PORTLAND, Ore. — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to ...

Housing shortages recently convinced Oregon lawmakers to circumvent a signature statewide land use policy, which supporters fear will invite further erosion of farm and forest protections. But as a ...

Oregon has continued losing farm and forest land despite statewide agriculture protections, spurring lawmakers to consider tightening land use rules this year. The debate recently kicked off in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to ...

Oregon lawmakers last week approved a landmark $370 million housing package, The Associated Press reported. The vote followed an intense 35-day legislative session. Introduced by Democratic Gov. Tina ...

Oregon lawmakers ended the 2026 short legislative session with a modest but noteworthy change aimed at one of the state’s fastest-growing housing needs: housing for older adults. House Bill 4082 ...

That’s following a public backlash earlier this year, after the agency that manages the state’s approach to land development began to consider new rules for farm stands — where families go to buy ...

OREGON, Ohio — There are a lot of different businesses people would like to see come to the city of Oregon. "I think it would be nice to have more options for shopping, maybe more things like home ...

The ruling by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals favors the city’s plans to build a plant to filter water from the forested watershed. A demonstration of operations at a pilot water treatment plant, ...