Former Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read was sworn in Monday as secretary of state, promising to bring stability to a position ...

State officials and advisers are working on a child welfare proposal for this year’s session they hope would encourage more ...

Many people in states like Oregon have begun to prepare, but the effectiveness of their response will depend in part on what ...

Todd Nash is eager to take his seat in the 83rd Oregon Legislature this month and anticipates being able to cover some ...

Oregon lawmakers passed more than 100 bills during the 2024 Legislature. Many of the new laws, including the rollback of drug ...

I hope they don’t pass out any more massive tax breaks. The Oregonian/OregonLive for years has exposed these giveaways. The ...

With the passage of Senate Bill 1596 in early 2024, Oregon became the fourth state to enact a “right to repair” law. As of ...

Several Oregon cities have already had bans in place, including Ashland, Eugene, Florence, Lincoln City, Medford, Milwaukie, ...

From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and ...

Philip D. Lang, a longtime Democratic Party leader in Portland and former speaker of the Oregon House, died Dec. 29 of ...

A legislature and a state administration that’s tangled up with extensive internal ambitions may not be well equipped to cope with any national threats. Oregon’s state government has been ...