By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill to cap political giving in the state easily cleared the Oregon Senate on Thursday, in a landmark vote that could reshape […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Following years of planning, tense negotiations and heated public comment, a landmark plan to reduce logging in Oregon’s western state forests to protect threatened species […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon legislators began their short session in February hoping to fill gaps in wildfire funding, with three bills to address landowner wildfire protection […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature housing bill and $369 million in funding meant to help the state backfill a decades-long housing shortage are headed […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Legislature’s proposal to overhaul the state’s response to the fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis cleared a major hurdle on Friday with passage […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill that would make possession of small amounts of drugs a crime in Oregon for the first time in three years is […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Eight months ago, Gov. Tina Kotek was roaming the halls of the Oregon Capitol, trying to persuade just one more Democratic member of […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers on the joint addiction committee on Tuesday evening voted for a proposal to backtrack on Measure 110 and reshape the state’s […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon school districts would be unable to ban books simply because authors or characters are immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+, disabled or from […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Yet again, the campaign to open Oregon’s party primaries to all voters has floundered. All Oregon Votes, the political campaign behind a ballot measure on […]
