Bills meant to restrict landfill expansions or operations are awaiting governors’ approval in several states, while New ...

The state is now forced to make changes or face millions in court-ordered fines, plus lawmakers are advancing bills that could make treatment more accessible.

A bill granting striking workers unemployment benefits passed both chambers of Oregon’s legislatures on Thursday. It will now ...

If passed, SB 916 would make Oregon the first state in the nation to grant unemployment pay to striking workers in both the public and private sectors. The three states with similar laws — New York, ...

More than 40% of Oregon’s public school students are non-white, while approximately 14% of teachers identify that way.

HB 2025, a transportation funding package, would authorize the governor to select the director of the Oregon Department of Transportation. The Oregon Transportation Commission currently appoints the ...

The bill underwent last minute changes this week. The final version cuts unemployment benefits to 10 weeks instead of 26.

Oregon’s lone Republican Congressman, Cliff Bentz, represents more than 705,000 Oregonians — about 16% of the state’s ...

The Senate version of President Trump’s tax and spending bill seeks to sell off more than 2 million acres of federal lands to build affordable housing. A provision in the text released late ...

A watered-down bill extending unemployment benefits to striking public and private employees still needs to clear both ...

State Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, had voted in favor of Senate Bill 916 when it first came before his chamber in March. But ...