Legislative budget writers propose leaving more than 130 state jobs vacant, spending less on services and supplies and moving around not-yet-promised money within public agencies to rebalance Oregon’s budget and close a large funding gap at the transportation department. The moves should cover the state general fund’s remaining $128 million deficit during the next 18 […]

Oregon public universities and schools would have to promptly notify their communities when federal immigration agents step onto campus under a bill the Oregon House passed Tuesday. Federal policy has long blocked immigration enforcement at “sensitive areas” including schools, churches and hospitals, but the Trump administration rescinded that policy last year. The American Federation of […]