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A bill meant to create clarity about what public officials can call and text about outside of public meetings is creating more confusion, press advocates said.

The price tag for a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, linking Washington and Oregon, has doubled to $14.4 billion and the timeline to get it built has slipped again.

Everyone knows the charismatic hummingbird. For a dedicated few, they are a way of life.

The measure is expected to bring in roughly $37 million per year by raising the state’s lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.75%.

Federal officials are attempting to open up millions of acres of forests in western Oregon for “maximum” timber production to “advance Trump administration priorities.”

Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil.

In Portland, a city that helped jumpstart the locavore movement, a tight network of growers, greengrocers and foodies has created a thriving market for winter produce.

The seven members of Gov. Tina Kotek’s new Data Center Advisory Committee will recommend regulations meant to protect energy and water amid rapid data center growth.

The proposal comes in light of rising property insurance premiums and policy cancellations or nonrenewals across the country and much of the West.

A Marion County Circuit Court judge rejected Pacific Power’s argument that the state had not clearly defined “continual progress” towards targets.