Oregon legislature

Recent studies show that data centers are creating uncertainty for the Pacific Northwest’s power grid, potentially creating massive gaps in energy leading to blackouts.

As Gov. Tina Kotek pledges to boost business, competing factions are offering ideas for where she should look.

Oregon is the first state to require nonprofit hospitals to figure out if a patient qualifies for free or discounted care before billing them. But a law recently signed by the governor cut hospitals a big break on that rule.

They are targeting SB 1507, which blocked some tax cuts passed by President Donald Trump.

The bill, meant to create clarity about what public officials can call and text about outside of public meetings, would be Gov. Kotek’s only veto following 2026 session.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

Filing comes less than a week after a Marion County judge ruled the gas tax question will remain on May ballot.

Oregon’s 35-day short legislative session left little for climate and environmental advocates to celebrate when it wrapped up earlier this month. Instead, they say, support for climate action, both state and federal, has dwindled.

Two Republican state representatives missed roughly half of the 183 floor votes House members took at the Capitol in Salem.

The ruling is a blow to Republicans who have insisted the vote should be held in November.

Although other states are passing and weighing legislation to try to prevent immigration agents from wearing masks, Oregon lawmakers took a unique approach.

More than 350 Oregonians, veteran elected officials and newcomers alike, filed to run for statewide, congressional and legislative offices by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.