Tuesday’s congressional primaries in Kentucky, Georgia and Oregon gave a boost to candidates favored by the Republican establishment as opposed to their more conservative opponents. The results raised GOP hopes to stretch the political map to take back control of…
May 21

By Steven Dubois, Associated Press
Residents in a southwest Oregon county voted emphatically to ban genetically engineered crops following a campaign that attracted a bushel of out-of-state money.
May 21

By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe
Today in the Morning Line: Pieces falling into place for GOP A very bad night for the tea party Explaining why, in anti-Washington climate, incumbents, including McConnell, are doing so well Wolf wins big in Pennsylvania Obama to meet with…
May 20

By Terence Burlij, Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe
Today in the Morning Line: Primary day in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania Republicans keeping an eye on top two finishers in Georgia McConnell in need of a big win against Bevin Can Wehby survive “harassment” reports? Do…
May 19

By PBS NewsHour
May 19

By Sarah Corapi
Same-sex couples lined up outside of the Multnomah County clerk’s office in Oregon on Monday morning, hoping that the day had finally come where they could legally obtain marriage licenses. They didn’t have to wait long to find out. Around…
May 19

By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct Sen. Mitch McConnell’s title. As of print time, he was the Senate Minority Leader, not the Majority Leader. Today in the Morning Line: Teeing up 2014’s Super Tuesday Tea party vs.
May 13

By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix
The mysterious disease that has caused widespread sea star die-offs in Puget Sound is now killing dozens of sea stars off the Oregon Coast.
May 01

By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe
The midterm election primary season kicks off in earnest Tuesday with elections in North Carolina, Ohio, and Indiana. Get this: There are 13 states with primaries in May. It’s always nice when instead of just talking about races, you get…
Apr 25

By Gosia Wozniacka, Associated Press
DURHAM, Ore. — After months of trying to get its problem-plagued online health exchange to work, Oregon on Friday officially gave up on the state portal and decided to switch to the federal website — the first state in the…
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