Snow and ice closed state government offices and the Oregon Capitol on Thursday — but lawmakers, staff, lobbyists and Oregonians prepared to testify on bills didn’t learn the Capitol would ...

Snow and ice closed state government offices and the Oregon Capitol on Thursday — but lawmakers, staff, lobbyists and ...

Washington state lawmakers hope to raise $1.6 billion from tolls to help pay for replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge across the ...

You might notice Oregon's Capitol looks a little different the next couple of weeks. This is why the Gold Man is dark again..

President Donald Trump hinted during a news conference that Japan could soon face U.S. tariffs if it doesn’t take steps to buy more from the United States. The comments come as Japan’s new prime ...

U.S. President Donald Trump came back from the brink of a trade war by pausing tariffs against Canada and Mexico for 30 days ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports is drawing a variety ...

Three weeks in, the change the Trump administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government on an unprecedented ...

New legislation sponsored in Salem could affect the land-use battle over Portland's multi-billion-dollar water filtration ...

THIS AFTERNOON, THE STATE SENATE GAVE ITS APPROVAL TO BAN ANY COUNTY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY FROM IMPLEMENTING SANCTUARY POLICIES. THE VOTE SPLIT ON PARTY LINES, WITH 15 REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR AND ...

The New Hampshire State House, as seen from across the Merrimack River. In its first full session of 2025, the Republican-led New Hampshire Senate moved to ban “sanctuary policies” in the ...

The state Senate is in recess until 11 a.m. Friday. Senate Education will meet before that at 9 a.m. and has a few interesting bills, including Sen. Harold Pope's anti-hazing measure, one of two ...