Oregon lawmakers passed a new law that raises the hospitality tax and directs that revenue to fish and wildlife conservation.

Oregon has a long history of unsuccessfully trying to eradicate invasive species. The state came within one day of announcing ...

For the first time in her term, Gov. Tina Kotek is not attending the National Governors Association winter conference. The Feb. 19 to Feb. 21 event is a bipartisan meeting of governors from around the ...

The Oregon Senate passed a bill March 4 to increase the hotel tax to pay for an array of wildlife conservation programs. The bill passed 20-9, surpassing the required three-fifths majority to raise ...

Oregon media organizations are urging Gov. Tina Kotek to veto House Bill 4177. Opponents argue the bill undermines Oregon's Public Meetings Law by allowing governing bodies to meet privately. The ...

Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishing community came out in force Friday against proposed rule changes aimed at protecting humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The rules, proposed in a ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has asked President Donald Trump for a major disaster declaration as Oregon communities struggle to recover from flooding caused by December storms, the Oregon Department of Emergency ...

Oregon lawmakers approved a campaign finance bill on Thursday that critics fear will allow the politically powerful to continue flooding elections with cash. House Bill 4018 passed through both ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) occupies a unique position, as the only Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation. But in Washington, D.C., his party has control of the ...

Proposed changes to Oregon’s public meetings laws would allow more secret discussions among public officials, (“Bill could enable secret government talks, Oregon ethics chief warns,” Feb. 18).

Oregon has one of the smallest populations of Black residents in the U.S., a reality shaped by its history. Oregon was the only state to include a Black exclusion law in its founding constitution in ...