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 […]

The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 4148 to reduce the share of transient lodging tax that must be used for tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities from 70% to 50% and let cities and counties use up to half the proceeds for services.

A former Oregon legislative staffer and Democratic state senator from the North Coast wants to return to the Capitol to take the place of an Oregon Republican barred from seeking reelection. Former state Sen. Rachel Armitage of St. Helens announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Oregon’s 16th Senate district last week on social […]

While legislators are supposed to represent their constituents, it’s not often that a letter from an Oregon teen leads to a law.  However, Kailee Desmond, a Lake Oswego teen, sought to change this. As someone with severe allergies, she saw that EpiPens and other needle injections were the only ways for schools to administer the […]