You see, because of our silly election process, I’m represented by someone I hadn’t heard of until after the election. So, I have no idea whether she has any understanding of my concerns as a resident of District 2.

In an auditorium on his alma mater’s Salem campus on Monday, Tobias Read took his oath of office as secretary of state with a promise to spend the next four years working to make Oregon better. Read,

After President-elect Donald Trump won the Presidential election on Nov. 5, 2024, several University of Oregon campus organizations, students and faculty shared their thoughts on how they feel women’s rights will be affected under Trump’s campaign.

From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and political news in Oregon.

Senator-elect Mike McLane will begin his first term in Oregon’s highest legislative body with the goal of continued advocacy for rural Oregon while bracing his constituents for potential

U.S. Reps. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, introduced a bill last month to prohibit any election wagering. Their Ban Gambling on Elections Act mirrors a bill introduced by ...

Nurses from Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center and Randall Children's Hospital, all in Portland, Ore., have taken a step toward unionization.

The tributes to former President Jimmy Carter poured in Sunday afternoon after his death at age 100 was announced.

Democratic Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) introduced a bill on Tuesday that could shape how the United States holds elections.

Former State Treasurer Tobias Read is officially Oregon’s new secretary of state. Secretary Read was sworn into office at noon on Monday in Hudson Hall at Willamette University. That’s just across the street from the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

The appellate panel ruled that Oregon has a significant interest in ensuring that its residents know when their conversations are being recorded.

With a new mayor here in 2025, we decided to go back a quarter century at a time through the city’s history to take a look at past mayors — 25 years ago (2000), 50 years ago (1975), 75 years ago (1950),