Oregon has not recorded a confirmed pesticide-related bee kill since 2020. Oregon State University researchers discuss the education, research and conservation efforts helping protect pollinators.

A newly released national health analysis is renewing debate inside Oregon’s Capitol over the state’s long-standing racial and ethnic health disparities,

Both parties passed funding to renovate the Moda Center, to keep a rural hospital from closing and to fund statewide wildlife conservation.

The bill, which has passed both chambers of the Legislature, says tracking the whereabouts of drivers by their cars is meant for cracking down on crime.

The bill creates additional privacy rights for doctors and patients and makes court petitions for a legal sex change confidential, with some exceptions.

House Bill 4138 would require officers to clearly display their name or identifying number, their agency and their badge. The bill also limits the use of facial coverings that conceal a person’s identity, with a few exceptions.

"I think we have a deal that is workable and that will bring insurance back into the market," Rep. Emerson Levy, a Central Oregon Democrat and a reform advocate, said.

The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 4148 to reduce the share of transient lodging tax that must be used for tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities from 70% to 50% and let cities and…

House Bill 4127 aims to fill the funding gap created by a congressional ban on federal funds for the organization and adds to millions approved last year

Prompted by reports of federal immigration agents bringing aggressive and sloppy energy to health care settings, a bill establishing standards for how Oregon hospitals interact with law enforcement is...

Dr. Carrie Frederick can think of many instances over her 14 years in practice in Oregon when patients tried to negotiate their way out of diagnostic testing for cervical cancer because of the…

House Bill 4154 would require quarterly attendance reporting as students say empty classrooms are slowing learning.

A bill that aims to protect patients from immigration enforcement in Oregon health care facilities is heading to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk.

The measure could make “main gate heartbreak” a scourge of the past.

A bill that requires some health insurance companies to provide free exams and tests to diagnose cervical cancer has passed both chambers in the Oregon legislature.

The measure would require insurers to fully cover follow-up tests for cervical cancer after an abnormal screening.

Oregon lawmakers are probing ApolloMD for transparency in its PeaceHealth contract on compliance with the state's corporate medicine law.

The Oregon House passed a bill that would require law enforcement to wear uniforms with specific information and bar them from wearing masks.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers passed the bill after a debate over whether funding for wildlife programs should come on the back of the tourism industry.

Oregon Democrats said they would be introducing a slate of bills targeting immigration enforcement in the state. Here's where those bills stand.

Oregon state representatives approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit a president from deploying another state’s National Guard to Oregon for law enforcement or immigration enforcement purposes without the Oregon governor’s permission.

Generally, Republicans have taken a more circumspect approach. Ashley Kuenzi, a spokeswoman for the Senate Republicans, said many Republicans have voiced concerns about using taxpayer dollars to defend these policies in court.