Prosper Portland has repossessed two buildings in the Old Town neighborhood that had been purchased by a failed shoe startup after it secured a $7 million loan from Prosper in 2025. The economic ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Ahead of the May 15 meeting of Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council in Eugene, one of the loudest ...

New census data shows significant housing growth in Central Oregon, but the number of new units overall fell far below state ...

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Among the most contentious battles in the Oregon Legislature this session is one over a proposed increase in the transient lodging tax. House Bill 4134 would push the tax on hotels, Airbnbs and other ...

Vance Day, a former judge best known in Oregon for being suspended from the Marion County Circuit Court bench, has accepted a senior position in the U.S. Department of Justice. Day confirmed his new ...

Why was Salem (and not, say, Portland) chosen as the state capital? Was Salem the largest (or otherwise most important) city in Oregon at the time? How do they choose state capitals in the first place ...

Sortis Capital, a Portland investment company affiliated with the owners of Bamboo Sushi, Sizzle Pie and Water Avenue Coffee, among others, has been in negotiations to buy Burgerville, the iconic ...

Nine states allow you to add a digital version of your driver’s license to Apple Wallet. Eight more states, as well as several airport TSA checkpoints, just announced they were adopting the feature.

The Portland City Council on Wednesday approved a $938,000 settlement with seven journalists and two legal observers who alleged police attacked them with flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets, and tear ...

The top lawyer at the state agency responsible for paying public defenders retaliated against two female lawyers after they voiced complaints about him and the agency, according to a report obtained ...

Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom has died. His documentaries told the stories of people—almost all of them in Oregon—at ...