Jan 24, 2025 · Oregon Capital Chronicle focuses on deep and useful reporting on Oregon state government, politics and policy. We help readers understand how those in government are using their power, what’s happening to taxpayer dollars, and how citizens can stake a bigger role in big decisions. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest …

3 days ago · Oregon leaders were scrambling after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was freezing many federal funds.

3 days ago · Oregon needs to build about 29,500 more homes each year, mostly in the Portland region and Willamette Valley, to emerge from a housing shortage years in the making, the state’s chief economist told lawmakers Monday. The state’s Office of Economic Analysis recently released its first annual housing needs analysis report, with homebuilding targets for the state and individual cities to meet ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Oregon’s 90 lawmakers are beginning their work in earnest on Tuesday, with about five months to pass a spending plan for the next two years.

3 days ago · Oregon joins lawsuit while state officials scramble to respond to Trump order freezing federal funds BY: Julia Shumway, Ben Botkin, Lynne Terry and Alex Baumhardt - January 28, 2025 Oregon is suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze of many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state ...

Dec 31, 2024 · From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state political news in Oregon.

Dec 30, 2024 · Janelle Bynum, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Dan Rayfield, Christine Drazan and Aimee Kotek Wilson drove political headlines in 2024.

Nov 20, 2024 · Oregon’s new chief state economist estimates the state will have about $37.8 billion available to spend in the next two-year budget cycle after reworking how the state calculates its economic forecast. The state’s also on track to pay out a $1.8 billion kicker to taxpayers in 2026. But new chief economist Carl Riccadonna, a former Wall Street analyst hired in September, is changing the way ...

May 29, 2024 · Oregon’s economy continues to grow steadily, if at a slower pace than it has in recent years, state economists told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Jul 25, 2024 · For the first time, reporters got to tour inside the construction zone as workers retrofit the historic building for earthquakes.