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Andrew Nixon/CapRadioThis past year California lawmakers passed — and Governor Gavin Newsom signed — more than 100 bills, and many of those have become new laws in 2025. Plus there are bills from previous years that are also scheduled to take effect after Jan. 1. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBNearly two dozen bills passed by Oregon lawmakers in early 2024 took effect on New Year’s Day.
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From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and political news in Oregon. -
The guidance, based on existing state law, is a starting point to protect Oregonians, outgoing Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum says. -
Providence hospital staff gave a 10-day notice for the largest strike of health care workers in Oregon’s history. The walkout includes nurses in the Rogue Valley. -
Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday. -
A new California law imposes harsher penalties for assaulting emergency room workers. It responds to rising attacks on health care workers, despite concerns from progressives and prison-reform advocates -
The inmate did not receive appropriate care for his mental health needs, the lawsuit says. -
A conservative organization led by Trump adviser Stephen Miller sent letters to California leaders warning of ‘serious consequences’ over sanctuary policies that protect undocumented residents. -
As wolf populations grow in Southern Oregon, ranchers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep the protected animals away from their livestock. -
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon’s rural forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and secure enough funding to fight the fires of the future. -
A new state law will keep medical debt off your credit report, sparing a hit to your all-important credit score. This is a big deal for California where millions struggle with unpaid medical bills. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2025. -
Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft crimes may already be facing stiffer penalties under an initiative voters passed this year, alongside related bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law. -
Oregon’s turnout was lower than any other presidential election since at least 2004, and the first time since then that turnout has dropped below 80%.
