Oregon legislature

A proposal that would charge each Oregon property owner $10 a year to offset rising fees that timber and ranch landowners pay to the state for fire protection has gone through major changes in recent days.

Making it easier to annex land and increasing options for middle-income Oregonians are top priorities.

Leaders of Oregon’s cannabis industry are calling for the state to permanently restrict the number of new marijuana businesses.

Several timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.

Democratic lawmakers are working on a separate proposal to address the state’s drug addiction crisis.

Top Democrats hope the move would incentivize users to seek help while offering plenty of opportunities to avoid a conviction. It’s likely to have opposition on both sides of the state’s drug debate.

Court battles and big congressional races set the stage for an intense election year.

Starting January 1st, insurance companies will have new wildfire laws to follow in Oregon.

Tweaks to Measure 110, more speed cameras and new consequences for extremism are among laws that kick in on New Year's Day.

Oregon lawmakers jetted off to Taiwan, Portugal, Denmark and tech hubs in California this fall, all paid for by companies and groups that have a keen interest in the laws they’ll pass.

Oregon lawmakers are preparing for the short legislative session in February. One senator in Southern Oregon is focusing on wildfire preparedness.

On Thursday, Commissioners selected Republican Dwayne Yunker to fill the District 3 seat.