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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The Oregon Department of Education would have historic power to intervene in struggling schools and districts across the ...

Leading Oregon Democrats are pushing two companion bills that aim to set stricter academic metrics for schools and lay out ...

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

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