Junction City is weighing a 90-day trial of Flock license plate cameras, sparking civil liberty concerns after Eugene and Springfield recently cut ties with the company.

A trio of business groups argue the 2026 bill raises taxes and needed supermajority support.

On this edition we talk with Travis Brouwer, Deputy Director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, about how fuel efficient cars and electric vehicles are reducing gas taxes that pay for road repairs and bridge construction. The agency is looking at new ways to fund projects as more and more people convert to EV's in the state.

On this edition, we talk to U of O Journalism professor Gretchen Soderlund about how republican constituencies tend to be more forgiving then democratic ones when politicians are caught up in sexual scandals.

Organizers need to gather over 6,500 signatures in two years, but if they want the initiative on the November ballot, they must gather those names by Aug. 5. The petition has just under 500 signatures so far, and its backers will keep trying if they don’t gather the required number in time for this election cycle.

Lane County commissioners unanimously voted to raise building fees by 9.5% starting Sept. 1, adding about $820 to the cost of a typical new home.

A 25-year-old patient who died at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem last year was subjected to years of indifferent, substandard care and long stretches of solitary confinement that were tantamount to torture, according to a new lawsuit filed by the man’s sister.

All six Waldport council members easily fended off an attempt to recall them by a group aligned with the city’s mayor, according to the first release of special election results Monday night.

Oregon officials and the USPS are reviewing whether Corvallis ballots went uncollected on election day. Although 388 ballots were late, officials say outcomes were unaffected.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said the states’ lawsuit is necessary to bring transparency to a media merger that has been politicized.