If granted, the petition would allow the voter-approved magazine ban and completed background check requirement to go into immediate effect.

The interfaith group of churches, mosques, synagogues and other denominations that championed Oregon’s Measure 114 gun laws is trying to generate momentum to get them fully enacted.

Ballot Measure 114, tightening gun laws in the state, was approved by voters in November but has been held up in courts ever since.

It was the first time ever that Oregon had the highest voter turnout for a national election.

After taking more than a week to deliberate, circuit court judge Robert Raschio ruled Tuesday that the state cannot implement the additional background check requirement. Ballot Measure 114, which would create stricter gun laws in Oregon, is now blocked by state courts in its entirety pending a full trial.

The Oregon Supreme Court denied a state Department of Justice petition asking the court to intervene and throw out a lower court’s temporary restraining order blocking the law from taking effect.

For many Oregon Republicans, this campaign cycle felt like a turning point. Republicans had viable, well funded candidates. And they were competitive in races that were normally dominated by Democrats.

The measure, which narrowly passed this month, bans magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds and requires Oregonians to get a permit to buy a gun.

Overall, the electorate delivered a warning against going too far, against extremes, but we're likely headed for a messy, partisan two years. Here, five lessons learned from last week's midterms.

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer has in recent years embodied the Constitutional Sheriff movement. He nears reelection even as multiple similarly molded sheriff candidates lost.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass faced off with billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso. Homelessness and the recent City Hall racism scandal dominated the campaign.

Since the passage of Measure 114, the daily average number of background check requests filed by gun dealers has nearly quadrupled.

Measure 111 makes Oregon the first state in the nation with a constitutional obligation to provide access to affordable health care to all its residents, similar to the constitutional guarantee of a public K-12 education.

The Republican candidate for Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District says he won't concede until "every legal vote is counted."

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Skamania County resident and auto shop owner who shot from obscurity to headline a nationally watched race, declared victory Saturday night in her bid for Southwest Washington’s congressional seat. The Associated Press also declared her the winner Saturday night.