Oregon’s legislative session officially kicked off Tuesday, one day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

President Trump issued dozens of executive orders shortly after he was sworn in, including two that have the potential to ...

Two federal agencies oversee more than 32 million acres in the state, an area larger than the state of Kentucky, and federal ...

President Donald Trump's mandate does not stop at people with criminal charges and convictions. Undocumented families worry ...

Gov. Tina Kotek urged Oregonians to keep using services such as Medicaid and Head Start as usual, and not delay care.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday evening the state joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in ...

Republicans in the Oregon Legislature also have introduced bills that would roll back the state's sanctuary laws and give ...

The funding freeze could affect trillions of dollars across the nation and cause widespread disruption in health care ...

A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.

As the Trump administration's executive order on deportation continues to make headlines, immigration attorneys in Oregon are fielding an increasing number of c ...

Trump's executive order titled “Protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship” aims to end automatic birthright ...

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