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Also known as: Beaver State
Seal of Oregon
Oregon's state bird is the Western meadowlark.
The Oregon grape is the state flower.
- Capital:
- Salem
- Population:
- (2020) 4,237,256; (2022 est.) 4,240,137
- Governor:
- Tina Kotek (Democrat)
- Date Of Admission:
- Feb. 14, 1859
- U.S. Senators:
- Ron Wyden (Democrat) Jeff Merkley (Democrat)
Recent News
Jun. 8, 2023, 12:42 PM ET (AP)
Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana
Jun. 6, 2023, 9:06 PM ET (AP)
Drug treatment, wildfire response and new jobs: Oregon Democrats cite bills at risk amid GOP walkout
Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood at state Capitol and implored boycotting Republican senators to return and vote on bipartisan bills that are at risk of failure because of the month-long political stalemate
Jun. 5, 2023, 9:56 PM ET (AP)
Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
Oregon’s attorney general has announced she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election
Jun. 5, 2023, 6:32 PM ET (AP)
Permit-to-purchase: Oregon's tough new gun law faces federal court test
The federal trial over Oregon's voter-approved gun control measure started Monday in Portland
Jun. 1, 2023, 9:10 PM ET (AP)
Oregon Democrats vote to fine absent senators amid GOP walkout
Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will pressure boycotting lawmakers to return to the chamber as hundreds of bills languish amid the partisan stalemate
Oregon, constituent state of the United States of America. Oregon is bounded to the north by Washington state, from which it receives the waters of the Columbia River; to the east by Idaho, more than half the border with which is formed by the winding Snake River and Hells Canyon; to the south by Nevada and California, with which Oregon shares its mountain and desert systems; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean, which produces the moderate climate of Oregon’s western lands. The capital is Salem, in the northwestern part of the state. Admitted to the union as the ...(100 of 6214 words)