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 […]
By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon is facing potential funding cuts amid the Trump administration’s efforts to dramatically downsize federal spending. More than 31% of the state’s budget comes from […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Last summer, state officials revealed that more than 1,500 potential noncitizens had been mistakenly registered to vote in Oregon. Now a group of Republican lawmakers […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Dana Merryday began hearing the grumbling when he moved to Cottage Grove more than a decade ago. Roads in the Lane County town of around […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — An Oregon lawmaker’s pricier-than-expected trip to a minor league baseball game could lead to a state law blocking surprise fees and forcing vendors […]
By MIKE McINALLY/YachatsNews If the biggest issues facing the 2025 Legislature – transportation, housing, behavioral health, education funding, wildfires – seem familiar to you, Sen. Dick Anderson and Rep. […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The two legislators who represent Lincoln County in Salem are pleased with the results of the recently completed short, off-year session that concluded last week. They […]
Editor’s note Brad Fuqua, a longtime Benton County journalist and the editor and publisher of the online Philomath News, spent a day last week with Rep. David Gomberg […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A bill that would allow Oregonians to pump their own gas anywhere in the state edged closer to passage this week with its […]
People with the gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action listen to testimony about firearms legislation Wednesday in the Oregon House Judiciary Committee. (Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon […]
