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

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.

The Polk County Commission meets 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 22

Oregon's home health care workers are caught in a political battle between powerful public employee unions and a foundation aiming to limit union strength. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is taking up the workers' cause.

Gov. Kate Brown signed ceremonial copies of the $2 billion business tax and education spending package before an audience of hundreds of students, teachers and supporters.

The Marion County Commission meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at St. Paul Community Hall, 20239 Main St. N.E., St. Paul

Taking the board game to the stage, Royal Scot actors offer audience a good time with an old favorite. Meet some of those responsible.

Between general and lottery funds, state economists project that Oregon has $24.8 billion to spend over the next two years. That's up about $770 million from the previous forecast.

A landmark carbon pricing proposal moved out of committee on a party-line vote Friday after months of hearings and amendments.

A proposal to end non-medical exemptions for vaccines, and an unprecedented opposition, make an unlikely mark on the 2019 legislative session.

A majority of councilors appear ready to find money in a tight budget to push ahead on climate work in Salem.

Keizer and school district leaders kicked off a $53 million project to renovate the city's high school, which will add more classrooms, space for a construction program and a music recording studio to the campus.