WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday night he will nominate South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to ...

Increased costs for schools to the Public Employee Retirement System could more than erase the governor’s proposed boost to ...

WASHINGTON — All court proceedings for President-elect Donald Trump’s guilty conviction in New York are now paused, as the ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected U.S. House Republican Rep. Mike Waltz for the role of national ...

U.S. House Republican leaders said Tuesday voters have given them a “mandate” to enact as much conservative policy as ...

Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that is new and costly.

State Rep. Jeff Helfrich will not seek reelection as minority leader in the Oregon House. The Hood River Republican, who ...

Overdose deaths recently have fallen but only among white people while continuing to rise among people of color, federal data ...

An Oregon Health & Science University report found the Medicaid program has not done enough to prevent overdoses.

A developer hopes a new 400-home subdivision for Coos Bay could ease the area’s housing crunch and support an era of economic ...

President-elect Donald Trump Monday said he wants former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York to head the Environmental ...