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SALEM — A federal civil rights watchdog has found “systemic deficiencies” in the state’s treatment of parents with disabilities.

SALEM — The second of four increases in the gas tax goes into effect Jan. 1. The increase is part of House Bill 2017, the “Keep Oregon Moving” act the Oregon Legislature passed in 2017.

SALEM — When Oregon residents update their addresses with the Department of Motor Vehicles, they will no longer be required to apply a sticker on their driver's license, permit or ID card as o…

SALEM — As the number of Oregon voters unaffiliated with a political party rises, so has the number of voters locked out a key part of the electoral process. Oregon’s third-largest political p…

BEND — A man shot by police as Black Friday shoppers gathered at a north Bend shopping center has been identified as Adam L. Gilliam, 28.

SALEM — A salon in Portland, a brewery in Astoria and an industrial fabric manufacturer from Eugene now have employees with retirement programs.

SALEM — Most of the farm and forest properties made available for development in Oregon under a decade-old ballot initiative haven’t yet been subdivided, according to state land use regulators.

SALEM — Oregon’s new court rule intended to curb immigration arrests in state courthouses has drawn the attention of two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet officials and set up a potential le…

SALEM — Health providers are sending a message to tobacco companies gearing up to fight a proposed $2-per-pack hike on cigarette taxes in Oregon: Be prepared to spend big.

SALEM — By Christmas, crisis consultants brought on to improve Oregon’s struggling foster care system are expected to wrap up their $1 million contract.

SALEM — Public defenders in Oregon may have more time to represent clients as a state agency overhauls how it pays for the constitutionally required legal help.

TIGARD — Oregon’s state employee pension fund is invested in an Israeli company whose smartphone spyware has been used against dissidents, human rights defenders and journalists by repressive …

ONTARIO — As Oregon state lawmakers prepare to take up climate-change legislation once again next year, Senate Republicans are about to lose their key expert on the subject.

SALEM — Oregon’s economy continues to expand and household incomes are growing, but job growth is slowing down and the risk of recession is still present.

The Sumpter City Council voted this afternoon to fire three city employees who had been on paid administrative leave since this spring.

SALEM — The annual open enrollment for Medicare ends Dec. 7 and the Oregon Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance Program in the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace offers those eligible …

SALEM — Oregon’s population increased by more than 40,000 people over the last year, or 1%, according to an estimate from Portland State University’s Population Research Center.

SALEM — The number of hate crimes reported in Oregon dropped in 2018 after a three-year increase, according to a new report released earlier this week by the FBI.

SALEM — The state has agreed to pay $510,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former deputy director at the Oregon Office of Emergency Management.

SALEM — The Department of Consumer and Business Services will be soon taking feedback from residents on prescription drug prices.

SALEM — Oregon voters may be asked next year to take the redrawing of congressional and legislative boundaries out of the hands of elected politicians.

SALEM — Diabetes medications in Oregon cost twice as much as in Canada — and more than four times as much as in Australia — according to a new report for Congress from the House Oversight and …

SALEM — Determining that police need more than a “hunch” to stop citizens, the Oregon Supreme Court has reversed a man’s conviction of interfering with a peace officer.

PORTLAND — The Republican National Committee is sending mailers to some Oregon voters that mimic the look of a U.S. Census form and solicit donations for President Trump's re-election.

SALEM — Oregon’s largest public employee unions have seen double-digit declines in the number of state workers paying dues, state data show.

SALEM — A political fight over how Oregon manages its forests and timber activity could resolved by voters next fall.

PORTLAND — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says smoky skies and stagnant air are expected to hang around Oregon and Southwest Washington for another week.