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Gov. Tina Kotek directed Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services on May 29 to stop issuing undercover license plates to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Kate Sinner, a longtime Salem insider, replaces the agency’s embattled boss.

Plaintiffs say Judge Anna Joyce’s previous work for PacifiCorp makes her ruling against them unfair.

It’s not every day that a public employee in Oregon walks away from a job that pays nearly $850,000 a year.

Mental Health Awareness Month also draws attention to Oregon’s overall suicide rate, which is 50% higher than the national rate.

‘Tonight, this community reminded our representatives who calls the shots around here,’ Muñoz said in a statement.

Two Washington County legislative races that are a bellwether for the direction of Oregon Democrats remain too close to call midday Wednesday, and more clarity isn’t coming any time soon.

In front of a crowd full of wide grins, Willamette Valley wines, and Coors Light, Christine Drazan described her next objective: “Fire Tina Kotek,” she said. “She cannot have a second term. We cannot afford it.”

Barring drastic change, Drazan now moves on to a November rematch with incumbent Gov. Tina Kotek.

Senate District 15 was one of a trio of metro-area Democratic legislative primary contests that riveted political insiders this spring.

How one teacher’s struggle to save her son led her to take on Oregon’s reading crisis.

Jordan Schnitzer told his colleagues on the panel a draft document lacked “urgency and weight.”