Oregon Governor Tina Kotek endorses a bill to expand early literacy through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Auditors with the Secretary of State’s Office earlier in January flagged some spending by Gov. Tina Kotek as “minor” and “unintentional” apparent violations of state ethics law.

In a significant development in Oregon's historic healthcare workers strike, the ONA and Providence Oregon have agreed to re-engage in mediations/

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she will uphold state law prohibiting government officials and police from helping federal immigration officers.

Trump has suddenly severed federal funding, which is an overreach of powers, the governor and attorney general say.

Fewer bidders means less competition, which ODOT found leads to higher costs. “The PLA analysis found the inclusion of a PLA was strongly correlated with increased construction cost within the range of 10% to 20%,” the ODOT report says.

As the strike by nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon reaches the 3-week mark, representatives from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is representing the workers, and the health system are in mediation at the request of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D).

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Attorney General Dan Rayfield hosted a press conference at the State Library on Tuesday in response to President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze some federal funding.

Three weeks in, the two sides say they want a quick resolution to the largest nurses' strike in state history.

Oregon’s cities will push the state Legislature to give them more money for roads, water and sewers, more power to remove homeless camps and more flexibility to spend hotel tax revenue on basic services.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday evening the state joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in filing a lawsuit in federal district court.

But within the state, the numbers vary widely by county, from a high of 51.1% in Malheur County to a low of 22.2% in Benton County. One reason Trump might be cautious about cutting too heavily into Medicaid: In Oregon, at least, rates of Medicaid enrollment are highest in Trump strongholds.