Reliably Democratic in the past several presidential elections, Oregon was not one of the swing states under the electoral magnifying glass this year. Still, many Oregonians were eager to vote ...

January is a month of beginnings. In this country, a dramatic shift in power begins this month as President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House for a ...

In an auditorium on his alma mater’s Salem campus on Monday, Tobias Read took his oath of office as secretary of state with a ...

About 75% of registered Oregon voters returned their ballots during this year’s general election. In all, 2,308,256 Oregonians returned their ballots this year, which was 105,634 fewer voters ...

After Americans legally bet hundreds of millions on the 2024 election, two members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and a Maryland representative are pushing to ban election betting.

From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and ...

Baker County doesn’t have a rural-urban political divide to match the chasm that separates Oregon in many electoral matters.

U.S. Reps. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, introduced a bill last month to prohibit any election wagering. Their Ban Gambling on Elections Act mirrors a bill introduced by ...

Nurses from Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center and Randall Children's Hospital, all in Portland, Ore., have taken a step toward unionization.

Former State Treasurer Tobias Read is officially Oregon’s new secretary of state. Secretary Read was sworn into office at noon on Monday in Hudson Hall at Willamette University. That’s just across the ...

The appellate panel ruled that Oregon has a significant interest in ensuring that its residents know when their conversations ...