Oregon

New evidence suggests Oregon's Medicaid expansion boosted short-term political participation in the years immediately after the law was passed.

• By Dwyer Gunn

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.

• By Kate Wheeling

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.

• By Andrea Powell

The Oregon drought this year is most striking because it covers many coastal areas known historically as some of the wettest in the country.

• By Matt Weiser

Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced a plan to block offshore drilling off the state's coast on Monday.

• By Kate Wheeling

There are also major wildfires in five other states.

• By Emily Moon

There is nothing more #MAGA than cowboys running the West.

• By Leah Sottile

Grizzlies can soon be hunted in Yellowstone, Trump can't block you on Twitter, and a young arsonist gets what he had coming.

• By Rebecca Worby

A proposed natural gas pipeline is uniting Oregonians across the political spectrum.

• By Kate Wheeling

Child removals due to disability are increasingly common, but parents have begun to fight back.

• By Robyn Powell

Conservation groups are threatening to use legal action to prevent the continued culling of the animal by Wildlife Services.

• By Ian Evans

Investigators say the Eagle Creek Fire was likely started by a boy's misuse of fireworks. Now Oregonians are calling for criminal charges.

• By Kate Wheeling

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.

• By Francie Diep

Even with Ammon Bundy's arrest, don't expect the occupation to end quickly or peacefully.

• By Allison Shapiro

The Burns Paiute tribe has got more of a right to that land than Ammon Bundy, or anyone else for that matter.

• By Allison Shapiro

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.

• By Aaron Bady

Climate activists hope the city's actions could inspire a broader movement.

• By Julia Rosen

A look at the potential consequences of Oregon and California's latest birth-control laws.

• By Francie Diep

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

Atlantic Canada is reportedly dying. I'll spend this week explaining why that isn't the case.

• By Jim Russell

Understanding Oregon's new voter registration law and how big of a departure it is.

• By Seth Masket

Kate Brown could be a role model for bisexual youth—something that's been lacking on the larger stages.

• By Kate Wheeling

The fathers of ecology lavished attention upon it. The scientist who coined “keystone species” chose it as the prime example. What will happen to the Pacific Coast if its iconic ochre sea star wastes away?

• By Becca Cudmore

After two and a half decades of heart attacks, strokes, heavy drinking, chain smoking, and, finally, cancer, my grandfather decided to end his life at 76. The whole family gathered to watch.

• By Maggie Mertens