State Senator Shemia Fagan, who introduced the measure, says that teens are "begging us to take action to protect their future."
Hardesty, who has already instructed the city's fire bureau not to enforce the plan, has introduced changes that will be voted on on Feb 27.
Lt. Jeff Niiya, whose warm relationship with right-wing organizer Joey Gibson is being probed, has been reassigned by the Police Bureau.
Portland's plans to put signs on some buildings warning they could be dangerous in an earthquake has been put on hold by a federal judge.
The City Council voted 3-2 to leave its partnership with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. They had only rejoined four years ago.
The Oregon Senate passed a law that would implement statewide rent control. It now goes to the House where it's expected to pass as well.
"It will take all of us working together to prevent people from slipping into homelessness, to get people quickly off the street" Brown said
A new report on the financial condition of the 75 most populous cities ranks Portland no. 68 in the nation for fiscal health.
"Listening to the reckless, self-centered man who occupies the White House holds no interest for me," Blumenauer said on Monday.
Just about six weeks after saying that MRI scans had shown no growth in his tumor, Dennis Richardson says that he will be scaling back work.
Jo Ann Hardesty on Friday directed the Fire Bureau to delay starting enforcement of the new Earthquake warning sign enforcement program.
There can NOT be business as usual in the Oregon legislature as long as a madman, Donald Trump, remains President.
The review released by the city auditor looked at nine Portland Police involved shootings, bringing to 50 the total that have been reviewed.
A new bill in Salem would ban landlords from charging tenants extra rent if they have a pet.
The Portland Marathon will go on. The city announced Wednesday that they've selected Brookee to be the event's new producer.
"It is never too soon to evaluate the approach to wildfire education" and prevention, Gov. Brown said announcing creation of the council.
Oregon has banned offshore drilling since the Exxon Valdez crash, renewing the ban every 10 years. Legislators are set to make it permanent.
Teressa Raiford, lead organizer at Don't Shoot Portland and candidate for mayor in 2020, saw her wrongful arrest suit against police tossed.
On Christmas Eve, people broke into the Bridal Veil Post Office and ransacked the place. Now, just one moth later, they are back in business
One year after the Marine Mammal Institute started the process of getting DMV to approve Gray whale license plates, they are almost here.
Mohanad Elshieky, a stand-up comic, was returning from a gig in Washington when Border Patrol agents pulled him off a Greyhound bus.
Terry Bean faces the same charges that he did when he was first indicted in 2014. He's charged with having sex with an underage boy.
It's not unusual to see a jellyfish along the beach by Haystack Rock, this week, however, hundreds stranded themselves along the beach.
Hardesty says that recent disruptions at city council meetings "create a chilling effect on people" at council meetings looking to testify.
Portland released a study of how last year's 120-day pilot program went. Based on their findings, the city is welcoming them back.
Portland and Multnomah County are chipping in $1 million to Oregon Harbor of Hope to get their "navigation center" open in the Pearl.
"Today we stand at a turning point, with an opportunity to put Oregon on a better path," she told legislators in her address.
Governor Kate Brown's husband, Dan Little, was up at the Mt. Hood National Forest Sno-Park, discovered a mess, cleaned it, sent Trump a bill
Sen.Jeff Merkley spent Monday in New Mexico visiting the cell where 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez was held before he died on Christmas
With Democrats and President Trump talking but apparently making little progress, here's a look at some of the ways that Oregon's affected.
Coxresigned weeks after disclosing that he was having a romantic relationship with a woman who reported to him.
37 elected Oregon Republicans have ignored the evidence that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
"This is a personal decision on my part," Myers says, adding he is moving to the coast to become the emergency manager for Cannon Beach.
The state's Bureau of Labor and Industries probe "found substantial evidence that instances of sex harassment have occurred repeatedly."
Jo Ann Hardesty was sworn in to the Portland City Commission on Wednesday, making history as the first woman of color to hold the position.
Oregonians will have a handful of new laws to contend with in the coming year, laws on roadkill, whistleblowers protection, and equal pay.
The late night alert from Clark County that 911 wasn't working scared many Oregonians out of their sleep
Ian Olson an 18-year-old from St. Helens, was found dead in a room at the Motel 6 on Friday morning. Police say that he was shot to death.
Sen. Jeff Merkle introduced a bill Thursday that would stop the "USDA practice of killing kittens after they're used in agency testing."
Smokey Bear turns 75 in 2019 and Keep Oregon Green has a license plate featuring him. If enough people sign up, the plates will be made.