Nearly all of the workers responsible for cleaning 272,000 pounds of garbage off Oregon highways have lost their jobs after lawmakers failed to pass a transportation spending package.

The final days of the session were dominated by the unsuccessful push to pass a $12 billion transportation package, but there ...

"This is a transformative moment for Oregon,” said Labor Christina Stephenson. “For the first time in decades, Oregonians will see the full promise of the laws passed by the Legislature to protect ...

Legislative caucuses are groups of lawmakers who share similar policy interests. In Oregon, examples include the Coastal ...

Oregon lawmakers passed an oral nicotine tax to pay for some wildfire costs, while a bill aimed at getting wildfire survivors ...

Proponents of new protections for Oregon recreation businesses will have to hold out hope – yet again – for another ...

Beyond this session’s obvious disappointment — a failed transportation funding bill — here’s what else flopped.

A deal that would have raised billions for the state’s roads, bridges and transit imploded in the last days of the ...

House Bill 2025, a major transportation funding bill, died June 27 after years of work, as did a last-minute proposal to ...

The first wave of layoffs has begun for state workers at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Oregon Gov. Tina ...

Lawmakers passed at least a dozen bills meant to protect renter security deposits, boost housing production and ensure access ...

Oregon's state legislative employees made history by becoming the first in the nation to unionize, and labor experts are predicting it will have major ripple effects across the country.