Oregon governor

Oregon construction firms say an order by Gov. Tina Kotek last year mandating union labor in many state projects amounts to an illegal power grab. Now they’re asking a judge to step in.

Following a bumpy few months for the Oregon Department of Forestry and the abrupt resignation of its leader, Kotek wants to pick the next state forester.

Kotek directed the state forestry department to pause any further action based on the map until the Legislature decides to keep, update or repeal it.

Three weeks in, the two sides say they want a quick resolution to the largest nurses' strike in state history.

Property managers say more tenants aren't paying rent on time. Housing advocates say rising rents and stagnant wages make it harder to do so.

Attorney General Dan Rayfield is joining lawsuits to protect Biden administration rules, but most state leaders say they don’t want to respond to everything Trump says or does.

The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state.

As the Legislature prepares to meet, the governor talked of “fragile” progress on a variety of crises during her state of the state address.

Despite billions spent and thousands of people helped, the most recent available data shows homelessness is still increasing in the state.

From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and political news in Oregon.

Thousands of people statewide have been at least temporarily housed through Project Turnkey, an Oregon program that turned $125 million into nearly 1,400 new shelter beds, mostly by buying and converting existing hotels and other vacant buildings into shelters.

The state’s public universities and community colleges are calling for increased investment in higher education.