Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, provided details of layoffs looming at the agency in an all-staff email he sent this morning.

As the agency prepares for layoffs, the House Republican leader chastises the department’s director.

The industrialist admitted violation pension laws. As he slowly makes reparations, other creditor are coming for him.

The Oregon Beer & Wine Distributors Association, which has opposed previous privatization attempts and opposes this one also is mystified by who might bankroll it.

SEIU represents half of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s nearly 5,000 employees.

The project rests in the district of Salem’s most powerful lawmaker.

Gov. Tina Kotek issued three vetoes on June 24, all for bills related to child welfare and the Oregon Department of Human Services.

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.