety Tech: Medford will roll out new traffic cameras for speeding and red-light violations, starting with warnings before citations. Wildfire & Health: Eugene air quality turned “unhealthy for sensitive groups” as smoke from Mt. Hood wildfires pushed into the valley. Higher Ed Contract: COCC and the Faculty Forum union declared an impasse over compensation and spending, moving the dispute into a formal labor-law phase. Housing + Child Care: Oregon opened Elm Park in Florence, pairing affordable homes with an early learning center for 60 kids. Tribal Forestry: Tribes are set to pursue new timber markets for small logs and wildfire-fuel brush through a $1.7 million hub in Portland.