More Oregonians were food insecure, couldn’t afford groceries or outright skipped meals in 2023, compared to 2020. That’s according to an annual U.S. Department of Agriculture household food security report released Wednesday.

Fires continue to rage while one fire district faces impending financial doom.

"Animals I Want to See" by Tom Seeman

The Four Way Community Foundation is closing in on its 50th birthday, having spent nearly half a century now helping givers make philanthropic donations, and helping guide those donations to organizations that can use a few bucks.

More than half a million people in the state carry some amount of federal student debt.

The standard hourly minimum wage in Oregon will increase to $14.70, with workers in the Portland Metro area getting $15.95 and rural workers receiving $13.70.

California can’t legally require insurers to write either residential or commercial property policies. But the state expects insurers to comply with the options unveiled today because they get something they want in return: catastrophe modeling.

Every year thousands of Californians are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here’s how to avoid it.

The state is directly investing money for low-income students and all newborns to attend college. After two years, the program is still not widely known by the students who need the most financial assistance.

As electric and gas rates continue to rise, an advocacy group for utility customers is proposing rate caps on energy increases for all for-profit utilities to help avoid high energy bills.

Tax day is not over for thousands of Oregonians.

The decision means middle and high-income households will pay a fixed electricity rate of $24 each month, and low-income households will pay either $6 or $12. Usage rates will drop a few cents as a result of the change.