Measure 114 decision forthcoming, AG agrees part of it cannot go into action this week

SALEM, Ore. — State lawmakers are debating taking away millions of dollars of grant funding related to Oregon's drug decriminalization law -- legislation that recovery advocates are fighting. The Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance said House Bill 2089 could pull as much as $60 million from addiction recovery services.

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley addressed the homeless in a town hall Saturday in Roseburg. This comes after Governor Tina Kotek declared the homeless crisis an emergency weeks ago. Senator Merkley was at Umpqua Community College where he spoke with the community about tackling the challenges of...

Oregon state Rep. Travis Nelson, D-North Portland, spoke out on social media this week stating police troopers pulled him over twice in three days as he left the Capitol. Troopers left Nelson with a warning on both occasions. Rep. Nelson, who is Black, said he was first pulled over on...

There are things people take for granted. Like running water or working electricity. "People rely on electricity and don't really know how much is behind just flipping the light switch on," Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative general foreman Matt Smith said. But on March 6, a dozen electric line-workers from around Oregon...