Tina Kotek

Oregon’s governor announced new leadership at the state’s psychiatric hospital late Friday night.

A coalition of contractors has argued the move is an unconstitutional power grab.

The state might have enough money to fund core priorities. Or it might be scrambling to fill holes left by federal cuts.

Gov. Tina Kotek fired the longtime director of the Oregon Youth Authority as the agency came under scrutiny for a backlog of mishandled abuse reports.

Kotek ordered a pause to the state’s automatic voter registration program in October after concerning errors were brought to light.

A crowd of business and political leaders gathered just north of Albany on Thursday to hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new mass timber manufacturing facility.

At issue is whether the state should require union labor on big construction projects.

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration

As the Legislature prepares to meet, the governor talked of “fragile” progress on a variety of crises during her state of the state address.

Despite billions spent and thousands of people helped, the most recent available data shows homelessness is still increasing in the state.

The report resulted from anonymous complaints received last year

Flags at Oregon public institutions will be flown at half-staff for 30 days to honor the former president.