Oregon
A New Oregon Law Would Make It the First State to Ban Single-Family Zoning
Democratic Governor Kate Brown is expected to sign off on the law, which would affect areas that are home to some 2.8 million people.
Oregon Will Make Undocumented People Eligible for Drivers' Licenses Again
Thirteen other states and Washington, D.C., allow those in the country illegally to get licenses.
The Government Agency in Charge of Killing Wild Animals Is Facing Backlash
Oregon has banned Wildlife Services' use of cyanide bombs, and some California counties have severed their contracts with the agency.
The Supreme Court Won't Review the Oregon Gay Wedding Cake Case
The case has reinvigorated a heated debate about anti-discrimination, freedom of religion, and First Amendment speech rights.
Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will It Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?
If rent-control measures pass in all of the states and cities where they're currently on the table, nearly a third of all renter households in the United States could secure relief.
Should We Lower the Voting Age? California and Oregon Are the Latest States to Try.
Bills introduced in California and Oregon are the latest in an ongoing movement to enfranchise more young people.
Measles Outbreak, Australia Heat, Gay Panic Defense: Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
A measles outbreak hits the Northwest, Australia breaks heat records, and a fourth state mulls banning the gay panic defense.
Ranchers Seek to Protect Their Herds as the Wolves Move in
As wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers are turning to non-lethal methods to deter the gray wolves, once seen as livestock-killing vermin.
How Medicaid Expansion Could Improve Political Participation
New evidence suggests Oregon's Medicaid expansion boosted short-term political participation in the years immediately after the law was passed.
How Kate Brown, Progressive Governor of a Historically Progressive State, Wound Up in a Tight Mid-Term Race Against a Republican
The embattled Oregon governor talks to Pacific Standard about offshore oil, sexism in politics, and her neck-and-neck race against political newcomer Knute Buehler.
Meet the Kids Trying to Put the Government on Trial for Its Climate Policies
In Juliana v. United States, a group of young plaintiffs is trying to force the government into climate action—whether the president wants to or not.
Oregon's Extreme Drought Looks Set to Continue
The Oregon drought this year is most striking because it covers many coastal areas known historically as some of the wettest in the country.
Oregon's Governor Will Sign an Executive Order Banning Offshore Drilling
Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced a plan to block offshore drilling off the state's coast on Monday.
It's Not Just California That's Burning
There are also major wildfires in five other states.
Trump's Pardoning of Two Oregon Ranchers Is a Victory for the Bundys—and an Ominous Loss for Public-Lands Advocates
There is nothing more #MAGA than cowboys running the West.
Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
Grizzlies can soon be hunted in Yellowstone, Trump can't block you on Twitter, and a young arsonist gets what he had coming.
A Massive Pipeline Is Being Planned in Oregon. But Local Landowners Won't Go Down Without a Fight.
A proposed natural gas pipeline is uniting Oregonians across the political spectrum.
Parents With Disabilities Face an Uphill Battle to Keep Their Children
Child removals due to disability are increasingly common, but parents have begun to fight back.
Save the Beavers, Save the Ecosystem
Conservation groups are threatening to use legal action to prevent the continued culling of the animal by Wildlife Services.
The Teen Accused of Starting the Oregon Fire Has Rekindled the Debate Over Trying Juveniles as Adults
Investigators say the Eagle Creek Fire was likely started by a boy's misuse of fireworks. Now Oregonians are calling for criminal charges.
Oregon's New Minimum Wage
In general, states with higher costs of living also have higher wages, but the relationship isn't perfect—and it works out well better than average, for Oregonians.
A Violent Turn in the Oregon Standoff
Even with Ammon Bundy's arrest, don't expect the occupation to end quickly or peacefully.
The Tribe With a Claim to the Contested Oregon Land
The Burns Paiute tribe has got more of a right to that land than Ammon Bundy, or anyone else for that matter.
Libertarian Fairy Tales
For centuries, the federal government has bailed out cattle ranchers in Oregon and other Western states. It requires a lot of magical thinking—and historical erasure—to see “tyranny” in Harney County.