A proposal intended to expedite land use and development permitting would restrict the types of evidence state agencies could use to justify protection of threatened and endangered species.

A century of increasingly restrictive zoning has priced out lower-cost housing, and new limits on how homes are used risk ...

Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new tool for ...

The periodic update to the city’s comprehensive plan amends zoning across most of Everett to allow for more housing construction. EVERETT — After more than three years of work, the Everett City ...