$1.4 million to win an Oregon Senate seat. $250 to get in the room. And the first word of the campaign is “affordability.”

The move may draw stern opposition from local law enforcement leaders who have long said the technology is crucial to fighting crime despite growing civil liberties concerns.

Brad Hicks spent thirty years selling Southern Oregon’s business climate. His Senate campaign can find only one government that touches it.

For the first time in three decades, Southern Oregon University’s classified workers are planning to strike on Monday, Sept. 28, if negotiations underway late Sunday are not successful.

It lost 500 jobs in July 2026. Those figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ state and local employment report, which tracks monthly job changes. Job numbers can swing month to month as loc...

YouTube video by Jim Falkenstein

YouTube video by Jim Falkenstein

Drivers across Oregon are paying more at the pump again this week as gas prices climb in most states and crude oil prices remain elevated amid the ongoing war.

What the campaign materials, donor records and party documents show.

After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...

A group of four House Democrats held a counter-programming news conference at an adjacent hotel, blasting the GOP’s midterm convention.

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HERMISTON — Chris Beck is trying to do something that hasn’t been done since 1978 — win Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat. Beck is a lifelong resident Portland-Metro […]

THE DALLES — Chris Beck, the Democratic and Independent candidate challenging Rep. Cliff Bentz for Oregon’s massive 2nd Congressional District, held an informal meet-and-greet at Sunshine Mill Artisan...

What the campaign materials, donor records and party documents show.

A small audience in Milton-Freewater brought big energy to a recent political town hall. Democratic candidate Chris Beck, running for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, was on his first visit to […]

YouTube video by Denise Krause for State Senate

Woodburn audited its license plate camera system and published what it found. Oregon should pay attention.

Time is almost up to vote in the May 19 Oregon primary election. Here is where to find ballot drop boxes in Central Oregon, and what to do if you still want to vote by mail.

The emergency request from the secretary of state came amid growing concern over Trump administration efforts targeting vote-by-mail.

The Trump administration wants a feel-good version of American history. That is not a feature of a democratic system

YouTube video by Chris Beck for Congress

YouTube video by Denise Krause for State Senate

CHAMBERSBURG – There has been a lot of discussion recently about Flock cameras in Franklin County – even the commissioners decided not to renew the contract for them. Law enforcement is pointing to th...

Derek DeForest writes about the history of radical politics and repression in Southern Oregon.

The sudden anger about these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system.

For Immediate Release Friday, August 14, 2026 Contact: press@dpo.org Portland, OR — A new report by OPB reveals that 126,000 fewer Oregonians have access to food stamps than at the same time last year...

YouTube video by Denise Krause for State Senate

Trump moves to curb high ground beef prices by allowing 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free imports for 90 days, claiming 25% cheaper beef. Oregon cattle groups blast the plan as undercutting ranchers ...

They should ask the question Reagan asked at the end of his debate against Jimmy Carter: ‘Are you better off now than you were before this presidency?’

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The court allowed an executive order by President Trump to proceed, but Democrats are vowing to challenge it again.

There is a growing partnership between law enforcement and private companies, such as Flock Safety, to expand the use of surveillance cameras across the country.