SALEM — Four years ago, the last time Oregon elected a governor, Christine Drazan had never held elected office. She wasn’t influential, well known or feared.

SALEM — Of the $817,254 in itemized individual contributions to the campaign of Carrick Flynn, candidate for Oregon's Sixth Congressional District, only 2.5% were from Oregon-based donors, according to recently published federal campaign finance data.

SALEM — During a typical session of the Oregon Legislature, the hallways are filled with a cross-section of Oregonians not seen anywhere else in the state.

SALEM — When Senate Republicans fled Oregon to derail the passage of a sweeping greenhouse gas cap-and-trade bill, political analysts, journalists and average citizens across the country took notice. But the seeds for the walkout were planted much earlier.

SALEM — The pall of workplace sexual harassment and disrespect at the Oregon Capitol reached a new intensity this past week, underscored by two new lawsuits, the demotion of two House members and signs that mediation between the Legislature and the state Labor Bureau is nearing a conclusion.

WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents would be willing to give up time-and-a-half overtime pay if it meant they would not have to be furloughed as part of mandated federal spending cuts, their union president testified Friday.