Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that would make it the first state to offer unemployment benefits to all striking workers, including public employees. The bill would provide benefits after a two ...

An Oregon bill that would make it slightly easier to have someone civilly committed has advanced to the Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee. Civil commitment is the practice of ...

An Oregon bill that would require big tech companies including Meta and Google to pay money to local newsrooms is trudging forward with less than three weeks left in this year’s legislative ...

The bill meant to hold Oregon and local school districts more accountable for student outcomes passed the state Senate on Thursday. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 141 almost entirely on party lines ...

A bill that would allow sexual assault survivors to report the abuse at any time has cleared the Oregon House. A group of state lawmakers unanimously approved House Bill 3582 after its third ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon legislature passed a trimmed-down version of a bill on Thursday that would allow striking workers to receive unemployment benefits. Senate Bill 916 repeals a ...

House Bill 3546, known as the POWER Act, will likely result in higher electricity rates for high-use customers. The Oregon Public Utility Commission will determine the new rate for data centers.

Oregon lawmakers approved a bill to block private-equity firms from controlling healthcare practices, which analysts say would be the nation’s strictest ban on corporate influence in medicine ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon has passed a new bill to make it harder for minors to get their hands on nitrous oxide - a drug that’s easily accessible and found in many kitchens.

FILE: Oregon state Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-District 27, during an organizational session, Jan. 13, 2025. Broadman played a key role in the gun legislation.

by Ray Schultz, June 2, 2025 ; The Oregon legislature is mulling a bill that would force large tech platforms like Google and Meta to compensate Oregon news organizations for using the content ...

Oregon's sole Republican congressman, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, representing the state's 2nd District, voted in favor of the bill. Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden , a Democrat, said the stakes for the ...