By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The second special session of the Oregon Legislature on Monday careened between boredom and anger, spiritual quotes and name calling as it dragged on […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers were poised Monday to achieve their special-session aims by cutting spending and rebalancing the state budget, and passing other bills affecting unemployment claims […]
PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Thousands of Oregonians who await unemployment benefits, whose claims were denied or who never filed in the first place will soon have a chance to obtain […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Office workers will be required to wear masks indoors to help keep Oregon on track to suppress the growth of COVID-19, Gov. Kate […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Employment Department officials have now worked through a backlog of 70,000 claims by people whom Congress has made newly eligible for unemployment benefits. But […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld the 2019 legislative changes that divert part of future public employee retirement contributions to pay current pensions. A unanimous […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers have approved $94 million more to expand coronavirus testing and contact tracing, but deadlocked on $105 million more for the state to buy […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is likely a day away from crossing the threshold of 20,000 cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state reported Wednesday. […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Rapidly rising COVID-19 infections, an ominous public health report, and a political stalemate led to Gov. Kate Brown’s unprecedented late-night order rolling back the […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has made it official: She has called Oregon lawmakers back into a special session starting Aug. 10 to close a $1 billion […]
