Oregonians won’t have the chance to vote on whether to replicate federal tax breaks for car loan interest and business assets on their state taxes after a referendum campaign led by conservative anti-tax operatives fizzled out. Oregon automatically replicates changes to federal tax law, including those included in congressional Republicans’ 2025 tax and spending megalaw. […]

More than 80 Republicans are vying for the party’s nomination for state representative or senator in the May primary in 65 districts across the state. Fewer than 20 are incumbents, and three are current or former members of the Oregon House who are instead going after Oregon Senate seats. The other three-quarters of Republican candidates […]

Oregon Republicans have developed something of a familiar strategy when they seek to block revenue-raising measures they failed to derail in Salem: Taking legislative Democrats’ decision to the voters. Their most recent success? More than 250,000 Oregonians signed onto their petition for a referendum blocking last year’s signature gas and transportation tax hikes, well above […]