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Liberal Oregon and Washington vowed to pioneer green energy. Almost every other state is beating them.
Oregon and Washington trailed most states in adding renewable energy during the past decade, despite pledges to eliminate fossil fuels from power generation. Bonneville Power Administration approval is often holding up projects.
Oregon overdose deaths have gone down, but they’re still high
Oregon saw 1,480 drug overdose deaths in 2024, down from about 1,900 in 2023.
Oregon bill would speed up process to rename locations with offensive titles
The bill defines offensive as ‘insulting and derogatory’ to Oregon Native American tribes, or any race, nationality or ethnicity.
OLCC director hired to clean up bourbon-hoarding scandal to retire
Craig Prins will leave the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission effective July 1.
More Oregon parents are asking for vaccine exemptions for their kids, data show
Data shows three years of declining vaccine rates among Oregon kindergarteners.
Wyden puts forward bipartisan wetland habitat restoration plan
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, have put forward a $50 million proposal to support wetlands along the Columbia River Basin and Oregon and Washington coasts.
Federal chaos leaves Oregon’s economic outlook sluggish, uncertain, short hundreds of millions
Oregon lawmakers will have nearly $756 million less than they anticipated to spend in next two years, according to state’s May revenue forecast.
Proposed federal SNAP cuts would leave Oregon families hungry, governor and senators warn
More than 700,000 Oregonians receive aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Child care providers, parents call on Oregon Legislature to support subsidy program
More than 11,000 Oregon families who qualify for a state child care subsidy are waitlisted due to a lack of funding.