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Stephen Price, in his home in Beaverton, Ore., June 22, 2023. Price relocated from Texas and was having difficulty finding affordable housing where he felt safe. He worked with Home Share Oregon, a program designed to match homeowners who have spare bedrooms, with Linda Scott, who had rooms available in her home.

Oregon has an extreme housing shortage. Here’s what could be done

Experts say there isn't a quick fix to undo decades of underbuilding. But there are steps policymakers and Oregonians can take.

Southern Oregon had a difficult night, with lots of loss, including Hanscom Hall, Talent's first NR-listed building. Formerly the post office, a restaurant, a pottery shop and even, for a time, city offices after a fire, it was 110-years old.

Rising From The Ashes

A few months back, I wrote about how we were living through history, and boy have we lived through some history since I typed those words.

Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general's race, a recount confirmed.

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount

A recount has confirmed that Kris Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes, one of the closest elections in state history.

FILE - The Oregon Senate is seen in session at the state capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, June 15, 2023. Oregon lawmakers have been rushing to approve hundreds of bills and a budget for the next two years before the legislative session ends on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The bills were stalled by the six-week Republican walkout that ended last week.

Oregon lawmakers rush to pass bills backlogged by GOP walkout before end of session

Oregon lawmakers are rushing to approve hundreds of bills and a budget for the next two years before the legislative session ends on Sunday.

Drug test cups at the Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on July 20, 2023. The program uses reward incentives to combat substance abuse and addiction.

How California is fighting meth with gift cards

California’s experimental new program targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients with gift cards for negative drug tests.

Visual artist Paul Lewin created this work for Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon's musical setting of <em>Parable of the Sower</em>.

Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera

Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon's new musical retelling explores the web of past, present and future.

A bus driver in Michigan fainted at the wheel. Then a 7th-grader took control

The driver called the transportation base to tell them she was feeling dizzy and lost consciousness seconds later. Dillon Reeves immediately sprang into action and safely stopped the bus.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev closes his resignation speech after delivering it at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 25, 1991. After 74 years, the Soviet Union was dissolved, breaking into 15 countries. But there's often been friction among the former Soviet republics, including the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.

How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine tension

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

Former Vice President Mike Pence visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel studios on November 16, 2022 in New York City.

Pence won't appeal judge's ruling, paving the way for his testimony in Justice probe

When the former vice president will testify is unclear, though former President Donald Trump could appeal the ruling by Judge James Boasberg that ordered Pence to appear before the grand jury.

Secretary of State report finds pay inequities persist in Oregon pay despite equity law, raises

Despite a 2017 pay equity law, two studies of the state payroll and two rounds of equity raises, women and people of color working for the state of Oregon still earn far less than white men, according to a report released Tuesday.

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