Claire Rush

U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there’s a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

A federal judge in Oregon dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon’s unredacted voter rolls on Monday in another setback to wide-ranging efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to get detailed voter data from states.

A group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress.

Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that that flooding to come could be catastrophic

Oregon, alongside 15 other states and the District of Columbia, sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday, alleging HHS threats to pull sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities violate federal law.

Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building codes and requirements to reduce vegetation on their properties.

The Digital Equity Act was intended to fill gaps and cover unmet needs that surfaced during the massive broadband rollout.

State lawmakers want redemption sites to close at 8 p.m. and use mobile drop-offs after complaints of nighttime drug deals, litter and homeless camps, but people who rely on refunds object.

The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires, raising the specter of even more destructive blazes across the American West, fired workers and officials said.

Three Republican state representatives announced their proposal on the heels of an approved rate increase for PacifiCorp customers and a federal lawsuit against the electric power company.

This year's powwow of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians came just two weeks after a federal court lifted decades-old restrictions on the tribe’s rights to hunt, fish and gather.

Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land this year than any since reliable records began in the 1990s