Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley addressed growing fears among local constituents regarding what he described as a dangerous shift toward authoritarianism ...

If the legislature fails to establish a redistricting plan for state legislative districts, it falls to the secretary of ... defeated incumbent James Hieb in the Republican primary for Oregon House of ...

The biggest question this session is about how much money the state will invest in public schools for the next biennium. But ...

In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills, resolutions and memorials through the legislative process, the Idaho Capital Sun will produce a “legislative notebook” at the end of each week to ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on abortion politics and ...

Philomath’s two legislators, Sen. Dick Anderson and Rep. David Gomberg, talk about issues impacting their districts as the ...

The prison health system struggles to serve Oregon’s prisoners -- challenges extensively documented in court filings. The ...

Republicans in the Oregon Legislature also have introduced bills that would roll back the state's sanctuary laws and give ...

A former employee contends she was terminated after she tried to raise concerns about the alleged mismanagement of funds and ...

(KTVZ) -- Oregon’s 90 lawmakers are beginning their work in earnest ... centering on more money for the state’s 197 school ...

April Ehrlich/JPR / AP A pair of bills has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature that would give more money to four school districts impacted by the 2020 wildfires. Those districts were ...

Ben Bowman, and the Senate minority leader ... "I mean that's what I think — I think that Oregon should value our rural districts, and in that value we should respect them.