Local, county and state housing officials issued permits for only 4,800 multifamily units in 2024—the lowest total in 12 years. Preliminary data shows 2025 will barely exceed that dismal figure.

Oregon’s affordable housing crisis, caused by renters’ income not keeping up with rising housing costs, plays out differently across the state.

In terms of gross domestic product per capita, Oregon has lagged behind national averages for nearly two decades—and the gap is getting worse.

If decision makers look at where staff growth took place since 2020–21, they will find increases in instructional assistants, administrative staff, special education and student support roles. The number of teachers during that period barely budged.

Harney County saw the biggest overall improvement, 20 percentage points over last year’s rate.

The DHS’s failure led to a catastrophic brain injury to a 2-year old.

“The four and a half million residents who live here can’t smoke enough.”

Nationally, Oregon ranks 17th in the nation for bridges that are structurally stable.

Although the total amount of cultivated farmland in Oregon is shrinking, filbert acreage is booming.

Oregon has the nation’s third-highest opt-out rate, leaving more than 50,000 children vulnerable to serious disease.