Allison Frost

Measure 117 would implement ranked choice voting for all federal and statewide races in Oregon by 2028. Proponents say the time is now. Opponents say: not so fast. We talk with representatives on both sides of this election question and debate the issues.

Intel is a global company based in California and the largest private employer in Oregon. We discus what the recent layoffs mean for workers and the economy here.

Multnomah County Elections Director Tim Scott talks with us about all the voting thing. Do you have questions about ranked choice returns, ballot security, postmarks or other voting-related questions?

Members of OPB’s politics team join us to provide analysis and share the latest updates on Oregon races in the general election. They’ll discuss the results of statewide ballot measures and analyze some of the congressional district races, as well as the latest developments in Portland’s historic elections to choose a new mayor and expand the city council from five seats to 12. We’ll also hear from some of the candidates who won or are leading in statewide and US Congressional races.

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeated a challenge from Trump-identified Republican Joe Kent in Washington’s 3rd District — despite the fact that Trump won that same district. She joins us from Washington, D.C. to tell us more about how she plans to represent her district and work across the aisle

Lane County signed a contract with Eugene-based Bulk Handling Systems to create a state-of-the-art recycling center unlike any other in Oregon. It will sort garbage and comingled recycling and produce methane from the organic waste, generating renewable natural gas. According to the county, it will be ​“the most technologically advanced waste processing facility in the country,”

Janelle Bynum gives an acceptance speech at her campaign headquarters in Clackamas, Ore., after winning the race to represent Oregon's Fifth Congressional District, Nov. 8, 2024. Speaking to the press, Bynum said, "It's time that Oregon 5 is represented by a true member of their community. Someone who shows up when they're needed and stands up for them, even when the problems are hard."

Just a couple of years ago, agricultural and public health officials were hopeful that they could keep avian flu from thriving in Oregon. But thrive it did, and some Oregonians’ so-called backyard bird farms have been devastated by infections, as the birds must be euthanized if the virus is detected. It wasn’t too long before the bird flu jumped to dairy cows, whose milk must be dumped if infected. Commercial farms are eligible for payments from the USDA to compensate for those losses, but smaller operations get no such help.

This fall, the Meadowlark Day Program held an official ribbon cutting ceremony, to celebrate the unique mental health program for Salem-Keizer students in need. Trillium Community Health Plan and the school district had an existing partnership to provide lower levels of mental health care in some schools. But for some kids, their challenges from depression, anxiety, PTSD and other disorders are so steep as to make it impossible for them to be able to get any educational benefit in school.

In this undated, provided photo, the Kids Unlimited charter school in Medford is pictured. Courtesy Kids Unlimited