A series of legislative meetings this week will preview major issues facing Oregon for the 2025 session, including behavioral health, housing, tolling and the Pac-12 shakeup.
By Julia Shumway - Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum won’t run for fourth term
Oregon’s attorney general announced she would not run for re-election. Her job as head of the Oregon Department of Justice is up for election in 2024.
Oregon candidates line up on first day to file for 2024 election
Some Republican senators who voters tried to bar from running again filed for reelection. Candidates have until March to file.
Bentz supports Biden impeachment inquiry, Chavez-DeRemer distances herself
Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation criticized the decision to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Kotek’s housing council wants to make expanding cities easier, a tough sell in Salem
Members of a governor-appointed council say Oregon needs to temporarily loosen its land-use laws to meet Gov. Tina Kotek’s goal of building 36,000 homes per year – an idea that’s proved to be one of the more divisive proposals to address the state’s housing crisis. Over the past few months,[Read More…]
Oregon Right to Life sues state over birth control, abortion insurance mandate
Oregon’s largest anti-abortion advocacy group wants insurance companies to offer it a special plan that doesn’t cover emergency contraception.
Oregon economic forecast: Median taxpayer will receive $1,000 from record $5.6 billion kicker
A median income earner in Oregon will receive about $1,000 back on taxes next year in the state’s largest kicker ever, state economists said Wednesday.
Republican senators, state attorneys seek Oregon Supreme Court review of anti-walkout law
Sen. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, accrued more absences than allowed during the 2023 session under an anti-walkout law, but is not involved in a lawsuit by other Republican senators seeking re-election.
Oregon ethics watchdogs launch new probe into former Secretary of State Fagan’s travel
The state ethics commission is already investigating other aspects of Shemia Fagan’s conduct while in office, including her side gig with a cannabis company.
Kotek names Erin McMahon as new head of Oregon Department of Emergency Management
Oregon’s prior emergency management director, Andrew Phelps, was one of several agency heads who left after Kotek’s election
