Advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon on Tuesday accused the state Department of Human Services of failing to prevent the death of a southern Oregon teenager allegedly killed by his mother and her ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An independent review of an autistic teen’s death accuses Oregon’s child welfare system of repeatedly ignoring red flags and delaying intervention that may have saved a life.

A bill to scale back the grounds for Oregon child welfare investigations in order to allow more focus on serious cases ...

Oregon’s budget hole just got a bit shallower. As lawmakers wrestle with a deficit that is all but certain to require state service cuts, a revenue forecast made public Wednesday suggests they can ...

Here's what lawmakers in the Mid-Valley said they'll be prioritizing during the 35-day legislative session that begins Feb. 2 ...

A lack of oversight, unexplained injuries, and practices inconsistent with state law were issues highlighted in a report released Tuesday as the result of a multi-year investigation into the ...

New York will be the 13th state to allow terminally ill people to end their life, creating an unusual coalition in opposition ...

A bipartisan bill that would have prohibited mobile stations from handing out free hypodermic needles and syringes to drug ...

The Mercury's Jeremiah Hayden contributed to this story. A former staffer in Portland City Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane’s office filed complaints with the city and state, alleging the councilor and ...