John Kitzhaber News

PERS reform used to play to a nearly empty house. It roused public employees and partisan politicians who showed up for the fight, but it bored the general public who rarely took notice of what was at stake.

Oracle is gearing up for a fight with officials in Oregon over its role developing an expensive health insurance exchange website that still isn't fully operational.

Lake Oswego became one of more than 70 cities in Oregon to institute a temporary ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, with the city council voting 6 to 1 Tuesday evening to approve a yearlong moratorium on licensed facilities.

When David Evans checked his mail on March 22, what he found made him want to shout from the rooftops.

Happy Valley City Council reached an informal consensus at its Tuesday evening work session to have city staffers continue to meet with property owners who are looking to de-annex from the city of Damascus and become part of Happy Valley.

Gov. John Kitzhaber gets a sizable campaign donation as he gears up to run for an unprecedented fourth term.

Volunteers with the Oregon Food Bank Network, seen here in a 2012 file photo, donate millions of hours of their time each year.

Secretary of State Kate Brown listens to Gov. John Kitzhaber speak to the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit at the Oregon Convention Center in December.

A turnaround expert brought in to fix Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange is clamping down on spending and who can make financial decisions as he tries to get Cover Oregon back on track.

Gov. John Kitzhaber in March signed a bill that allows cities and counties to enact one-year moratoriums on the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries.

I've been meaning to fix up the bio-sketch below. Certainly, fix the age 56, since I hit 57 two months ago.

April 15 is the Internal Revenue Service deadline for filing annual tax returns, and a good time to reflect on the need for tax reform.

There may be a silver lining to employers' move to high-deductible health plans: It is making medical providers more conscious of the need to control costs.

A change in state law furthers Gov. John Kitzhaber's education reform efforts, clarifying who can participate in dual college credit courses - and helping more students to do so.

There's more than talk now about bringing offshore wind farms to the West Coast and Oregon is at he heart of the deal.

Voting in our "most intriguing" Oregon political figures continues, and many in the running have ties to Oregon's Capitol.

Media giant Comcast has contributed $15,000 to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's re-election campaign through three of its entities, according to disclosure reports filed Friday afternoon .

The Gladstone City Council this week extended its prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries with the adoption of a year-long moratorium.

The Clackamas County commissioners' proposed medical marijuana facilities one-year ban could put already operating dispensaries in the county out of business for good.

Hank Brown, left, stands with Jim Syring, right, and other neighborhood activists at a rally to educate Damascus residents on the deannexation process under House Bill 4029.