By Salem Reporter
Boquist sues Courtney over imposing 12-hour notice to enter Capitol building
Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, on Senate floor on the final day of the 2019 legislative session. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, is taking his fight against the Legislature to federal court. Boquist sued Senate President Peter Courtney,…
Cap and trade’s fate was sealed by dissent within Senate Democrats, not fleeing Republicans
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, D-Gresham, addresses a crowd at a 2019 Memorial Day event. (Christopher Keizur/The Gresham Outlook.) A retired nurse, not fleeing Oregon state senators, doomed Gov. Kate Brown’s keystone environmental policy that had been in the works for…
Rotary clubs gather to support children’s charity
Barbara Porter, Jeremy Mackey and Bryan Brown visit during a recent joint function of Rotary clubs from west and east Salem. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Salem Reporter) When great groups get together amazing things can happen. That was the case when West…
Raquel Moore-Green sworn in as Oregon’s newest House member
Rep. Raquel Moore-Green, R-Salem, takes a seat at her House desk for the first time. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s newest state representative has taken office. Rep. Raquel Moore-Green, R-Salem, was sworn in Thursday by Oregon Supreme Court Justice Meagan Flynn…
Road work underway around Oregon – a look by the numbers
SALEM — Summertime — and the paving’s easy. The Oregon Department of Transportation is embarking on dozens of projects to fix up roads and other transportation infrastructure across the state this summer. Paving work tends to ramp up in the…
Oregon to get $2.8 million settlement over Equifax data breach
SALEM — Oregon will receive $2.8 million as part of a settlement with the credit monitor Equifax after an enormous 2017 data breach affected nearly 1.8 million Oregonians. The settlement, announced Monday, was between Equifax and 48 states, the District…
Gun control advocates move to get storage law on the ballot
SALEM — Advocates are reviving efforts to require Oregon gun owners to securely store their guns. Supporters filed an initiative petition Thursday, July 18, to bring the issue to voters again in November 2020 if the Legislature fails to pass…
Homecare workers hold protest outside of DHS over late pay
Homecare workers represented by SEIU 503 march into the Department of Human Services building to protest getting paid late. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) Workers hired by the state to give in-home care for some of Oregon’s most vulnerable say the Oregon…
Telemedicine connects rural Oregonians to abortion care
SALEM — Telemedicine has provided a new avenue for abortion access for Oregonians, utilized by about 50 patients in its first year. Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette is part of a trial by Gynuity Health Projects that is allowing some patients…
From mushrooms to pension reform: Here’s what could be on your 2020 ballot
SALEM — Roughly 30 measures are vying for a spot on your ballot in 2020. Some are measures that state lawmakers voted to refer to Oregonians. Others have been proposed by citizens to reconsider or amend state laws. Each, though,…