Category OREGON NEWS
Oregon’s highway cleanup crew loses their jobs after transportation package fails
A private company that employs formerly incarcerated people to clean up highways will lay off Oregon staff after ODOT decided not to renew its contract.
Oregon to receive $10 million in new nationwide opioid settlement
About half the money from Oregon's latest opioid settlement will go toward local prevention and recovery programs.
Oregon prisons face lawsuit over denial of Muslim inmates’ Halal meals, holiday visits
A lawsuit seeks protections for Muslim inmates beyond what officials agreed to provide five years ago after they were sued in federal court over similar allegations.
Asylum seeker taken by ICE outside Portland immigration court to be immediately released
The Mexican asylum seeker known as O-J-M in court documents will be released following 40 days in solitary confinement at an ICE detention center in Tacoma.
State lands get new leader in scientist and lawyer Kaitlin Lovell
Kaitlin Lovell will oversee roughly 680,000 acres of state-owned land. She's set to begin a four-year term in August.
New legislative caucus hopes to tap into Oregon’s trade potential
Unlike the U.S. as a whole, Oregon sends more goods abroad than it receives. A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to better promote trade and Oregon business development.
Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will seek re-election in 2026
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley,a Democrat, will run for a fourth term in the Senate. He's held the seat as Oregon's junior senator since 2009.
Lawmakers in recent session gave Gov. Kotek more hiring, firing power over agency leaders
Several bills passed giving Oregon’s governor the power to select leaders for the state forestry and public defense agencies, and to fill vacant Senate seats.
Oregon leaders, anti-hunger advocates warn of ‘deeply alarming’ SNAP cuts in GOP megabill
An average family of three receiving SNAP food benefits would see about $160 less per month under the new federal law, according to the state agency that administers the program.