The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and ...

New restrictions on single-use plastic could be coming to retail stores, restaurants and hotels after the Oregon Senate voted Tuesday ... Anastasia Mason covers state government for the Statesman ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural ...

President Trump’s formal Cabinet is now complete. With a vote of 67 in favor and 32 against, Lori Chavez-DeRemer becomes the ...

"With thousands of workers losing their lives each year, we need decisive action to prevent these tragedies," said the ...

Melanie Henshaw InvestigateWest A new bill progressing in the Oregon Legislature would allocate staff and resources within ...

A full report from Gallup and the Legislative Equity Office on employees' experience at the Oregon State Capitol is expected in April. The Gallup survey was conducted this year between Jan. 6 and ...

The Oregon House of Representatives passed House Bill 3141-A Tuesday by a vote of 57-1. Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, is the chief sponsor of the bill, which sets aside the third Tuesday in ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

Farmworkers kept from work by extreme weather could soon see more security in their paychecks thanks to a new legislative effort by Ashland Representative Pam Marsh. Representative Marsh was joined by ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed as the United States's secretary of labor with a 67-32 Senate vote on Monday.

A bill that would allow public sector unions representing state employees to bargain for ... into workplaces passed the State House of Representatives in a 58-38 vote. House Bill 1622, sponsored ...