Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban single-use checkout bags statewide and allow only recycled paper bags.

The Oregon Senate has voted to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 years old, joining 13 other states with the same ...

The same would apply to single-use shampoos and other personal products at hotels. Legislators banned single-use plastic bags at stores and restaurants in 2019 but allowed for thicker ...

Bills in the Oregon legislature that would ease public safety requirements for convicted sex offenders and downsize the state's backlog for classifying offenders are facing backlash.

Limiting gun possession for people under 21 and allowing lawmakers with concealed handgun licenses to carry in the Capitol ...

The Oregon Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would expand the state’s plastic bag ban to cover restaurant takeout bags and thicker plastic bags.

A vote in the House has not yet been scheduled, but if passed, it would make Oregon the 16th state to essentially outlaw PFAS ...

Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley spoke with NewsWatch 12 ahead of town hall meetings in Jackson and Josephine County on Sunday, March 16.

One-term Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer successfully turned her election loss and closer-than-typical relationship ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon State Sen. James Manning is Senate President pro tempore, and chair of the Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.

At least 13 states have laws banning minors from getting married. Oregon is currently one of 10 states that leave the option ...