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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and Gov. Tina Kotek announced a plan Thursday to incentivize developers to build more new housing ...
The international event, which commemorates the fight for workers’ rights, has often been used to express broader political ...
A package unveiled by the party would include deep cuts to state funding on public transportation and other areas.
A coalition of organized labor and religious groups filed a lawsuit Monday that aims to block immigration enforcement at ...
Researchers have dubbed it Ca.Electrothrix yaqonensis. That’s in honor of the Yaqona tribal people, whose descendants are now ...
Earlier this month, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality sent an email to members of the public, media organizations and other state agencies. A week later, DEQ shut down its networks as ...
As the Trump administration looks to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at colleges and universities, an Oregon grant program for tribal communities grows in demand. Western Oregon ...
Flood waters in Tarpon Springs, Fla., after Hurricane Helene passed offshore in September 2024. Sea level rise due to climate change means coastal flooding is worse, and happens more often.
Anna Lueck / OPB One of Mayor Keith Wilson’s top priorities as the head of Portland’s newly configured government is to create a more efficient, streamlined bureaucratic machine — and maybe ...
Focke Strangmann / Getty Images President Trump has decided to give automakers a break on some of his tariffs, the latest retreat from a get-tough policy he has said is aimed at bringing ...
Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia announced on Monday he is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and will not be seeking reelection next year due to his cancer ...