Lawmakers in the Senate Education Committee declined to advance a cell phone in schools bill, after months of back-and-forth ...

A bill designed to keep hiking trails open by shielding cities and counties from lawsuits passed the Oregon House and heads ...

After a bill banning cellphone use in schools failed to advance in the Oregon house, Gov. Tina Kotek now says she's ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has thrown her support for using Oregon’s “kicker” tax refund to infuse $1 billion into fighting wildfires.

If lawmakers go along, it would mark the only time since 1991 that Oregon has withheld its unique-in-nation personal income ...

Gov. Tina Kotek is "actively exploring executive action" to ban cellphones at school after a bill that would have directed school districts to prohibit students from having their phones during the ...

A bill to restrict students' phone use during the school day died in the Oregon legislature, but it can still move forward.

A bill to restrict students' phone use died Wednesday in the Oregon legislature. Gov. Kotek could revive the concept with an executive order.

After a bill failed to advance in the Oregon Senate on Wednesday, that would have banned student cell phone use in school, Governor Tina Kotek is “exploring” her authority to implement ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek is considering executive action to remove cell phones from school settings. This comes after House Bill 2251, which that would direct school districts ...

Kotek told reporters that suspending $1 billion of the expected tax refund could be crucial to pay wildfire costs.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek warns that gaps in federal support could complicate Oregon’s wildfire response during what’s expected to be a severe summer. Oregon faces another high-risk fire season ...