Floyd Prozanski

Addiction treatment services in Oregon are facing a fiscal crunch as a citizen-run oversight council has made sweeping funding cuts. One Eugene-based drop-in recovery center has lost 75% of its budget -- leaving it at risk of closure.

Senate Bill 473 would make it a crime to make public officials fear imminent violence.

A pair of Eugene lawmakers say that health care giant Optum, Inc. has agreed to release local doctors from non-compete contracts that critics said had blocked area patients from receiving needed care.

State estimates show 1,333 people will be convicted of drug possession and 533 could go to jail every year under the bill approved by Oregon lawmakers last week.

The voter-approved Measure 110 is nearing its end as the Legislature sends a bill unwinding Oregon's drug decriminalization toward the governor's desk.

Oregon's bill to recriminalize illicit drug use sailed through a joint committee that was tasked with addressing the state's addiction crisis.

Hear from two Lane County legislative leaders, Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D) and Rep. Charlie Conrad (R), about what their priorities are and what they expect may happen in the 2024 short session that gets underway in February.

Housing and semiconductors have largely united lawmakers so far this year. More fraught discussions are coming.

Proposals to dramatically increase pay for state senators and representatives have languished for years, but the idea might be picking up steam.

State lawmakers in both parties have long employed family members, a practice that would be illegal for most elected officials.

A Eugene lawmaker who is running for a position as a Lane County Circuit Court judge is the subject of an elections complaint that accuses him of illegally voting in the May primary.

With the deadline to file for the May primary in the rearview mirror, races for Oregon’s legislative seats are now set.