Category Legislature
Governor puts Oregon State Police on trail of missing senators
Senate President Peter Courtney goes through motions of convening the Senate on Thursday, June 20, after Republican senators made good on their plan to abandon the Capitol. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Thursday called on the Oregon State Police to…
Republican senators disappear from Capitol after negotiations over cap-and-trade flop
Protestors gather outside the Capitol, objecting to legislation that would impose limits on pollution and increase costs for some industry. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) UPDATE: Gov. Kate Brown directs Oregon State Police to return missing senators to the Capitol. The Senate decides to fine missing senators…
Oregon House passes bill allowing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon, D-Woodburn, speaks in support of a bill to allow undocumented immigrants and others without proof of legal residence to get an Oregon driver’s license. (Claire Withycombe – Oregon Capitol Bureau) SALEM — The Oregon House Tuesday passed legislation that would once…
Lawmakers try to keep manufactured homes in the neighborhood
SALEM — Mobile homes weren’t built to last forever. But state legislators like Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, don’t want them to just go away. If you’re a mobile home owner who wants to replace your aging residence, you could apply for a state loan of…
Expanded family leave law would give more workers right to paid time off
SALEM — Nearly all workers in Oregon would gain the right to take paid leave for family and medical reasons under a proposal advancing through the Legislature, but it likely won’t become available until 2023. Under House Bill 2005, employers would have to let an…
Drive to limit Oregon campaign money sputters to a stop
SALEM — Bowing to the pressures of time and differences of opinion, Democrats are setting aside a legislative effort to slap limits on political campaign contributions. Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, had hoped to get contribution limits through the Senate after they passed the…
Oregon Capitol hosting memorial for longtime Sen. Jackie Winters
Cards and flowers piled up in Winters’ office shortly after her death was announced. (Claire Withycombe/East Oregonian Media Group) SALEM — A memorial service for longtime state Sen. Jackie Winters will be held Thursday at the Capitol. Services are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.…
For Oregon, it’s the last straw – plastic, that is
SALEM — When you get takeout food from your favorite restaurant, you might be handed a thin plastic bag, with foam containers inside containing your meal, plus a plastic straw or two if you ordered a drink. Those straws? Gone. The bag? History. The foam…
Salem, you’re close to leaving your clocks alone
SALEM — A proposal to put Oregon on year-round Daylight Saving Time passed the House Thursday, and now the only hurdles to the change are outside the state. Senate Bill 320, which passed 37-20, now goes to Gov. Kate Brown. But the shift away from…