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SALEM — Legislation intended to prevent youth suicides is set to become law.
The state House on Thursday passed sweeping changes to sentencing rules for juvenile offenders, a dramatic shift to tough-on-crime guidelines voters approved 25 years ago.
Harold Klemp, the spiritual leader of Eckankar, wrote: “Divine love is something that is shared. In the same way it comes from God to people, it is shared from people to people. ... Divine lov…
The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday passed sweeping changes to sentencing rules for juvenile offenders, a dramatic shift to tough-on-crime guidelines voters approved 25 years ago.
The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday passed sweeping changes to sentencing rules for juvenile offenders, a dramatic shift to tough-on-crime guidelines voters approved 25 years ago.
A controversial bill to reduce the skyrocketing costs of Oregon’s public pension system narrowly passed the state Senate Thursday as lawmakers debated the fairness of trimming retirement benef…
A group of students from the gun safety group March For Our Lives were in Salem on Thursday to meet with Oregon lawmakers and their staff over a recently nixed piece of firearm legislation.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will require local and regional jails to provide the state with information about the people in their custody, as well as details about…
A legal tool that allows Oregon farmers to prevent irrigation shutdowns is safe for now but lawmakers may revisit a proposal to eliminate it.
SALEM — A veteran Republican senator absent for a month from the Capitol said Wednesday that her health is improving and that she is “working hard” to return to the 2019 Legislature.
SALEM — A veteran Republican senator absent for a month from the Capitol said Wednesday that her health is improving and she is “working hard” to return to the 2019 Legislature.
SALEM — A veteran Republican senator absent for a month from the Capitol said Wednesday that her health is improving and she is “working hard” to return to the 2019 Legislature.
In recognition of 2019 World Biodiversity Day, Oregon’s Sen. Jeff Merkley and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help save endangered animals by combating wil…
Tight-lipped Oregon legislative leaders on Tuesday set the stage for tense votes in the House and Senate over a controversial pension bill that is opposed by many public employees.
UPDATE (Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:25 a.m. PT) — A sweeping bill to change how young offenders are treated in Oregon’s justice system has cleared another hurdle, setting the stage for what c…
The days are numbered for Oregon shoppers who’ve enjoyed an automatic sales tax exemption across the Columbia River. The Washington Legislature passed a bill in its 2019 session, changing the …
As a contentious proposal to enact a cap-and-trade program in Oregon moves forward, one criticism of the policy has grown louder: Most of the money generated couldn’t be used to encourage zero…
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Two bills easing homebuilding and industrial development outside urban growth boundaries in parts of Eastern Oregon recently won approval in the House.
Sky Lakes Medical Center was denied a petition against the Oregon Department of Human Services and Department of Administrative Services declaring that the state failed to follow its policies …
Oregon has come into an unexpected windfall, and now it’s up to lawmakers to figure out what to do with it.
SALEM — Oregon’s carbon cap and trade proposal passed out of its legislative committee on a party-line vote Friday, setting it up as the next landmark piece of legislation to pass in the 2019 session.
Oregon’s unique tax “kicker” law is working exactly as intended, potentially sending more than $1.4 billion — yes, billion — back to taxpayers next year.
According to a report from the Oregon Environmental Council (OEC), Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a 2015 lawsuit challenging Oregon’s authority to clean up its polluting f…
SALEM — Last week, about 100 people stood in front of the Capitol in the rain for a rally about vaccines.
SALEM — Oregon’s carbon cap-and-trade proposal passed out of its legislative committee on a party-line vote Friday, setting it up as the next landmark piece of legislation to pass in the 2019 session.
SALEM — Oregon has come into an unexpected windfall, and now it’s up to lawmakers to figure out what to do with it.
We may never know all the details of the behind-the-scenes negotiations that resulted in the deal that pulled Senate Republicans back to the Capitol this week.
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Thursday introduced a bill that would provide 4,000 additional special visas to translators who have helped American troops during the Afghanistan War.
Critics and proponents agree that recently passed legislation intended to shield Oregon from federal “rollbacks” of environmental regulations is meant to send a message.
Sooner or later, the offshore Cascadia fault zone is going to unleash a monster earthquake and tsunami. When that day comes, you hope that coastal schools, fire stations and hospitals are loca…
Critics and proponents agree that recently passed legislation intended to shield Oregon from federal “rollbacks” of environmental regulations is meant to send a message.
SALEM — Oregonians are in line for a big personal income tax credit, in the form of Oregon's unique “kicker” rebate, when they file their taxes in 2020.
SALEM — Oregonians are in line for a big personal income tax credit, in the form of Oregon's unique “kicker” rebate, when they file their taxes in 2020.
ROSEBURG — Marine deputies will be hosting two boat safety inspection clinics this weekend in Winston and Sutherlin.
SALEM — Oregonians are in line for a big personal income tax credit, in the form of Oregon’s unique “kicker” rebate, when they file their taxes in 2020.
A bill directing Oregon agencies to sidestep federal environmental rollbacks has cleared the Legislature, and is headed to the desk of Gov. Kate Brown.
Washington Fish and Wildlife officials are briefing county commissioners throughout the state about two studies that could change how the department manages wolves.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown sacrificed a package of gun control legislation and a bill tightening vaccination requirements in order to pass an education funding bill this week. But lawmakers aren’t…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown sacrificed a package of gun control legislation and a bill tightening vaccination requirements in order to pass an education funding bill this week. But lawmakers aren’t…
SALEM — Four Oregon senators leading the charge to inject new lifeblood into the state’s troubled education system said in their combined 88 years in the Legislature, the passage of the Studen…
SALEM — Four Oregon senators leading the charge to inject new lifeblood into the state’s troubled education system said in their combined 88 years in the Legislature, the passage of the Studen…
A bill directing Oregon agencies to sidestep federal environmental rollbacks has cleared the Legislature, and is headed to the desk of Gov. Kate Brown.
SALEM — Four Oregon senators leading the charge to inject new lifeblood into the state’s troubled education system said in their combined 88 years in the Legislature, the passage of the Studen…
Undocumented immigrants and others who can’t prove they are in the country legally could get a driver’s license under a proposal in the state House.
A legislative proposal to enforce Oregon's public records law passed unanimously in the House in late April. But last week, the bill's sponsor and supporters had to scramble to keep it alive b…
Three environmental groups are suing to block the renewal of a federal grazing permit for Dwight and Steven Hammond, the Eastern Oregon ranchers whose imprisonment inspired the 2016 occupation…
SALEM — Four Oregon senators leading the charge to inject new lifeblood into the state’s troubled education system said in their combined 88 years in the Legislature, the passage of the Studen…
After nearly a week of delay, and no fewer than three bills falling dead in its wake, a bill to inject $1 billion a year more into Oregon’s K-12 schools is on its way to the governor.
A massive proposal to inject more money into Oregon’s struggling public school system is headed to the governor’s desk, where it is expected to be signed into law.
The deal is supposed to end all further stalling tactics from Senate Republicans for the remainder of the session, according to Capitol sources.
SALEM — A massive proposal to inject more money into Oregon's struggling public school system is headed to the governor's desk, where it is expected to be signed into law.
SALEM — A massive proposal to inject more money into Oregon's struggling public school system is headed to the governor's desk, where it is expected to be signed into law.
SALEM — Senate Republicans appear to have won significant concessions as Democrats have agreed to abandon their central gun control proposal and drop a controversial bill modifying vaccination…
SALEM — Senate Republicans appear to have won significant concessions as Democrats have agreed to abandon their central gun control proposal and drop a controversial bill modifying vaccination…