More than 1000 people -- shoulder-to-shoulder in bleachers, on the ground and on folding chairs -- jammed the Clackamas ...

Oregon Senators Wyden and Merkley join 18 senators to urge reversal of VA contract cancellations, essential for veteran healthcare under the PACT Act.

By Martha Freeman The hero of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a newbie U.S. senator who speaks on the Senate floor for 25 ...

Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban single-use checkout bags statewide and allow only recycled paper bags.

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would reduce the pay of more than 8,000 highly trained Washington teachers by thousands of dollars annually.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday Measure 114, the gun control law narrowly approved by voters in 2022, is constitutional. "We conclude that all of Measure 114 is facially constitutional ...

The Oregon Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would expand the state’s plastic bag ban to cover restaurant takeout bags and thicker plastic bags.

Senate Bill 551, which would ban restaurants and retailers from giving patrons single-use checkout bags, was approved with a ...

Oregon lawmakers looking to stop plastic from piling up on the state’s beaches are turning their attention to other plastic ...

The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and ...