A last-ditch effort on the final day of Oregon's 2025 Legislature to prevent job cuts and service reductions for the Oregon Department of Transportation failed. House Bill 3402 was amended in the ...

More than 1,500 years ago, the ancient Maya city of Caracol thrived in the forests of modern-day Belize. Rediscovered in the ...

Oregon’s Court of Appeals chided the state’s police force on Wednesday for using warrantless “technologically-enhanced surveillance” to bust an illegal marijuana operation, sending the ...

Live updates on the last few days of the 2025 Oregon legislative session from Oregon Capital Chronicle reporters.

Hundreds of thousands of workers will see more money in their paychecks starting next month due to minimum wage increases.

Politics Oregon Legislature adjourns 2025 session as Democrats’ transportation plans stumble By Dirk VanderHart (OPB), Lauren Dake (OPB) and Bryce Dole (OPB ) June 27, 2025 11:17 p.m.

Admitting defeat on a comprehensive $11.7 billion transportation package, Democrats moved to pass a much smaller bill that inspired near-universal disappointment ...

Oregon Democrats’ ambitious transportation funding bill is dead, a stinging defeat for the majority party on its most pressing goal of the 2025 session. According to four sources within the ...

Record funding for school, reform for civil commitment, housing changes and more passed during the 2025 session that ended June 27.

A South Portland, Oregon, ICE center riot led to court appearances for three suspects accused of assaulting federal officers and creating hazards on federal property.

The Oregon Legislature will try to pass a 3-cent gas tax increase instead of a complete overhaul of transportation funding.