Businesses in Oregon are warning that tariffs will send prices even higher for consumers by the summer.

Oregon importers are warning that price hikes due to tariffs are going to get worse this summer. At a meeting in Portland Today/yesterday [[MON]], businesses told Senator Ron Wyden that tariffs are also threatening local jobs.

In Washington's state Legislature, a controversial tax change is off the table.

The measure would have let local governments raise property taxes more easily.

KUOW politics editor Cat Smith has more.

The Oregon Institute of Technology wants to open the state’s first public college of osteopathic medicine. That would be the second public medical school in Oregon.

Klamath Falls may be home someday to the state’s second public medical school. Jefferson Public Radio's Justin Higginbottom reports on the plan to bring more health care to rural Oregon.

THING Festival started in 20-19 as an offshoot of Sasquatch! Festival. Organizers are experimenting this year by spreading it out over the first four Saturdays in August. They’re also dedicating a day around Latino and Chicano artists.

The eclectic THING Festival is dedicating a day to Latin music in this summer’s lineup at the Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington. It comes as organizers are trying a new format, stretching the festival out over the first four Saturdays in August.

More from KNKX Arts and Culture Reporter Freddy Monares.

Catholics across the globe are mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who died earlier today [MON] at the age of 88.

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more on how local parishes are preparing to honor the Pope’s life.

HOST: More than 400 children are returning to their classrooms following the arrival of federal funds for Early Head Start and Head Start programs in Central Washington. N-W-P-B's Johanna Bejarano reports.

The city of Bend is moving forward with Phase 2 of its Transportation Fee. KLCC’s Sajina Shrestha reports.