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OPB Politics Now is a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into the hottest political topics in Oregon and the Northwest. Every Friday, OPB’s political reporters and special guests offer in...
Ballots should be arriving any day now for Oregon voters. And in a matter of weeks, we will know who will be facing Democratic Gov. Tina Kot...
Local governments in the Portland metro area are having serious money problems. To fill their massive budget gaps, leaders are proposing to...
Oregon's top four Republicans vying to be their party's nominee in the gubernatorial election squared off in Hillsboro on Thursday night. It...
One of the highest courts in the land is once again focused on a tiny area of Portland. On the latest episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters...
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson entered office last year, promising to end unsheltered homelessness in the city. He opened several overnight she...
Earlier this week, The US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging a Mississippi law related to voting by mail. At the same time,...
On this week's episode of OPB Politics Now, we hand the mic to our friends at The Evergreen. Producer Julie Sabatier went to Salem with OPB...
The 2026 short legislative session is over. In just over a month, lawmakers passed so many bills it was nearly impossible to keep track of i...
Each year, Oregon school districts look to the state legislature to help patch funding gaps, maintain academic standards, and not create mor...
Three years ago, Pacific Northwest tribes reached a landmark deal with the Biden administration aimed at saving salmon populations. Then Pre...
Tensions are rising in the Oregon State Capitol as the legislative session nears the halfway mark. Republicans boycotted a floor session, a...
The city of Portland has recently uncovered several piles of money no one knew was there. At the same time, the city is looking at a pot of...
Lawmakers wasted no time this week, considering substantive policy bills in their first week in the 35-day legislative sprint. Plus, activit...
Oregon lawmakers are heading back to Salem next week for the short legislative session. They have big issues to tackle this session, includi...
President Trump's second term hit the one-year mark this week and – surprise! – Oregonians and Southwest Washington residents ha...
Portland City Council continued this week to choose a leader, before finally settling on one of its own who admitted he wanted nothing to do...
Last year was a tumultuous one in Oregon politics. The city of Portland had an entirely new government and mayor. The U.S. president started...
As 2025 comes to a close, the OPB Politics Now team is taking a look at the top political stories of the year. It was a year. We saw the Tru...
The redrawing of political maps is perhaps one of the most intensely political acts elected officials undertake. In Central Oregon, the effo...
On the latest livestream episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters Dirk VanderHart and Alex Zielinski talk about two of the biggest topics in O...
As the school calendar shifts into holiday mode, many public school students are about to be out of the classroom for a long time. And as fa...
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is entering a new chapter in Oregon. A judge has permanently blocked the president from sen...
On the latest live stream edition of OPB Politics Now, reporters Dirk VanderHart, Alex Zielinski and Holly Bartholomew discuss a range of po...
Hundreds of thousands of Oregonians who help fill their pantries thanks to the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program co...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she's making progress on some of the state's most pressing problems. But even some of her most ardent supporters...
Oregon is still waiting for a court to decide whether or not President Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland. But as that battl...
From Portland to Chicago to Texas - President Trump's pushes for military forces in American cities is ramping up in the courts and in multi...
If you weren't in front of a computer or on the Internet, it was truly spectacular in Portland last weekend. It was clear and sunny, but not...
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson sailed into City Hall this year on the back of an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness. That plan re...
It's been five years now since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Oregon and a global pandemic shook our lives and our politics.The...
Last week, two Oregon lawmakers bucked their respective parties in a major vote on transportation taxes. This week, both of them face very d...
The special session that was supposed to funnel billions of dollars into the state's roads and prevent hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Dep...
Lawmakers will be back in Salem this week to consider a proposal that would help stave off layoffs for hundreds of transportation workers. B...
Much of Oregon relies on our forests to generate cash for roads, bridges, law enforcement and more. But for decades, that money has faded as...
Gov. Tina Kotek's office released an analysis this week detailing how much money Oregon stands to lose in federal funding. The state could l...
Portland and other Democratic-leaning cities are trying to figure out how to respond to Trump administration 2.0. On the latest live edition...
Oregon has some of the strictest land-use policies in the nation. And those laws have made Oregon what is today. They've protected farmlands...
President Donald Trump has spent his first six months back in the White House using broad executive orders and aggressive raids and deportat...
For months, there has been speculation that U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley would not seek re-election. But we learned last week that one of the U.S....
Oregon lawmakers have finished their more than five-month session, where they debate, pass laws and approve a budget for the next two years....
The past few days of the legislative session have produced a lot: drama, vetoes, people removed and added to a key committee. The mad dash t...
Oregon lawmakers have less than two weeks left in this year's legislative session. What have they done to tackle the state's lagging educati...
Oregon is rarely a major player on the national political scene, but the Trump administration's Big Beautiful Bill could play an outsized ro...
On the latest episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters Lauren Dake, Bryce Dole and Dirk VanderHart discussed the major things happening in Sal...
An issue that once prompted a Republican legislative walkout and derailed two legislative sessions is back. On this week's OPB Politics Now,...
The Oregon Legislature is racing toward a conclusion in the coming weeks. On this week's episode of OPB Politics Now, we're going to bring y...
Oregon's most important revenue forecast, the one that lawmakers used to write the two-year budget, was released this week. It showed that t...
During his campaign to be Portland's next mayor, Keith Wilson had an idyllic pitch for the city's future. Now the mayor is up against his fi...
Oregon lawmakers are increasingly relying on bills that are not what they initially seem. Lawmakers this session filed a record number of pl...
Portland lost one of its most active and knowledgeable advocates for police accountability earlier this month. Dan Handelman spent decades o...