Janelle Bynum and Lori Chavez-DeRemer vie in the race for U.S. House District 5, while Mike Erickson and Andrea Salinas ...

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose a rural area for a semiconductor facility, as ...

Deadlines in state law means one candidate might be able to start their term early while other uncontested candidates will ...

Deadlines in state law won’t let one pair of uncontested legislative candidates from Portland get a head start on the 2025 ...

Angela Alsobrooks (D), Larry Hogan (R), and three other candidates are running in Maryland's U.S. Senate election on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who was first elected in 2006, is ...

Under Oregon law, employers must staff at least the minimum wage ... In his release, Anderson said the proposal stems from his recent town halls in the 5th Senate District, which runs along the ...

Oregon's wildfire season roared back over Labor Day weekend as multiple wildfires ignited that brought evacuations mainly east of the Cascade Mountains. Hot, dry and windy temperatures combined ...

For four years, possession of such drugs had been decriminalized, according to Axios. In March, the Oregon legislature voted to reverse part of that decriminalization measure. The new measure went ...

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), chair of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. As the state struggles with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, Smallwood-Cuevas ...

Oregon’s 2020 drug decriminalization law expired Sunday, ending the first-in-the-nation experiment that made possession of small amounts of hard drugs punishable by a ticket and maximum $100 fine.

People caught in possession of hard drugs will once again be at risk of state criminal penalties after the state of Oregon opted to recriminalize possession of drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and meth.

(AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment ... The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58 percent of voters ...