Business
Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek
‘We need to make sure that our health care providers and our delivery system stays local,’ the governor…
Environment
Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill
A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies…
Education
Oregon ‘freedom to read’ library bill heads to governor’s desk
Senate Bill 1098 would prohibit schools and libraries from removing books on the basis of being by, or…
Government
In major reversal, Kotek seeks return of fugitive suspected of targeting Asian Oregonians
It’s the second time in two weeks that Kotek has reversed course on an extradition decision in the…
Government
Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned, clueless
Kevin Heatley, who led the park for just five months, resigned June 30 over concerns about staffing cuts…
Government
Oregon to receive $66 million from Sackler family in national opioid settlement
Oregon AG says settlement holds companies responsible for role in opioid crisis Oregon will receive $66 million…
News
Lawmakers scrap provisions easing transmission lines on Oregon farmland
At the Oregon Farm Bureau’s urging, lawmakers have removed provisions easing the construction of transmission lines on farmland…
Business
Bill to protect residential electricity customers from subsidizing data center demand moves forward
The POWER Act creates a separate rate class for data centers so their grid expansion and infrastructure needs…
Local News
‘Get it done’: Advocates push Oregon lawmakers to fund services for victims of abuse
Legislation would maintain, supplement lost funding for domestic violence, sexual assault survivor programs Nonprofits that help survivors of…
Government
Progressive Democrats unveil plan for transportation funding driven by doubling of gas tax
The latest package from Oregon Democrats would raise revenue for electric vehicles, buses, mass transit and bridges through…