Bailey Langley was 52 days from the end of her year-long probationary period as a public information officer for the U.S. Forest Service in Pendleton when she was fired in February under President Donald Trump’s sweeping directive cutting federal probationary…
A proposal to impose a 4% tax on the sale of new car tires could send $20 million a year to the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Oregon is one of only seven states that caps funding for special education, and experts say that leaves schools underfunded.
Federal employees not only put out fires, they also manage prevention work, like controlled burns to clear out undergrowth that can fuel catastrophic blazes under dry, windy conditions.
House Bill 3666 would set minimum standards for wildfire prevention work by utilities but lawyers say it also offers statutory immunity from lawsuits.
Regional monitoring for endangered owls, salmon and frogs is done by seasonal biologists who aren’t being hired now under a federal freeze, potentially delaying timber and wildfire logging projects.
An Oregon law passed in 2022 to phase in overtime pay for farmworkers has led to higher farmworker wages, but a new study shows hours are being scaled back to avoid overtime pay.
Democratic and Republican U.S. legislators from Western states are joining forces to get the 20-years-old Secure Rural Schools bill reauthorized.
An Oregon House Committee is considering a bill to limit how often, when and for what reasons private utilities can be approved for rate increases.
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.