Oregon

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown released an earthquake preparedness plan as she battles to win re-election.

As Oregon schools, municipalities and public agencies face another major increase in public pension costs come July, some are considering a risky solution.

Gov. Kate Brown says the plan would reduce child and veteran homelessness and accelerate the construction of new housing.

Most of the damage caused by the region's many summer blazes has been contained to wildlands.

Portland Public Schools may need another $200 million to complete projects promised in a $790 million bond measure.

Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”

More than 100,000 residents are enrolled in the 529 program.

The state program invests retirement savings for workers whose employers don't offer pension plans.

Six straight treasurers want SEC chairman Jay Clayton to stay the course on the commission's forced arbitration policy.

The Eugene School Board addressed several big topics at Wednesday evening's meeting, but it declined to advance a $385 million bond measure.

Salem faces unanticipated costs after cyanotoxins were found in the drinking water supply.

The largest school bond measure in Lane County, Ore., history soon might reach the ballot.

Voters in the greater Portland area will decide in November whether to approve a measure to provide funding for affordable housing.

Its plan aims to create 3,900 homes in the greater Portland region.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are the first states to have created charitable funds that taxpayers can contribute to in order to claim a charitable deduction in lieu of paying state and local taxes.

The IRS notice warns that federal law, not state law, controls how payments for federal income tax purposes are characterized.

The bonds are the latest of a series to restructure debt by the utility and its partner Bonneville Power Administration.

The $40 million offering will fund affordable housing projects

Gov. Kate Brown called a special legislative session to consider the proposal.