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Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s decades-old mail voting law, swamping the ...
Calling it a “moral imperative,” the Oregon Senate voted Monday to ban landlords from asking about or disclosing tenants’ immigration status. Senate Bill 599 barring ...
Oregon is in a better financial position than other states but could see its budget devastated by federal spending cuts, a framework released Wednesday by ...
Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit plastic straws in 2019, most Oregonians have grown used to bringing their ...
Oregon’s second-highest court affirmed Wednesday that the voter-approved gun control law Measure 114 is constitutional, potentially clearing the way for the law to take effect ...
New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission that ended a predecessor’s political ...
One-term Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer successfully turned her election loss and closer-than-typical relationship with some unions into a post in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. The ...
Oregon Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner and other Democratic treasurers from around the country warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’s now-paused tariffs would lead to unaffordable price ...
Saying Oregon needs bold action to fix a housing crisis decades in the making, Gov. Tina Kotek and housing advocates urged the Legislature to pass ...
With Democratic support, former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer cleared a key hurdle Thursday morning in her quest to become the nation’s next secretary of labor. ...