Oregon state senators on Thursday gutted this year’s legislation to bolster the rollout of a 2022 voter-approved gun control law currently being litigated, despite Democrats expending significant political capital to push a wide-ranging firearm safety bill through the House. In a unanimous vote, the Senate passed the watered-down legislation on Thursday, sending it back to […]

A southern Oregon state senator announced Tuesday that he would seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate.  The campaign of Sen. David Brock Smith, a Republican from Port Orford, pointed to his long roots in southwest Oregon, describing him as a third-generation resident and former restaurant owner who led his family’s business for 45 years.  […]