HILLSBORO— Four leading Republican candidates for Oregon governor race squared off for their first debate together on Thursday, making few swipes at one another and homing in on one political adversary: incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek. The Thursday evening event hosted by the Oregon Republican Party took place in Hillsboro, where a venue has hosted […]
Oregon’s governor vetoed a bill passed last month by the state Legislature that would have made changes to the state’s public meetings law. Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday announced vetoed House Bill 4177 following outcry from professional journalist groups and Oregon news publishers, and concerns from state ethics officials, that the bill would fundamentally change […]
This is a developing news story and may be updated. Oregon school districts would no longer be able to shorten the school year to cut costs, avoid layoffs and plug budget holes under a new order from the state’s governor. Gov. Tina Kotek presented the order to the State Board of Education at its monthly […]
A federal judge in Oregon declared that a state law could not require the Keizer-based Oregon Right to Life organization to provide abortion insurance coverage for its employees, handing a seemingly narrow victory to the state’s leading anti-abortion advocacy group. U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai, a Biden appointee, ruled from the bench on Tuesday […]
Following outcry from professional journalist groups and Oregon news publishers, Gov. Tina Kotek is considering vetoing a bill passed last month by the state Legislature that makes changes to the state’s public meetings law. Kotek on Thursday did her final signings for all but one bill, House Bill 4177. In a news release Friday she […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed eight bills into law Thursday defending immigrant rights as the Trump administration ramps up federal immigration enforcement. Oregon, a sanctuary state, already has some of the most comprehensive immigration protection laws. The new laws, however, represent the state’s response to a series of controversial federal actions in late 2025 and […]
A leading Oregon business group is urging Gov. Tina Kotek’s economic advisers to act with greater ambition if they want to attract businesses into the state and reignite the state’s economy. In a letter last week to the governor’s economic prosperity council, the Oregon Business Council called upon the group to pursue a “corresponding shift […]
City officials and developers are eying a 120-acre former farming property just outside of Woodburn city limits for a housing complex to meet the needs of the small Marion County city’s growing population. However, the city ran into a problem. The land is outside the urban growth boundary, or the invisible state-approved line around cities […]
Professional journalist groups and Oregon news publishers are calling on Gov. Tina Kotek to veto a bill passed last month by the state Legislature that the groups, along with government ethics watchdogs, say erodes public meetings laws. In recent letters to Kotek and in editorials, the Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the […]
Federal immigration agents have smashed car windows, dragged people out of their cars, held individuals at gunpoint and conducted operations outside sensitive locations such as schools. In many instances, they’ve worn face coverings or masks that make it challenging to identify individual agents. Now, Oregonians are poised to gain a significant tool to respond to […]
