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

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

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.

More than 12 million Americans who took out loans from the U.S. Department of Education to attend college are now stuck in limbo about whether or not they’ll get to ...

Democrat Tina Kotek is backing legislation that would allow the state to demand coaches in underperforming schools and take ...

Oregon ranchers want higher payouts from the state to recoup their losses for cattle and other livestock killed by wolves. But the fate of a bill that would increase those payments will be determined ...

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

Facility fees charged for hospital care have grown more common for routine check-ups and procedures, consumer advocates say.

Wyden and Merkley argued that extending the area would protect wildlife and benefit fishing and recreation industries.

The Child Success Act is one of several bills meant to support mothers and small children this session, dubbed the 'Momnibus' bills.

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

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