Oregon OKs major deal between non-profit Providence and for-profit Compassus—under certain conditions.

Adrien Bennings will receive a $261,000 severance package and a $25,000 retention bonus as part of the voluntary separation.

The Oregon Journalism Project has obtained a confidential draft of the 16-member panel’s calls for action, and that draft proposes significant changes to Oregon’s tax system.

The proposed layoffs will accompany other measures, including a tuition hike.

The 17-person body emphasized frustrations around transparency, noting the current budget is difficult to navigate.

Investigators said Catherine Stough, 57, had told them she accidentally started the March 10 early morning fire as she was looking for food scraps in a trash bin.

The Portland Metro Chamber is threatening to sue the city if the City Council makes changes to the city’s Arts Tax without voter approval.

A review of business records suggests saunas are ascendant in Oregon. Is the government ready?

Meanwhile, Multnomah County awaits a ruling of its own on it’s own delayed efforts to prohibit the sale of flavored synthetic nicotine and tobacco products.

A look around Angels PDX rules out the possibility that the labor secretary’s party was there for that genteel “gentlemen’s club” experience.