Oregon Journalism Project stories - full archive:
Oregon's Climate Protection Program Costs Far More Than Other States'—and Is Far Less Accountable, 4/1/2026
Spotlight: Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, 3/25/2026
An 'Elegant Solution' Emerges for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site and a Troubled Tycoon, 3/23/2026
Battle Erupts Between SEIU and Long-Term Care Providers, 3/20/2026
Lawyers Flee Donald Trump's Department of Justice in Oregon and Across the Country, 3/20/2026
Flu Vaccination Rate Continues to Drop Across Oregon, 3/19/2026
I-5 Bridge Replacement Project Finally Comes Clean on Skyrocketing Price Tag, 3/18/2026
Unprepared: The Broken Pipeline Teaching Oregon's Teachers, 3/14/2026
Controversial Bill to Fix Oregon's Cash-Strapped Public Universities Awaits Gov. Kotek's Signature, 3/12/2026
Kotek Announces Staff Shake-Up Ahead of Reelection Campaign, 3/11/2026
Spotlight: Jonathan Hurst, 3/8/2026
New Report: Oregon Sports Betting Fails to Fully Protect Residents, 3/6/2026
The State of Oregon Lowers the Boom (Again) on Robert Pamplin Jr., 3/4/2026
BOLI Reverses Ruling That Derelict Vessel Removal Is Subject to Prevailing Wages, 3/2/2026
Some Members of Kotek's Prosperity Council Unhappy About Tax Change, 2/27/2026
Travel Oregon Seeks a New Boss at a More Reasonable Salary, 2/24/2026
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Oregon AG Dan Rayfield in Trump Tariff Case, 2/20/2026
Oregon's Housing Crisis Burdens Nearly Half of the State's Renters, 2/19/2026
In Arena Funding Talks, Oregon Officials Are Playing Not to Lose, 2/18/2026
Powerful Labor Leader Tells Lawmakers to Keep Their Hands Off Prevailing Wage Laws, 2/16/2026
A Union Asks Lawmakers to Repeal a Ballot Measure the Same Union Passed at Great Expense, 2/13/2026
Oregon's Economy Has Lagged for Decades. Some Blame a Shrinking Workforce and Too Much Red Tape, 2/11/2026
Lawmakers Consider Raising Retirement Benefits for Some Public Safety Workers, 2/8/2026
Oregon's Education Workforce Climbed While Student Enrollment Slid, 2/5/2026
Leaving It Up to the Locals Impedes Oregon's Much-Needed Reading Recovery, 1/30/2026
Statewide Graduation Rates Are Up for Nearly All Student Groups, 1/29/2026
Tobias Read Says There's Enough Time to Put a Gas Tax Repeal Measure on the May Ballot—Barely, 1/27/2026
Oregon's Crashing Pot Prices Put Drug Treatment at Risk, 1/25/2026
BOLI Orders Contractor to Pay Prevailing Wages to Remove Derelict Boats, 1/22/2026
Analysis Shows Oregon Bridges Are Mostly in Fair Condition, 1/16/2026
AG's Opinion Raises Questions About Transportation Tax Repeal, 1/15/2026
Spotlight: Bruce Starr, 1/13/2026
Oregon Election Officials to Begin Purging Rolls of Inactive Voters, 1/9/2026
Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project, 1/7/2026
Hazelnuts Are a Bright Spot for Oregon Agriculture, 1/3/2026
Oregon Parents Disproportionately Exempt School-Age Children From Vaccines, 12/19/2025
If You Build It, Will They Come?, 12/16/2025
Oregon: No Place to Die, 12/10/2025
Schooled by Mississippi, 12/8/2025
Spotlight: Dan Rayfield, 12/3/2025
Three Takeaways From the 2025 Oregon Fire Season, 11/23/2025
Audit Blasts the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, 11/20/2025
Over a Third of Students in Oregon Still Aren't Consistently Attending School, 11/20/2025
PacifiCorp Agrees to Pay 1,400 Wildfire Survivors, 11/19/2025
Hotseat: Christine Pitts, 11/13/2025
There's a State-Sponsored Bookie in Your Pocket, 11/7/2025
Longtime Investor Files 11 Initiatives for the 2026 Ballot, 11/6/2025
PacifiCorp Warns of Bankruptcy Risk, 11/5/2025
Ex-Blazer Chris Dudley Talks about Oregon, the 2026 Governor's Race, and NBA Gambling, 11/3/2025
State Treasurer Sings a New Tune on Private Equity, 11/3/2025
Kotek Frees Up $5 million in Emergency Aid for Food Banks, 10/30/2025
The Clock for SNAP Benefits Is Ticking Down, 10/29/2025
Oregon's Rural Counties are the Hardest Hit by the Federal Government Shutdown, 10/24/2025
Kulongoski Lends His Name to New Ballot Initiatives Pushing for Open Primaries, 10/22/2025
State Officials Continue to Make Subsidized Housing More Expensive, 10/21/2025
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Later, Oregonians Disproportionately Suffer from Mental Illness, 10/20/2025
Ex-Blazer Chris Dudley and Former MMA Fighter Chael Sonnen to Address GOP Reagan Dinner, 10/19/2025
A Travel Oregon Board Member's Company Got a Six-Figure, No-Bid Contract From the Agency, 10/15/2025
Oregon's Most Dangerous Job is Not What You Might Expect, 10/10/2025
An Elections Expert Explains Why the Federal Government Doesn't Need Oregon Voters' Private Data, 9/25/2025
Canadians and Other International Tourists Shun Oregon This Summer, 9/24/2025
Oregon's Early Child Care Crisis Impacts All but Two of the State's 36 Counties, 9/23/2025
Oregon Gained State Government Workers in the Past Year While Manufacturing Ranks Fell, 9/11/2025
Savior or Self-Promoter?, 9/10/2025
Hotseat: John Tapogna, 9/9/2025
More Questions Arise About State Investments in Private Equity, 9/2/2025
New Study Finds PGE's Efforts to Restore Deschutes River Aren't Working, 8/27/2025
Oregon Cries Poverty, but Its Transportation Spending Is Typical of Western States, 8/20/2025
Why Oregon's Governor Had to Intervene on Pumpkin Patches, 8/15/2025
Off Target, 8/5/2025
Judge in PacifiCorp Wildfire Trials Wants to Quadruple the Court's Pace, 8/1/2025
An Internal GOP Investigation Finds a Party Official Diverted Proceeds From an Inaugural Celebration, 7/24/2025
A Veteran GOP Lawmaker Sided With Democrats on Transportation. Why?, 7/16/2025
Oregon Hospitals Are Bracing for Medicaid Cuts That Will Hit Harder Here Than in Most States, 7/16/2025
Merkley Will Run for Re-Election in 2026, 7/10/2025
The Man Who Wants to Kill Vote-By-Mail in Oregon Contests a May Election Result, 7/9/2025
Feds Say Robert Pamplin Jr. Dragged His Feet in Making Pensioners Whole, 7/2/2025
Vanishing Act, 6/13/2025
New Lawsuit Aims to Clarify Whether State Bond Dollars Trigger Prevailing Wages, 6/11/2025
Oregon Got a Massive Federal Recovery Grant After 2020 Wildfires. Most of the Money Remains Unspent., 6/3/2025
Lawmakers Hamstrung in Overseeing Travel Oregon's Spending, 5/30/2025
Trump's New Tax Bill Could Penalize Oregon for Providing Health Care to All Undocumented Immigrants, 5/28/2025
A Nice Place to Visit, 5/24/2025
Longtime Travel Oregon CEO Steps Down Amid Oregon Journalism Project Investigation, 5/22/2025
State Policy Stands in the Way of a Major Housing Expansion on the Eugene Waterfront, 5/14/2025
Hotseat: Matt Donegan, 4/22/2025
Oregon GOP Chairman Resigns After Oregon Journalism Project Report About His Past, 4/9/2025
The Gas Tax Already Hits Rural Oregonians Disproportionately. Lawmakers Want to Raise it 50%, 4/9/2025
The Oregon GOP's New Chairman Brings Some Baggage to His Role, 4/9/2025
Are Oregon's Top Democrats More Interested in Housing the Poor or Helping Their Campaign Donors?, 4/2/2025
The State Failed to Set Aside Sufficient Money to Cover Legal Liabilities Even as Risks Increased, 3/26/2025
New Oregon Department of Forestry Report Says PacifiCorp Wasn't Responsible for Santiam Canyon Fire, 3/19/2025
Letter to the Editor, 3/12/2025
The State's Largest Union Wants to Assist Caregivers—and Grow Its Own Ranks, 3/5/2025
Bill Would Create $1 Billion Fund to Aid Utilities in Paying Wildfire Victims, 3/1/2025
Letter to the Editor, 2/12/2025
After the Inferno, 2/5/2025
Kotek's Gift to Trade Unions Contradicts Her Own Agency's Analysis, 1/29/2025
Mr. Big, 1/22/2025
Empire for Sale, 1/15/2025
Electric Slide, 1/8/2025
The Damned Deschutes, 12/18/2024