The Trump administration provided aid to agriculture and the timber industry, but that didn't lead to a big gain in jobs. And the pandemic erased the state's overall job gains in the Trump years.
The suit says the federal agency failed to analyze its chemicals for health and environmental impacts.
The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday reported 346 new confirmed and presumptive cases, bringing the state's case tally to 40,135. The death toll is 633.
As the City Council prepares to fine-tune the budget for this fiscal year, two Portland City Commissioners are poised to make a dramatic ask.
Democrats believe there's a chance a "blue wave" year could give them larger majorities in the House and Senate. But Republicans have plenty of opportunity to make up lost ground.
Few people were ready for what 2020 had in store. A pandemic, protests, economic distress and in much of Oregon, wildfires. Such crises can take a toll on our mental health.
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The problem isn't with the results taking a little while to tabulate, experts say. The problem is with conspiracy theories that pop up as a result.
The Department of Justice is using aggressive tactics against those it has charged in the civil unrest over systemic racism.
The Republican Party has cut into Democrats’ advantage in voter registration tallies across some critical presidential battleground states, a fact they point to as evidence of steady — and overlooked — enthusiasm for President Donald Trump and his party.
Russia says it’s ready to accept a U.S. proposal to freeze the number of nuclear warheads and extend the two nations’ last arms control pact for one year and the U.S. is responding that it’s ready to make a quick deal.
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Oregon is one of only five U.S. states that place no limits on how much money a person can give to state political campaigns. Measure 107 would change that.
Measure 108 would impose a new tax on e-cigarettes and add $2 to the price of a pack of cigarettes.
Supporters say the goal is to take people who are addicted to drugs out of the criminal justice system and to treat their addiction as a medical problem. Opponents counter the measure goes to far toward decriminalization without investing enough in treatment.
