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The Oregon Legislature has concluded an unprecedented session. Lawmakers passed legislation addressing the pandemic, wildfires, social equity issues and more. This week, we review the most significant bills passed by lawmakers -- and what they missed.

In a legislative session marked by gridlock and political bickering, Oregon House lawmakers managed to unanimously pass a bill Thursday that would help those whose property was destroyed in last year’s historic wildfires.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown reflects on the 2019 legislative session. And an 11-year-old drag queen shares their story.

On "OPB’s Politics Now" podcast, OPB political reporters Jeff Mapes and Dirk VanderHart, along with Hillary Borrud of The Oregonian/OregonLive, bring you inside the special session on a business tax break.

This bittersweet story of redemption-gone-wrong features unreleased audio from the night before the Man in Black performed his legendary session at Folsom on Jan. 13, 1968.

Bills on vaccines and guns are out, landmark school funding is in. And this year’s Legislative session shows no sign of slowing down.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Nice, in the south of France, where European leaders finished the four-day European Union summit with an all-night session, but finally agreed on a number of reforms. The EU was trying to balance voting power between large and small countries in preparation for an expected flood of applications from former Eastern Bloc countries. (

The House of Representatives is close to conceding that the remaining government spending bills can't be finished before the election. The Senate has adjourned, but the House remains in session. NPR's Brian Naylor reports that House members seem to want to show voters they're still working on the issues, but little is actually being done.

Noah talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon about the last days of the 106th Congress -- and about expectations for the 107th. Lawmakers come back for a lame-duck session amidst the political atmosphere of an undetermined presidential-election winner, a new Senate split right down the middle, and a House that is not only nearly evenly divided, but one which will have a handful of new committee chairmen.

On the eve of the yearly session of the National People's Congress, China announces a major increase in its military budget. In Taiwan there are mounting fears, as China's parliament prepares to pass an anti-secession law aimed at blocking Taiwan from declaring independence.