All 60 of Oregon's House members and half of the Oregon Senate seats are up for reelection in 2026. Here is a guide to Mid-Valley legislative races.

Oregon Rep. John Lively worries relationships between members of different parties have diminished. Oregon's legislature has grown more partisan, Lively said. Lively's family was uncomfortable with ...

Forget the specialty license plates. Oregon’s state legislature passed a bill that offers permanent, dedicated funding for conservation efforts for imperiled wildlife in the state. The bill, which ...

If signed by the Governor, Oregon HB 4116 would amend ORS 725.015 to add the following policy declaration: The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that this state does not want any of the amendments ...

As lawmakers gavel in the five-week session on Monday morning, they — like the protagonist of the 1993 Bill Murray film — are caught in a bit of a time loop. As in 2025’s session, the Legislature ...

Lawmakers in Oregon are considering three bills that, if passed, would ease public safety requirements for convicted sex offenders and significantly downsize the state's backlog for reassessing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon legislature passed a bill on Monday in an effort to combat “politicized” book bans across the state, the Democratic House Majority Office announced. Senate Bill 1098 ...

The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners voted to appoint Bethany Democrat Mari Watanabe to a vacant seat in the state ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Starting Monday, legislators from across Oregon will gather in Salem for a 35-day "short session" sprint to tackle some of the state’s most pressing issues, from transportation ...

With hundreds of natural species under threat statewide — fish, insects, bighorn sheep and more — the Oregon Legislature has voted to increase the state’s lodging tax to pay for wildlife conservation.

The Oregon Senate in a 17-11 vote Thursday advanced a bill meant to safeguard public lands against the threat of privatization. Senate Bill 1590, sponsored by Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, would ...