Gov. Tina Kotek proposed significant new spending to address homelessness in Oregon – and state help to build and preserve homes. She unveiled her first budget on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Julia Shumway
Kotek shares details of $130 million homelessness spending plan
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is asking the state Legislature to quickly spend $130 million to build 600 shelter beds, keep 9,000 families housed and help 1,200 homeless people find shelter statewide.
Oregon is in good position to compete for federal semiconductor money, legislators hear
With billions in federal funds available, Oregon could grab a share to bolster its semiconductor industry. Legislators heard how that could happen in a recent hearing.
Housing, semiconductors, budget take center stage as legislators hope for bipartisan session
Legislative leaders sketched out their agendas for the next five months in a meeting with reporters on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the first day of the legislative session
Audit: Oregon broadband office not prepared for federal infrastructure grants
Up to $1 billion in federal funding for broadband could be coming to the state.
Oregon Gov. Kotek declares homelessness state of emergency, signs housing executive orders
The governor will also ask for $130 million for homelessness early in the legislative session.
A new leadership era starts in the Legislature
Lawmakers re-elected the House speaker, choose a new Senate president and welcomed in a crop of new legislators.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek takes office with a promise to ‘make things better’
Kotek plans to declare a homelessness state of emergency and sign an executive order calling for more housing on her first full day in office Tuesday.
Oregon Treasurer will begin sending checks to people with unclaimed funds
The state Treasury plans to send checks of up to $10,000 to people with unclaimed paychecks, security deposits, tax refunds or other unclaimed property.
Rob Wagner prepares to take reins as first new Oregon Senate president in decades
Wagner, an Oregon native, says his leadership style revolves around listening.