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Oregon needs to build 29,500 more homes each year, chief economist says
Oregon needs to build about 29,500 more homes each year, mostly in the Portland region and Willamette Valley, ... Read more
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Oregon advocates seek state food aid for immigrants excluded by feds
Oregon lawmakers and food advocates are starting smaller this year in their bid to make cash food benefits ... Read more
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Oregon courts purge 47,000 past evictions from people’s records
The Oregon state courts system has sealed about 47,000 evictions from Oregonians’ records, the Oregon Judicial Department said. ... Read more
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Water tops list of 2025 environmental priorities for Oregon governor, advisor
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and her natural resources adviser Geoff Huntington consider water quality and availability a top ... Read more
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Oregon government ethics commission will probe Kotek’s spending on parking, dinner
Saying they needed more information, members of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted Friday to investigate Gov. Tina ... Read more
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Oregon lawmaker targets surprise fees
An Oregon lawmaker’s pricier-than-expected trip to a minor league baseball game could lead to a state law blocking ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Governing begins with inauguration, pledges of accountability
“The devil,” the sages have said, “is in the details.” Or, in a newer version of the idiom, ... Read more
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Judge grants WA’s request to temporarily block Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright ... Read more
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Jill Bakken started work this week as communications director for House Speaker Julie Fahey, D-Eugene. She previously handled ... Read more
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Act would pause new PERS investments in private fossil fuel funds for five years
Two Democratic state senators and the advocacy group Divest Oregon are backing a bill to curb fossil fuel ... Read more