The Oregon House on Wednesday moved to strengthen some of the nation’s strictest state-level firearm safety provisions narrowly enacted by Oregon voters in 2022, after a tense dispute during a committee hearing over the bill brought the chamber to a standstill on Monday. Along with banning magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition, Measure […]
It’s a common scene at the Oregon Legislature: Crowds filling committee rooms and hallways hoping to testify on legislation, only to miss their chance to speak, submit written testimony instead or face interruption by a committee chair with a reminder that they have two minutes or less to speak. Legislative chambers in more than a […]
An Oregon Republican who backed a Democrat-led bill restricting the deployment of the state’s National Guard and other states’ troops to Oregon has revoked his support. Rep. Alek Skarlatos, R-Winston and a member of the House Emergency Management and Veterans Committee, was listed as a sponsor of House Bill 4091 ahead of a Tuesday committee […]
Two powerful Oregon Democrats are cautioning against lawsuits the state could run into as lawmakers attempt to regulate the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, pitting them against activists eager to fight in court to prevent federal agents from covering their faces. The issue has taken on urgency for lawmakers in the wake of several high-profile immigration […]
The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Oregon increased to 19 after the Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday announced four new cases in various parts of the state.
Oregon could face a shortage of equipment used to protect health care providers from the coronavirus and rural hospitals could find themselves short-staffed as the state confronts the outbreak, Gov. Kate Brown warned Tuesday.
