Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is calling lawmakers back to Salem on Dec. 13 for a special session to address the state’s rent assistance program, which has run out of funds.

The Tigard Public Safety Advisory Board was created as part of the city’s anti-racism action plan.

The union that represents teachers in Portland Public Schools want the district to suspend in-person high school classes on Fridays for the rest of the school year and cut instructional time for younger students as well. The union says these measures are necessary to avoid more fights and disruptive behavior in schools, as well as burnout among teachers. The district is pushing back, saying students can’t afford to lose more class time.

Federal attorneys say wolves are resilient and stable enough to not need federal protections, but environmentalists argue these canines are vulnerable without them.

After more than three decades as a mainstay in Oregon politics, the state’s longest-tenured U.S. House member, Rep. Peter DeFazio, announced Wednesday that he won’t seek a 19th term. OPB political reporter Dirk VanderHart joins us to talk about DeFazio’s legacy.

The Portland Fire and Rescue Bureau honored one of its firefighters last week. Lt. Jerry Richardson died of lung cancer after retiring from the bureau where he served 22 years. Firefighters are often exposed to toxic chemicals from smoke, which drives up their cancer risk.

As business and property owners become increasingly frustrated with Portland’s public safety system, they are tapping private security to fill the vacuum. But while businesses and property owners may treat private security firms such as Echelon like a public safety agency, state law does not. The result: Across the city, private security firms — even the most highly regarded ones — are thrust again and again into a public safety role for which they are not prepared.

Banks are closing branches nationwide. But what happens when that branch is the last in town?

Per- and polyfluorinated substances, known as PFAS, can be found in the blood of people and animals all over the world. What are these substances exactly and how concerning are they?

Columbia River Mental Health Services is bringing medical care and mental health treatment directly to the unhoused community in Clark County.

“Women superintendents are calling for change in the gender inequities that thrive in Oregon’s education system.” That’s according to a new study from the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators, the Oregon Commission for Women and the Oregon Department of Education.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely hard on health care workers. They’re struggling with mental health issues, stress and the complex emotions that go along with treating people who chose not to get vaccinated. We hear from two people who provide support to doctors, nurses and hospital staff.

A once rare strain of salmonella found in poultry has spread largely unchecked, according to reporting by ProPublica.

In some rural parts of the state, Oregon residents have formed Rangeland Fire Protection Associations.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having dramatic impacts on the well-being of our youth in many ways. School districts are struggling to maintain safe learning environments for their students, staff and teachers. For many young people, the most significant impacts are on their mental health. And even if we’ve turned some corners in the pandemic, the emotional effects linger. We held a live Zoom conversation recently, where we heard directly from students, from mental health professionals, and from participants in a youth support circle.

We listen back to two conversations about short story collections today.

We listen back to a conversation with the author of “Let the Great World Spin” and “Transatlantic.” We spoke to Colum McCann in 2017 about his book “Thirteen Ways of Looking.”

Author and illustrator Kristin Radtke started working on a book about loneliness in 2016, four years before a global pandemic made the topic even more pressing and personal for all of us.

Reynolds Middle School is not alone in facing challenges related to student behavior and delays in social-emotional learning after more than a year of online school.

Grants Pass High School students walked out in protest of their school board's recent decision to reinstate two educators who were fired after promoting transphobic policies.