By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a state known for protests, demonstrations the last three weeks around Oregon feel different. People at the University of Oregon last week marched against President […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A proposed bill in the 2025 Legislature that would establish minimum wildfire prevention standards for electric utilities in exchange for an annual certificate […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s automatic voter registration program, paused since October after state officials learned more than 1,600 people who might not have been U.S. citizens […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Chaotic federal announcements about taxes, tariffs, mass firings of federal employees and spending cuts haven’t yet affected Oregon’s economic forecast, the state’s chief […]
By JENNIFER SHUTT/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March […]
By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting A few days before members of the legislative committee charged with transportation and economic development were set to talk about how to protect fish in […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon construction firms say an order by Gov. Tina Kotek last year mandating union labor in many state projects amounts to an illegal power grab. […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the West are joining forces to persuade Congress to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that has sent billions to states […]
By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio A Dec. 3 inspection by the United States Department of Agriculture cited eight direct violations of the Animal Welfare Act at West Coast Game Park […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Following a rough few months of leadership and financial turmoil at the Oregon Department of Forestry — including the abrupt resignation of its […]
