Oregon News

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has quietly chosen a group of health care executives, union representatives and care providers to advise her on how to tackle the looming budget crisis in the state’s Medicaid program.

As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall in the state’s next quarterly revenue forecast expected Wednesday — they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets.

Using satellite imagery, OSU researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 heat dome.

The Trump administration has ended the federal government’s offering of a nationwide free e-filing program for federal income taxes for 2026. But state officials say Oregonians can still find similar options both online and in-person.

Albany and Linn County has long claimed to host the “largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi,” and the third largest Veterans Day parade in the country. They might be right.

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Oregon’s long-awaited transportation bill into law, setting the stage for opponents to begin collecting signatures for a referendum effort to overturn it. 

Oregon’s governor and attorney general on Sunday denounced a federal demand that states walk back attempts to fund November food stamp benefits for needy families.

People who receive SNAP food assistance in Oregon -- including 4,450 households in Lincoln County -- started seeing benefits loaded into their accounts on Friday.

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether the historical presence of guns in the state could usurp the public safety concerns justifying a voter-approved law that prevents sale or transfer of magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition.