Oregon News

Oregon's Whale Watch Week, which runs from next Saturday, March 22, promises to be a sublime Spring Break, even for the whales who come out to play in the Pacific Ocean. Since 2023's Unusual Mortality Event, gray whale populations have…

The Oregon National Guard's 1249th Engineer Battalion is preparing for a year-long mobilization to support security operations along the United States' southern border, according to operations officer Major Christopher Campbell. …

Two House Bills have been introduced in Oregon. The first would create a fund paid for by public utility companies to assist those who lose their homes to wildfires, and the second requires utility companies to apply for a wildfire safety…

The Trump administration’s announcement on Tuesday that it would fire 50% of the Education Department (ED) workforce in a ‘total shutdown’ move is illegal and unconstitutional, according to a coalition of 21 attorney generals who have…

House Bill 2677 was introduced on Tuesday, seeking to make qualifying juvenile record expungements easier. Oregon Bill Seeks To Help Remove Juvenile Criminal Records More Easily State Rep. Willy Chotzen, D-Portland, a public…

An Appeals Court decision to lift the hold on Measure 114, ruling that the Oregon Gun Law is constitutional, ‘gives us the tools to make sure gun buyers go through background checks and get proper permits,’ says the Oregon Attorney General,…

Following a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid recipients' right to receive care from the qualified providers of their choice, a coalition of 12 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, filed an amicus…

Visitors to the Oregon coastal regions should respect the 40 miles of a 362-mile coastline set aside to protect threatened western snowy plovers during their nesting season. The season is from mid-March to mid-September 2025. …

Following the first measles deaths in the US in a decade, US Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take immediate action to curb the spread of measles. …

The contention of a 20-state Attorney General coalition, including Oregon, is that President Donald Trump is ‘attempting to silence lawyers into compliancy’ after targeting a Seattle law firm for doing its job. Seattle Law Firm…