3 days ago · 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 …

3 days ago · Lynne Terry, who has more than 30 years of journalism experience, is Oregon Capital Chronicle's editor-in-chief. She previously was editor of The Lund Report, a highly regarded health news site; reported on health in her 18 years at The Oregonian, was a senior producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting and Paris correspondent for National Public Radio.

2 days ago · Oregon bid farewell to the state’s longest-serving legislator in the Senate chamber that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided over for 20 years and loved more than anything but his family. About 200 dignitaries, former colleagues, friends and family who crowded into the Senate chamber ...

1 day ago · Oregon’s fourth and eighth-graders are struggling in key subjects more than students in most other states, a national assessment found. The National Assessment for Educational Progress, often referred to as the nation’s report card, shows that Oregon’s fourth and eighth graders scored in the bottom half of all states in math and reading proficiency in tests last year.

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 ...

3 days ago · In Oregon’s strained local news ecosystem, longtime far-right political figure finds opportunity BY: Leah Sottile, OPB - January 27, 2025 Each month, some 14,000 residents of Clackamas County open their mailboxes to find something increasingly rare: a 40-page, full-color, locally-owned newspaper.

Jan 13, 2025 · Oregon lawmakers got to work in Salem on Monday, with largely ceremonial activities in preparation for the upcoming long session that will focus on transportation funding, affordable housing and other needs across the state. Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn swore in more than a ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Julia Shumway is the Capital Chronicle's deputy editor and lead political reporter. Before joining the Capital Chronicle in 2021, she was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in …

Dec 30, 2024 · Julia Shumway is the Capital Chronicle's deputy editor and lead political reporter. Before joining the Capital Chronicle in 2021, she was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in …

Nov 20, 2024 · Julia Shumway is the Capital Chronicle's deputy editor and lead political reporter. Before joining the Capital Chronicle in 2021, she was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in …