Trade unions strongly support extending higher-wage requirements to off-site fabrication, but lawmakers—and legislative lawyers—don’t know whether or how the state would enforce the proposed law.

As lawmakers prepare to vote on the session’s signature legislation, Republicans are furious and some Democrats are skeptical.

Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell gains support from a top Republican donor.

As the 2025 legislative session lurches toward its conclusion, a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding wildfire damage payouts remains stalled in committee.

Senate President Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego) exercised the power of his office this afternoon in a fraught moment for the legislative session’s signature policy bill.

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon is urging Gov. Tina Kotek to slow walk a request from Willamette Falls Trust for up to $75 million in state funding to buy land near the falls.

Lawmakers advance a proposed budget with a nearly 75% reduction in funds for preventing eviction and homelessness.

The stakes are enormous for the development of affordable housing.

Lawmakers made changes in response to pushback from stores and their neighbors fed up with collateral damage from Oregon’s iconic environmental measure.

The Portland pediatrician introduced a bill that would increase compensation for her and other primary care providers.

The state was unprepared for the unprecedented loss of housing from 2020 wildfires. Deploying federal disaster relief money has proven challenging.

The ballot title is now subject to challenge by anyone who objects to the title’s wording between now and June 2.

Oregon was the first to provide such coverage and remains the most committed. Hard decisions loom.

Staff left a heavily dressed Lenore Hess outside on a blazing August day. Her family seeks $12 million in damages.

Brad Martin, who has served as director of the Democratic Party of Oregon for the past 12 years, is moving onward.