A federal appeals court reinstated a paused Oregon law meant to ensure transparency behind rising prescription drug prices after a legal challenge claimed it infringed on the property and free speech rights of pharmaceutical companies.
For years, top Oregon officials have publicly defended the state’s investments in private equity within its $100 billion pension fund, but internal emails obtained by the Oregon Journalism Project reveal that then-State Treasurer Tobias Read was quietly sounding alarms about the mounting risks and lackluster returns.
A bill to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation, pay for road infrastructure projects and temporarily boost funding to public transit agencies moved forward Sunday after a rocky start. The House was expected to vote on the package Monday, with what would be a final Senate vote anticipated Wednesday.
Speakers shared testimony during a public hearing on Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation funding proposal meant to prevent layoffs, preserve highway funds with counties and cities and modernize transportation funding.
Here is how misinformation drove the repeal of Oregon’s wildfire risk map.
Derreck Moore, the new traffic enforcement officer at the Ashland Police Department, met with members of the Transportation Advisory Committee last week as they conducted their regular six-month review of crash and near-miss data for the city.
Wildfire experts from a nonprofit that helps people harden their homes from wildfire, which helps keep their insurance premiums from rising, joined local leaders and residents during a Thursday, Aug. 21, webinar to share their latest findings on how homes ignite during wildfires — and how to prevent it from happening in Ashland.
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission acknowledged on Friday that a 2023 law intended to curb secretive “serial communications” among elected officials deserves more clarity from state officials on the use of communications and public meetings law.
Oregon’s Department of Human Services is reining in how often the state miscalculates the amount of food stamps enrollees should receive, aiming to comply with new federal restrictions and avert what could be the worst financial strain on the state’s largest agency.
More than 300 people packed SOU’s Stevenson Union Thursday as Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, state Rep. Pam Marsh and state Sen. Jeff Golden discussed the state’s federal litigation against Trump-era policies.
People in Ashland can now take difficult-to-recycle items, including packaging materials, plastics, and shredded paper, to the Ashland Recycling Center on Water Street as part of the state’s recycling mandate.
The Ashland City Council and Parks & Recreation Commission will hold a joint business meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, to discuss the city’s parks and open spaces plan, staffing changes and financial outlook.
Thousands in Portland and across the Pacific Northwest are expected to take part in the national “No Kings 2.0” protests Saturday. This is the third national protest against President Donald Trump this year.
Editor’s note: We regret to report that Ashland.news city reporter Morgan Rothborne has resigned from the staff after a bit more than two years with us, as she continues to work on recovery from a head injury in June, as detailed in this first-person report.
Frances Oyung: Because Bear Creek is the most urbanized watershed in the Rogue basin, many people are unaware that running through their towns and along the interstate we still have important habitat for native fish.
Herbert Rothschild: In 2024, Democrats had the same problem with Hispanic voters that they did with other moderate-to-low income voters. There’s a general perception out there that the Democratic Party abandoned its traditional championing of the working class.
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