“It’s lowered the appetite of people to do something bold.”

They stand in all sorts of places: city halls and the book-return windows of libraries, mostly, but also next to a public swimming pool in Eugene, a grange hall in Spray, and two different McDonald’s restaurants in Portland.

Oregon’s top elected officials hailed a Monday ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that blocked President Donald Trump from restricting vote-by-mail in the November midterms.

A federal judge on Thursday effectively eliminated any remaining chance that an initiative seeking to hire more police officers with Portland’s climate tax dollars could appear on the November ballot.

Hundreds of people gathered in adjacent The Fields Park to watch the 116-year-old abandoned building burn.

Initiative Petition 28, an animal rights proposal which sought to criminalize hunting, fishing, ranching and pest control in Oregon, has failed to make the November ballot after state election officials said it failed two rounds of signature verification testing.

Opposition from one of the most powerful voices in organized labor has the potential to upend a public subsidy deal.

Larry’s Mt. Tabor Dog Station has Milk Bones, a stick library, a hot-water shower, and so much more.

A professional in-line skater wanted something close to home. He also wanted dogs to stop crapping in his yard.

The Oregon Zoo’s Aviary Cafe sits virtually unchanged from its grand opening in 1988.