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

A 90-year-old legal opinion could jeopardize Gov. Tina Kotek’s desire to repeal House Bill 3991, the controversial Oregon Department of Transportation funding package she backed and lawmakers passed in a September special session.

Senate Minority Leader Bruce Starr led a movement that turned in 250,000 signatures last month to refer controversial transportation tax hikes to the November ballot.

As Oregon kicks off a general election year, Secretary of State Tobias Read is taking what he says is the overdue step of cleaning up the state’s voter rolls.

The estimated price tag more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t have new numbers.

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

A coalition of business interests and Oregon cities are moving toward the November 2026 ballot with an initiative that would allow cities to broadly criminalize homeless camping.

Repealing the controversial bill could deprive Republicans of a powerful campaign issue in an election year.

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

Oregonians in their golden years are advised to leave the state to avoid the estate tax, and no one is tracking the number who do.

The agency says the board and its former CEO violated numerous rules related to grant funds.

More fires, less damage, and people still cause more fires than lightning.