By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday banned on-site consumption of food and drink at restaurants and bars, a 180-degree turn from indications she gave earlier in […]
By Jake Thomas/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday directed state agencies to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions through more stringent standards for fuels, new buildings and consumer appliances, imposing by […]
By Claire Withycombe, Jake Thomas and Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Disagreement and stalemate over a single bill has killed upwards of 200 pieces of legislative and left more […]
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau Following a feeble end to the short 2020 legislative session, members of the emergency board convened Monday to allocate money for emergencies throughout the state. […]
The Oregon Capital Bureau The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Oregon increased to 21 after the Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday announced six new cases in scattered parts of the […]
By the Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — In an extraordinary move, Democratic legislators Thursday effectively ended the contentious and gridlocked 2020 Legislature, killing key legislation and taking with it the hotly debated […]
By the Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon could face a shortage of equipment used to protect health care providers from the coronavirus and rural hospitals could find themselves short-staffed as the […]
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — School kids still visited, their eyes drifting up toward the larger-than-life murals of settlers and farmers. A smattering of lobbyists could be seen […]
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Democrats in the Oregon House moved Thursday to force Republicans back to the Capitol Thursday, issuing subpoenas to 21 state representatives that could […]
By the Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — With Republican legislators absent from the Capitol for the third day over a proposal to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions, Democrats in […]
