Concerns that new funding will go to pensions instead of classrooms aren't justified, legislators say. New law's restrictions would direct money to the classroom.

In a new feature from the news team at the Oregon Capital Bureau, we present a digest of new laws passed by the Oregon Legislature that aren't making big headlines but will affect Oregonians in many ways.

A sweeping gun law reform bill was killed so Democrats could pass an education package.

Police are seeking a Gaston man wanted by police for questioning in the disappearance of a Salem woman and their 3-year-old son. He is the father of the child. Police have been searching his property since Sunday but there was no word on the fate of Karissa Fretwell and her son William

Police announced Thursday afternoon they are seeking to question Michael J. Wolfe, 52, of Gaston. The announcement comes following police searches in Gaston and outside Hopewell

An analysis released this week found the fund, which pays for road and other transportation projects, could be cut in half over the next 30 years, in part due to cap and trade.

The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that the search for the missing Salem woman and her son has sent them to rural Yamhill County, but with no results.

Union Gospel Mission modified its permit to include two new properties, opening up another window for appeals. One appeal came in and will go before a hearings officer in June.

Fourth-grader Aliza Stapleton says the lunches served in her school cafeteria don't line up with what she's been taught in health class, so she took her concerns to school board and budget committee members.

Trooper Nic Cederberg got the Medal of Valor from President Donald Trump on Wednesday after surviving a shootout on Christmas Day in 2016.

Winters, a key member of a small Senate Republican caucus, has been absent from the Capitol for about a month.

Salem-Keizer schools will have a relatively new school board after elections Tuesday. Five of its 7 directors are serving a first term.

Criminal justice policies are the theme of the week at the Oregon Legislature, including a bill that would reform how juveniles accused of violent crimes are tried and sentenced.

With more than $30,000 in in-kind support from United Food and Commercial Workers, board director Chuck Lee has run the most expensive campaign in the district. But across three races, high spending has been the norm, even as fewer than 15% of voters have turned in ballots.

Officials in Malheur County last year approved an extra $6,000 a month in payments to Greg Smith's private company. Records show the person hired with that extra public money has been working on another Smith project in the Willamette Valley.