Oregon's governor backtracked less than a week following the release of thousands of pages of emails that illustrated strong concerns among her top staffers regarding the growing role of the first lady.

After a married couple led the city, Redmond considers an unusual governance change.

The race to replace Rep. Paul Holvey is set to see a rush of outside spending that has been rare in legislative races — but might soon become more common.

Oregon's 5th Congressional District has received national attention as a highly competitive race, with the winner of the May Democratic primary challenging Republican incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer in November. Jamie McLeod-Skinner is an attorney and engineer. Janelle Bynum is a small business owner and the Democratic state representative of District 39 which includes Happy Valley and North Clackamas. They join us for a debate.

Kaarin Knudson, Shanaè Joyce-Stringer and Stefan Strek are running to be Eugene's next mayor.

Here are some of the most notable exchanges from a trove of records released by the governor's office.

KLCC's Michael Dunne leads a conversation with Lane County District Attorney candidate Christopher Parosa. He is currently Chief Deputy District Attorney for Lane County. His opponent, James Cleavenger, did not respond to invitations to participate.

McMullen has done one of the state's trickiest jobs for more than a decade, but his tenure had come under fire.

Eugene leaders have agreed to invest $6 million in urban renewal funds to support the redevelopment of the Steam Plant.

For decades, Oregon was one of the few states that didn’t limit campaign contributions. A recently signed law will change that. Many hope the limits will encourage more people to run for office – especially at the local level.