Our state government is bloated, mismanaged and incompetent, and run by individuals with no common sense. Portlanders, you ...

The following are five key takeaways from the original transcript of a Beat Check podcast interview between Gosia Wozniacka and Yesenia Amaro, an investigative reporter with The Oregonian who focuses ...

Two gun bills, wildlife conservation funding and a proposal to send some foster kids to out-of-state facilites also died ...

Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, said up to 700 state workers could be fired because lawmakers failed to increase the cost of ...

Oregon Governor Kotek praises progress on key issues in legislative session but notes transportation was neglected.

House Bill 3792 will double the Oregon Energy Assistance Program from $20 million to $40 million, with the goal of helping ...

Oregon lawmakers concluded the 2025 legislative session on Friday night without passing any transportation funding. So, what ...

Oregon Legislative Session ended this past weekend without a vote on any legislation related to road improvements or ...

Governor Tina Kotek visited Oregon's Wildland Fire School and stressed the importance of firefighter training and public ...

The lack of a transportation funding fix before sine die Friday means that city and county road departments, as well as ODOT, ...

Another bill addressing Oregon’s chronic shortage of the behavioral health workers, House Bill 2024, passed the Legislature ...

Bills to protect wildlife habitat and Oregon ski areas failed while other outdoor bills passed in the 2025 Oregon Legislature ...