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Capital Chatter: The never-ending special session
There is no end to the strangeness besetting Gov. Tina Kotek’s special session of the Oregon Legislature. Lawmakers ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Carey McCann will serve as interim director of the state Department of Early Learning and Care while Alyssa ...
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Capital Chatter: Oregon’s poor economic state
This is a tale of two progressive states. Oregon hasn’t had a business executive as governor since Republican ...
Environment
This endangered newt is found only at Crater Lake. The Oregon Zoo is trying to save it.
The Oregon Zoo, in partnership with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum, has rescued 19 ...
News
Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
After 23 years with the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Udland will become counsel to State ...
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Business
Oregon transportation tax vote and layoffs delayed because of senator’s health
With a key Democratic senator recovering from surgery, the Oregon Senate will delay a planned vote on a ...
Elections
Here’s how to tell if your Oregon election mail comes from an official source
With the May 2026 primary eight months away, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Oregonians may start ...
Crime & Justice
‘We’ll have to litigate’: Oregon bipartisan duo seek novel ban on law enforcement masking
Legal experts at odds over the constitutionality of proposals to limit immigration agent masking, which are popping up ...
Climate
Democratic AGs disclose FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program
WASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys general have updated their complaint against the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether ...
Government
Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley returns from Gaza, Israel: ‘There has to be an end to this war’
Merkley and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland recently went to Gaza’s border with Israel and Egypt to ...
Environment
Oregon State Parks to charge fees at 21 more state parks to address budget shortfall
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is implementing new fees at some of its day-use parks and raising ...
Business
After false starts, Oregon House passes transportation tax package
The proposal heads to the Senate, which is expected to vote on Wednesday A bill to fund road ...
Business
After rough start, Oregon lawmakers strike potential deal on transportation funding
After a rocky start to the special legislative session on transportation Friday, lawmakers came back Sunday prepared to ...
Environment
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. ...
Government
Republicans re-up plan to use road safety, climate money to bail out state transportation department
Proposal counters tax hikes and increased fees sought by Democrats for special session Oregon Republicans opened Friday’s special ...
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Government
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s list of species at risk surpasses 300
More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according ...
Columnists
Stapilus: Oregon’s different way on liquor store privatization
A ballot measure to allow liquor sales in Oregon grocery and other stores could put the state more ...
Business
Oregon wood treater polluted a town’s water source. Regulators didn’t stop it.
An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who ...
Business
‘Common sense’: federal appeals court upholds Oregon prescription drug transparency law
A 2018 law requiring pharmaceutical companies to report to the state the reasons for raising already expensive drug ...
Environment
Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon
Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country ...
Business
Oregon economy slows, will take $888 million revenue hit in next two years from Trump budget
The $472 million that Oregon lawmakers set aside to help buffer losses from the federal tax and spending ...
Business
Oregon revenue department asks taxpayers to take IRS survey to protect free, online tax filing
Oregon’s Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to answer questions from the federal Internal Revenue Service about a ...
Business
Native American housing advocates urge Congress to renew affordable housing law
Tribal housing leaders said reauthorizing housing law that expired in 2013 would cut red tape and help address ...
Columnists
Opinion: Budget crisis looms for Oregon because of Congressional action
Like a hurricane visible on radar well before it strikes land, a budget crisis is coming to Oregon. ...
Government
Oregon’s lone Congressional Republican Rep. Bentz mum on public events during August recess
Oregon’s seven Congressional Democrats will collectively clock six dozen town halls, roundtables and constituent meetings before returning to ...