A total of 282 new state laws take effect Thursday, covering areas from health care to consumer protections and personal ...

As of Jan. 1, it will be illegal for telemarketers to call or text potential customers outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

A host of new Oregon laws will take effect in 2026 from placing limits on telemarking texts and increasing utility rates to removing medical debt from credit reports.

With the start of the new year comes a long list of new laws in Oregon, 282 in total. Here are a few key changes that could ...

Oregon lawmakers passed more than 100 bills during the 2024 Legislature. Many of the new laws, including the rollback of drug decriminalization and new campaign finance limits, have been implemented ...

Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at least two decades.

Nearly 300 laws approved by Oregon lawmakers in this year’s legislative session will take effect at the beginning of 2026. Those laws range widely in scope and subject area, impacting regulations on ...

Children can’t be expected to make the right choices for themselves. Their parents or guardians must do their best. And more and more parents in Oregon are choosing to claim nonmedical exemptions for ...

Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A political organization striving to prevent gun violence has given Oregon an A- for its firearm regulations. The Giffords Law Center, led by former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle ...