One type of secession active in 2025 is when one or more rural counties seek to secede from the current state to join a ...

“Shall the board of (the county) correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois, outside of Cook County, about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and to seek ...

This southern Oregon town was named the most charming small town in the state by HGTV. See where and what makes it so ...

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

That’s what Oregon House Bill 2096 and two companion bills are about. The bills follow a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Tyler v. Hennepin County. In 2015, Hennepin County ...

Health care spending in Clackamas and Deschutes counties averaged roughly $7,900 per person in 2019, the most of anywhere in Oregon. The spending likely reflects populations who are proactive ...

as well as a representative from the Oregon Department of Human Services. The topic is particularly poignant after the last several weeks, during which multiple counties declared states of ...

SB 726 proposes stricter methane monitoring and reporting requirements for landfills. The bill was introduced in response to methane leaks at Coffin Butte Landfill. Opponents argue alternative ...

Another in Iowa would allow the same movement for counties in the Land of Lincoln that are closer to the Hawkeye State line. Idaho GOP Gov. Brad Little and Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek did ...

which was recently detected in multiple Oregon counties. “This beetle poses a severe threat to our ash trees, leading to significant ecological and economic impacts,” the ODFW wrote on social ...

An avalanche in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that its search-and-rescue ...