DeFazio loses fight for federal funding for bike, pedestrian programs

Governor backs bill siding with Facebook

Metro Councilor Hosticka Files For House Seat

Oregon students show startling rate of absenteeism

Portland police chief submits budget calling for 56 officer cuts

Power struggles as Oregon Legislature takes up Kitzhaber's health reforms

Rep. Carolyn Tomei wants OLCC to enforce tobacco sales to minors

Advocacy groups adjust plans for session

As Legislature convenes, Betsy Johnson warns of battles ahead

Central Oregon Lawmakers Pick Bills to Push

Iberdrola staying in Portland thanks to $1.1M PDC grant

Medford waives code for mobile veterinary clinic - An example of being over regulated

Oregon AG John Kroger says he'll sign on to multi-billion dollar foreclosure settlement

State budget at forefront

1st Congressional District: Smear campaign against Cornilles was shameful

Environmental groups propose plan to replace federal forest payments to Oregon counties

Gov. Kitzhaber continues push for education, health care bills

Legislators reach state budget deal

Man who shot Clackamas sergeant moves toward release to residential treatment

Oregon prison in Salem proposed for closure because of budget cuts

Aaron Campbell Settlement Ranks High Among Portland Police Payouts

Former state Rep. Greg Macpherson announces run for Lake Oswego mayor

House Bill 4131 calls for agencies to reduce middle management

House Judiciary approves bill to add more judges to the Oregon Court of Appeals

Occupy protesters take their case to Salem

Portland will allow fitness premium pay in their next contract only with a physical fitness test

Public outcry over Kyron Horman spurs House bill in Salem

Tobacco lawsuit helps Oregon balance budget

TriMet task force recommends new fare structure, increases

Bottle of bourbon leads lawmakers to consider change in rules for nonprofits

Petition targets Douglas County Commissioner Laurance for recall

Portland seeks delay to complete all reservoir projects by 2026

Rough political waters toss Portland's utility panel

Bonamici wins CD1 special election

2012 Legislature session to be short on time, big on tasks

Beyer not seeking re-election, Dem's announce candidate

Lawmaker mixes health care for Oregonians and protecting his own wallet

Merkley moves to toughen insider trading bill

Peters chosen to lead state prisons

Sexual health education bill gets a look in WA House committee

Contributions in Portland's mayoral campaign tops $1 million

Executive Club Tonight: - Global Warming Skeptics Panel

New allegations from a former vice cop about Portland's top brass

Guns, wolves, liquor, gambling...and solar; Oregon Legislature's in town

House members line up their policy priorities

If legislation passes Oregon Humane Society officers would be part of the state's police

Lawmakers take a closer look at the state's health care system

Reform of Oregon's PERS a longshot in Legislature

Turnout figures show Democrats keep their advantage in CD1

Campaign mailer for special election disturbs resident

Five great Legislative Ideas

Hanna raises at least $24,000 in pre-session fundraiser

State workers upset about getting Rep. Richardson's emails at home

Portland Council seeks delay for controversial reservoir projects

Portland mayoral candidates square off at Catlin Gabel School

Oregon lawmakers hope for quick, civil session that tackles budget, health care and schools

Democrats Spending Big to Maintain Oregon Seat

Lawmakers get ready for action

Legislature to consider bills that will tie school funding to key goals

Governor's overhaul seeks to consolidate groups serving youths

Effort afoot to unionize 2,000 faculty members at the U of O

Editorial: Lawmakers lack commitment to solving Oregon's boom, bust revenue system

Clackamas County considers ending Canby ferry or 200% rate hike

State must plug $300M deficit - Salem has a spending problem

Job creation - Private or public jobs?

Cornilles seeks an upset

35 days for Ore. lawmakers - Will they fix their spending problems?

Only 2 in 3 Or high school students graduate

School energy audits find $40 million in upgrades - Kitzhaber's "Cool Schools " spending program

Oregon colleges-boosting graduation rates - & education levels

11-yr-old boy with loaded gun on MAX cries during arraignment

Clackamas Co approves $1.75 million for Blue Heron's site

One of 3 Oregon high school students dropped out in 2011

40 years after Title IX - you can't mandate fairness, itt's not fair

bio-refinery will be built in Boardman

Mayoral candidate discovers what's in a name

Portland Water Bureau proposes delay on reservoir projects

Presentation by global warming skeptics draws big crowd in Portland

Schools want answers on No Child Left Behind

Jeannette Hamby, dies at 78

11-year-old boy arrested after flashing loaded gun

Molalla city manager says layoffs, loans needed to avoid $480,000 deficit

City calls Portland emergency notification test a 'failure'

Economic timber blueprint proposed

Portland inks public relations contract to promote the Oregon Sustainability Center

'Unacceptable:' Only two in three Oregon high school students graduate in four years

Five Eugene and Springfield high schools see a drop in the graduation rate

Jack Roberts: It's time for the Republican team to check its bench

Lawmakers remain confident of timber counties fix

Licensing interior designers bill sparks professional controversy

New Forest Planning Rule: Something for All?

Oregon Backs Off Tax Ruling That Angered Facebook

Port of St. Helens approves coal export agreements with two companies

Presentation by global warming skeptics draws big crowd in Portland

Clatsop County gets earful on creating a PUD

Mayor Adams sounds alarm over low taxi driver pay

Survey shows support for birth control at Tigard-Tualatin School District

TriMet considering major fare changes, eliminating zones

Oregon stories: The pilot who saw an angel on his wings

Budget debate looms in Salem

Cornilles uses ex-Congressman David Wu to slam Bonamici in new campaign ad

GOP seeks medical malpractice caps

Kitzhaber hit with disabilities act class action lawsuit

Over 140 Oregon state vehicles damaged in Salem flooding - Another reason to end the motor pool

School officials question No Child waiver request

A bill would codify rules on what defines a public meeting

Four arrested in Occupy Portland protest to mark Egypt uprising - Taking police from their job protecting Citizens

Judge rejects Astoria's plea to throw out state's DUII lawsuit

Portland mayoral candidates tackle development topics

State health delays decision on Portland's water-treatment waiver

Feds, Oregon Make Headway In Deschutes Money Dispute

Health reform lessons for Oregon and other states from the Massachusetts

TriMet once again proposing LIFT fare hikes

Oregon Health Plan measure ready for lawmakers

Kitzhaber: Timber counties may get aid during legislative session

Sen. David Nelson (R) of Pendleton won't run again in District 29

Ballot returns indicate decent turnout for Oregon congressional special election

Democrats Kotek and Roblan kick off pre-session fundraising binge

USDA to close 260 offices, many in Oregon

Weed all about it: Williamette Week's take on Oregon marijuana policy

Clackamas County Commissioner Damon files to run for board seat, faces three challengers

Lawsuit filed against Kitzhaber, for failure to protect the state against climate change

Union gives the nod to Jefferson Smith in Portland mayor's race

U.S. Supreme Court won't re-hear special ed case against Forest Grove district

Wheeler calls for state economic development 'powerhouse' plan

Voters gripe about negative CD1 ads, but signs are that they work

Governor proposes consequence-free 'achievement compacts' to focus schools on results

Lawmaker speaks on Oregon human trafficking efforts

New state board would track economic growth in Oregon

Oregon Republican chairman comes up with a new elephant logo

Wyden says opposition to piracy bill was grass-roots victory

House Leaders Throw Their (Financial) Support At Oregon Candidates

Oregon executive to head U.S. tourism board

City, homeless people settle federal anti-camping lawsuit

SEIU offers state some advice on budget cuts

Oregon state agencies submit more than 1,200 requests for positions during hiring freeze

Minimum wage increase draws mixed reaction

State psychiatric hospital project faces battle

Hundreds rally, march on 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Oregon Editorial Board: Two ballot initiatives seek to undermine Roe v. Wade

State liquor inspector resigns amid allegations of office sex, gas use

States progress on health overhaul; Over half a million uninsured in Oregon

Loss of federal forest payments - teetering insolvency

Petitioner seeks to repeal CARA - Albany urban renewal

Fired CASA director threatens lawsuit

Legislature will look for best way to oversee CASA - childrens services

Potential TriMet cuts to Boring, Estacada

Gladstone sewers overflow into Clackamas R.

No Boys Allowed?

School reform gets hearing - A new version of cim cam?

Washington Co. Comm. delay increasing transportation tax

State unveils poverty initiative - Here we go again

Bill in Oregon legislation would hide (PERS) retiree information - From Taxpayers

Damascus Mayor Spinnett would like to put light rail to a vote

Kitzhaber says feds could support health reform with $2.5 billion

Oregon School Boards Association finds improper spending, pay raises

PDX School tours prelude to district bond discussion - The campaign starts

Brouhaha in Grants Pass-opinion

State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Balmer - to become Oregon's next chief justice

Bill would shut door to state retiree information

Bonamici, Cornilles each pass million-dollar mark in fundraising for congressional campaign

Columbia River Crossing officials suggest significant downsizing

Oregon Democratic lawmakers release their plan

Conservation groups say logging approved by Oregon Department of Forestry harms marbled murrelets

Crime on TriMet: 'honor system' for fares doesn't work

Facebook presses Oregon Legislature for property tax exemption

Former state Sen. Margaret Carter gets a new state job, takes pay cut

Mayor Adams shops a new urban renewal district

Smith Files Mayoral Candidacy; Tran Wants His House Seat

Clackamas County community leaders fear federal lawsuit

Clackamas County wastewater districts set to purchase Blue Heron

Oregon coast wastewater pipeline project hits a snag

Bonamici, Cornilles debate intensifying ad war in congressional race

Environmentalists appeal Coos Bay project

Oregon Republican lawmakers release their plans to grow jobs, cut state government

Home-care workers stage Salem protest

Metro revives 'headquarters hotel' - Metro has a hard time saying NO

Oregon Legislature will consider capping mercury in fluorescent bulbs

Portland City Council questions premium pay for biometric screening

Union unhappy with Portland Transportation cutbacks

Washington County is silencing critics on advisory boards, say ousted citizens

Change in leadership coming to Lake Oswego

City of Astoria, sheriff don't embrace hemp festival concept

Commissioner Jim Bernard remains Clackamas County vice chairman after contentious vote

Eugene OKs school transfers

Government Camp rest area will remain open permanently

Jackson County schools are supplying lunch funds for over half of students

Losses mount for Oregon Zoo, convention center

Oregon's jobless rate dips under 9%, but economists still wary

Police investigate hazing allegations at Grant High School

U.S. Postal Service cuts could slow Oregon's mail voting in November

Facebook building on what it started in Central Oregon

Oregon State University has $2 billion economic footprint, says President Ed Ray

Oregon Legislature prepares to open

Oregon's Solyndra, taxpayers must bail out state fund that made bad loans for renewables

Hearings will focus on controversial changes to Oregon's property tax deferral program

Banner year for Oregon PERS retirements

NRCC makes first investment in Oregon special House race

Oregon public employees want Legislature to block release of names by PERS

Special congressional election in Oregon tests Democrats

Audit finds Oregon School Boards Association took questionable financial, management steps

Schrader withdraws wine bill sponsorship

Gov. Kitzhaber maligns loggers

Metro's Burkholder signs on to Soda Tax Campaign

Second Republican joins race to take on Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader

Dudley endorses Romney

Entire Oregon delegation backs forest restoration plan

Oregon board may rethink Waldo Lake motorboat ban

WA lawmakers seek to ban sale of underage sex ads

Jackson County reserve keeps general fund solvent

Oregon Islamic charity figure seeks bail pending appeal

Franklin High achieves a first with district constitution team win

E-filing of taxes expected to rise in 2012 in Oregon

Oregon House, Senate get low grades in report on racial equity bills

Cornilles campaign says its poll shows race is tightening

Oregon Department of Revenue system overhaul: It doesn't compute

Bonamici, Cornilles respond to attack ads

Former OR warden wants death penalty repealed

SOS praises Oregon's iPad voting option for seniors and disabled

Council could make Portland police work for 'fitness' pay

Strip club patrons win right to park at new Boring Station

Arts foundation honors Mult. county official at MLK Day celebration

Martin Luther King Jr. 44 years later: Towering legend, flawed man

TriMet steps up patrols ( again!) in wake of assaults

Lawmakers will return to Salem for committee work

Petition targets Milwaukie light-rail funding

Victim of MAX attack relieved after arrests

anti-light rail petition could jeopardize city's $5 million contract with TriMet

Oregon, Washington agree to reduce sturgeon catch again

Senior tax deferral plan gets presession hearing

Water and volcano could make power