Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek called upon Oregon’s business community on Monday to support her plan to create more jobs and streamline the permitting process, as the state battles lagging economic growth and a reputation for crushing businesses with taxes and regulation. The governor made her remarks at the annual Oregon Leadership Summit in the Oregon […]
Some Oregon Democrats are pushing for a possible special legislative session to respond to the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations and immigration raids, a Portland-area lawmaker said Thursday. Lawmakers plan to meet Friday with legislative leaders to discuss options for legislation responding to raids, Rep. Ricki Ruiz, D-Gresham, said during a panel hosted by […]
Oregon State Rep. Hòa Nguyễn, D-Portland, died Thursday morning following a months-long battle with advanced stage cancer. She was 41. Nguyễn had returned to the chamber wearing a mask in June after announcing a stage four cancer diagnosis in February that led her to seek chemotherapy and prevented her from participating in the Legislature in […]
The Oregon House and Senate must continue to gavel in and out of session during the Legislature’s two-week pause in deliberations on the $4.3-billion 10-year transportation package that Gov. Tina Kotek called them back to Salem to complete. Lawmakers in the Oregon House on Monday sent the measure aiming to avert hundreds of layoffs at […]
SALEM — A bill introduced in the House would allow more gas stations to offer self-service pumps. Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states in the Union that don’t allow self-service gas stations statewide.
