"A hard look at our water laws is long overdue,” says the governor's natural resources adviser, Chandra Ferrari.

Bills from Gov. Tina Kotek and a bipartisan duo of representatives would streamline water rights transfers, impose new ...

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

Lawmakers agree that Oregon needs to raise money to fight wildfires, but not on how to do it. This idea would add a ...

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

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

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 ...

SALEM — Oregon farm organizations are leery of a bill that would buttress the state government’s authority to require irrigators to measure and report water use.

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 ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Water is essential ... Their bank accounts were frozen because of an unpaid Portland water bill. “This feels mobster. Cut off everything you have?” said Jennifer DeWitt.