Landlords in Oregon whose tenants have fallen behind on rent during the pandemic can apply for relief from the state. Applications for Oregon's new landlord com...
The acting director says the Oregon Employment Department is devoting more attention to preventing and fighting fraud, by hiring more people and training others...
Hands off that gas pump! The quirks of life in the Beaver State might bemuse outsiders, but surely true-blue Oregonians cherish our time-honored idiosyncrasies,...
As Congress starts work on President Joe Biden's proposals to extend pandemic unemployment benefits, the acting director of the Oregon Employment Department say...
A new report from Portland State University shows that an avalanche of looming evictions across Oregon could come with an eye-popping cost to society of $3. 3 b...
Billy Williams has resigned after six years as the top federal prosecutor for Oregon. One of 56 U. S. attorneys appointed by President Donald Trump and confirme...
With January's ceremonial start of the year out of the way, both Congress and the Oregon Legislature have moved on to sometimes turbulent issues, including disc...
Five lawmakers on an Oregon House subcommittee will focus on the state's policing practices and the people who carry them out. They have started public hearings...
Democratic leaders said Monday they hope for bipartisanship in the 2021 Oregon Legislature. But, they said, they won't let that goal hinder their desire to pass...
U. S. Rep. Cliff Bentz of Ontario has called for an investigation of the 2020 presidential election, a move aimed at delaying and possibly derailing the certifi...
After weeks of negotiations with lawmakers, Gov. Kate Brown announced a one-day special session of the Legislature will be held Monday to deal with COVID-19-rel...
Oregon Employment Department employees continue to whittle away at backlogs of claims and benefit payments despite a COVID-19 outbreak at its major claims cente...
The long-awaited modernization of the Oregon Employment Department computer system is back on track. Sort of. The agency reaffirmed its notice of intent to awar...
Gov. Kate Brown wants to resurrect more than 30 projects costing over $200 million that died last summer when the state bond market collapsed during business sh...
Gov. Kate Brown unveiled a highly aspirational two-year state budget proposal Tuesday that would require a politically supportive U. S. Congress to make much of...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Bars and restaurants can reopen for limited outdoor service next week but many restrictions will remain in place until a vaccine against the ...
Oregon's ban on evicting tenants from their homes expires at the end of the year unless the Legislature can go into special session amid a deadly pandemic. A bi...
Oregon is doing better than once feared in digging out of the economic crater caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more pain is likely before fitful gains, stat...
Organizers of a $62 million state fund created to support Black Oregonians and their businesses have allocated over 40% of their money and say people seeking gr...
It started as a comedian's global online challenge. Fifteen months later, proposals to rename two Southern Oregon mountains inch closer to approval. Wilsonville...
