Fires damage ballots in Portland and Vancouver as voters are urged to check ballot status; officials emphasize election security amid ongoing investigations.
Freshman Democratic Rep. Andrea Salinas and Republican challenger Mike Erickson recently aired their differences on immigration, inflation, and the economy.
A new law reverses a ballot measure that made Oregon the first state to decriminalize possession and personal use of fentanyl, cocaine, meth, and heroin.
The previous 2020 law was the first in the nation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, by reducing it from a misdemeanor to a civil violation.
Despite strong opposition from local communities, the Department of Interior is set to issue leases to build floating offshore wind farms on the Oregon coast.