Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee's subcommittee on International Trade, has threatened to reverse Uganda's advantageous trade status if it approves a proposed bill that would strengthen the criminal penalties for having gay sex in the African country.

Wyden has ...

Longtime adversaries in the bitter battle over Northwest logging have come together to support legislation to restore timber jobs and protect old growth in Eastern Oregon's six national forests. Representatives of the timber industry and conservation groups who fought each other for decades in courtrooms ...

Sen. Ron Wyden is preparing to introduce his long-awaited bill balancing protection for old growth forests in Oregon with restoring unhealthy forests and creating timber jobs. The Oregon Democrat has a press conference scheduled for Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Wyden will be joined in the ...