For years, Oregon Democrats have railed against a business tax cut they argue disproportionately benefits the wealthy. Now, in a move that’s causing tension, their party’s leader has called them back to Salem to expand the tax break many recently voted to curtail.

Gov. Kate Brown plans to call a one-day special session on May 21 to expand a reduced tax rate for a segment of businesses known as sole proprietorships, some of the smallest businesses in the state.  

Drive across Oregon and it’s hard not to notice that many of the state’s steel bridges — from the foggy coast to high desert — are the same shade of sage green. It’s so ubiquitous that the paint’s manufacturer calls it “ODOT Green" after Oregon’s Department of Transportation.

But ODOT Green — a color that started a national phenomenon — is a color that almost didn’t happen: Oregon’s first green-painted bridge, the St. Johns, was initially supposed to be striped black and yellow like a bumblebee.

A University of Oregon graduate turned acclaimed cinematographer is back at his alma mater. Jake Swantko – who filmed the Oscar-winning documentary “Icarus” -- is talking about his craft as well as the importance of journalism. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports.

In early April, several dozen voters filed into a private room at a Beaverton brewery to hear from candidates vying for one of Oregon's most powerful elected positions.

The chances of an Oregon horse winning the Kentucky Derby is the longest of long shots.

But if it were to happen, the horse would likely be born outside of Newberg, on Oakhurst Farm. It's the largest thoroughbred horse breeding operation in the state, and winning the Kentucky Derby has been the owner's dream since boyhood. 

It’s tied to a deep connection with horses that’s shaped Jack Root's life.