Gov. Tina Kotek had been planning to designate 373 acres of farmland near Hillsboro for industrial development, to make room ...

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers approved $218 million in emergency wildfire funds last week during special session that was convened to address unpaid bills stemming from the state’s 2024 record ...

Oregon lawmakers have previewed some of their ideas to build more homes and lower rents and home prices for Oregonians ...

Lawmakers are discussing proposals to limit rent increases for mobile home parks, build more condos and crack down on landlords pocketing deposits.

Kay Patterson, Who Rose From Janitor at Segregated South Carolina Capitol to State Senator, Dies COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Sen. Kay Patterson, who rose from cleaning offices at ...

The South Carolina Democratic Party says former state Sen. Kay Patterson has died ... While in college, he cleaned offices at the segregated capitol where he and other Black people couldn't ...

Many tenants too. But the Irving R. Newhouse Building set to formally open soon is nothing like the edifice it is replacing on the Washington state Capitol campus. Those working inside will find ...

About a dozen uniformed firefighters were in the Capitol ... in this state that we can’t even afford to pay the contractors that we hired to fight fires.” The $218 million will come from the state’s ...

Oregon Senate President Rob Wagner presides over a special session of the Oregon legislature at the Oregon state Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) Oregon State Sen ...