Oregon's tax revenues are $80 million ahead of projections for the current two-year budget, but economists say the outlook for the next two years is more pessimistic.
Public employers will pay a lot more next year toward their employees' retirements—an average of 21% of payroll.
Oregon Republican delegates cast 23 of their 28 delegates for Mitt Romney.
Schnitzer Steel Industries will lay off 7% of its workforce company-wide due to higher scrap prices and reduced demand.
More neighborhoods in Portland are segregated by income today than 30 years ago.
More debris from the Japanese Tsunami is expected to arrive on the Oregon coast this winter, and funding for its removal remains unknown.
Malheur Lumber's sawmill is getting a short-term reprieve from private landowners who are providing timber to continue operations.