Category Government
Why Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility will be shuttered by July
Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility opened in 1929. Now, the minimum-security facility is scheduled to close July 2021. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) With state officials aiming to cut Oregon’s prison population, Gov. Kate Brown is moving forward with closing three prisons including Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional…
Here are Salem-area legislators’ top priorities for the 2021 session
Passage through the Capitol rotunda is restricted to one-way to maintain social distancing requirements during the 2021 session of the Oregon State Legislature.( Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) If local legislators have their way, it’ll be easier to buy cold medicine, the state’s emergency management system will…
PHOTOS: With elbow bumps and lots of masks, the Oregon State Senate gets down to business
Senator Chuck Riley, left, and Senator James I. Manning Jr. greet each other with an elbow bump at the first session of the Oregon Senate the morning of Jan. 22. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, gavels the Oregon Senate into session…
New poll finds a majority of Oregonians say they’ll get the Covid vaccine and also don’t want more taxes
Heavy blocks provide new security at the Capitol on Saturday, Jan.16. State officials took precautions ahead of warnings from the FBI of possible protests at capitols across the country. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) A majority of Oregonians will get the Covid vaccination when it’s available, and…
PHOTOS: With increased security and doors closed to the public, Oregon Legislature resumes its work
Seats in the Oregon House chamber visitor gallery are marked to enforce social distancing. Only chairs marked in green are available. Since the Capitol building is closed to the public, no one was seated in the visitor’s gallery on Jan. 21. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon…
City of Salem is again asking the Legislature to help fund housing and homeless projects
A camp pictured at Oregon State Capitol State Park in December 2019 (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Oregon’s capital city will see millions in state money for a homeless shelter and affordable housing if the Legislature approves funding requests from the city of Salem. Salem…
Clarno tries again to retire after stint as Oregon secretary of state
Bev Clarno retired in January 2021 after serving as Oregon secretary of state. She is the last Republican to hold statewide office. (Oregon Secretary of State’s Office photo) SALEM – Bev Clarno, the last Republican to hold statewide office in Oregon as the new year…
City takes look at how Salem residents are contributing to climate change through what they buy
Cars drive through water along Commercial Street Southeast on September 10, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More than half the greenhouse gases generated by Salem residents comes from either how they get around or what they eat, according to a new report that’s part of the…
Embattled state legislator stays in office with less clout and less access to Capitol building
State Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, reading an agreement on the House floor Monday, Jan. 1, that he will have diminished access to the Capitol after he let a group of rioters into the building. (Screen grab/Oregon Legislature) State Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, hasn’t heeded the…