Alex Zielinski covers Portland city politics. Prior to joining OPB, Alex covered city government for the Portland Mercury. She’s also worked as a journalist in San Antonio, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

The court also struck a response to a petition in a separate case over AI-generated falsehoods. The cases are the first time ...

Bob Packwood, a longtime Oregon Senator who entered national politics young and ascended to the pinnacles of congressional power before his career ended in scandal, died Saturday. He was 93. Packwood ...

Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center Workers began removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday ...

Five years after the Two Four Two Fire destroyed its main building, the Klamath Fish Hatchery has reopened in a new facility built for resilience. Why a population of gray whales lives off the Oregon ...

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Jule Gilfillan is a writer and producer for OPB's science and environment series “Oregon Field Guide” and the arts and culture series "Oregon Art Beat." Since coming to OPB in 2010, she has received ...

A sign with the name of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, is posted outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland as demonstrators ...

“Overall crime in Portland continues to go down, and significantly so in some key categories,” said Mayor Ted Wheeler at a Wednesday press conference. “We’re trending in the right direction.” ...

Hours after a deadly chemical tank rupture in Longview, Washington, killed at least one person and left nine others missing, hundreds of people on Tuesday night met for a vigil in the city’s heart to ...

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether the historical presence of guns in the state could usurp the public safety concerns justifying a voter-approved law that prevents sale or ...

People have until Monday to comment on a Trump administration proposal to drastically limit public input on logging in Oregon and Washington. The Trump administration has proposed drastically limiting ...