Oregon state Rep. Greg Smith lost a key budget co-chair role after ethics violations, though the Heppner Republican retains significant legislative influence in Salem.

The Lane County Board of Commissioners scheduled a vote to terminate the employment contract of County Counsel Rob Bovett, offering him a one-year severance payout.

With the Oregon Working Families Party’s decision, the state is on pace to have its least crowded race in more than two decades.

The General Services Administration is planning to install a new fence at Eugene’s federal building after a previous one was taken down in early July. This one would go around the employee parking lot on the north side of the facility.

Lincoln County’s tortured and tumultuous 10-year path to regulate and limit hundreds of vacation rentals in unincorporated areas may be over.

The Portland Trail Blazers want major upgrades to the Moda Center, and taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with OPB Portland city politics reporter Alex Zielinski about the arena financing deal moving through Portland City Council and Multnomah County. They cover new Blazers owner Tom Dundon, the $600 million public funding push, what the city gets in return, and whether the Blazers could leave Portland if the deal falls through.

At Springfield’s City Hall on Friday evening, people took turns writing messages on a sign that read, “Stop the fear.”

Researchers estimate a 66,000 net increase in new gun sales in the months after Measure 114’s passage in 2022.

Lincoln County commissioners broke several public meeting laws when they privately cast votes on hiring freeze exemptions in 2025, according to findings by Oregon Government Ethics Commission investigators.

They cited tight finances and the need for formal public review.