A bill designed to improve flows in the Deschutes River and increase water availability for junior water rights holders is ...

Some worry changes to the law won’t stop addicted Portlanders from cashing in cans and bottles to buy drugs near redemption ...

Oregon's new laws include new rules around cat adoptions, a new non-opioid option for patients in care and updates to child ...

also opposes the bill. At the public hearing, the Bureau’s Government Affairs Manager, Ryan Krabill, said parts of Oregon face a “de-facto moratorium” on new water rights, due to new ...

Irrigators could borrow and lend water through a centralized “water bank” in Oregon’s Deschutes Basin under legislation ...

The Republican from northeast Oregon testified against bills related to fertilizer and data centers that could impact her ...

Senate Bill 80 would have prohibited the Oregon Department of Agriculture from ... Basin Groundwater Management Area in 1990, after water quality testing consistently found nitrate concentrations ...

Rep. Mark Owens, R-Crane, who has worked on water quality issues in southeastern Oregon, is sponsoring the proposals. The Oregon Farm Bureau was among those who opposed one of the bills ...

If the bill becomes a law, Oregon will join a group of states that have banned the use of PFAS in products from water-repellent clothing and stain-resistant fabrics to cosmetics and menstrual ...

Sollman said that water testing done in Oregon found that over 30 waterways within Oregon showed signs of microplastics. The senator believes that this bill will help mitigate the plastics going ...