Oregon Governor Kotek's Executive Order aims to speed up wind and solar project approvals to meet tax credit deadlines.

President Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. cities is setting up a new showdown in federal courts over the limits of his authority. Illinois sued the administration to stop plans to send in 400 troops from Texas.

“If [Oregon National Guard] forces are not mobilized in the next 12 hours, the Secretary of War may direct the mobilization of as many members of the ORNG has he may deem necessary,” Timothy Rieger, a major general in the National Guard Bureau, wrote in a memo signed shortly before 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency in Portland over the weekend due to risks of violence as thousands of members of what she called "white supremacist groups" such as the Proud Boys hold a rally.

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office launched the search for its inaugural kid governor in 2017, becoming only the second state to implement the program. Connecticut’s Democracy Center was the first to debut the program just two years prior.

The Oregon Secretary of State's office said federal cuts meant the agency was no longer able to facilitate the program.

If Drazan wins the Senate appointment, she would frustrate a rival, state Rep. Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River), who also wants Bonham’s seat. A Senate seat would offer the ability

An unprecedented spate of fierce, wind-driven wildfires in Oregon have all but destroyed five small towns, leaving a potentially high death toll in their wake, the governor said on Wednesday, as initial casualty reports began to surface.