Oregon is awash with state symbols. From the state seashell (Oregon hairy triton) to the state microbe (Brewer’s yeast), we ...

Oregon lawmakers designated the T-bone steak as Oregon’s official state steak on June 16. The T-bone steak is the latest ...

The Senate has passed a bill officially designating ... clearing the way for the raptor to take its rightful place as a formal symbol of national pride. “For more than 240 years, the bald ...

Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, introduced by Sen. Todd Nash, R-Enterprise, and Rep. Bobby Levy, R-Echo, would designate the cut of beef as Oregon's latest state symbol. Lawmakers made potatoes ...

Unfortunately for supporters of adding state symbols, the Senate rarely takes up those bills, so the symbolic bills tend to languish after passing the House. Between acting on the two state symbol ...