Category Government
Sen. Jackie Winters dies amid lung cancer battle
Shortly after her death was announced, a single candle was placed on Sen. Jackie Winters’ desk in the Oregon Senate, flickering in the otherwise dim room. (Claire Withycombe/East Oregonian Media Group) State Sen. Jackie Winters, a Salem Republican who spent decades in public service, died…
Union Gospel Mission, micro-apartments eyed for $750,000 city grants
The size of the proposed Nishioka Building, projected to bring 150 units to the corner of State and Commercial streets. The project could receive urban renewal money worth nearly $750,000. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) In a move to usher more housing and homeless services into the…
Adi’s Act goes into the books, focusing on preventing youth deaths
SALEM — Legislation intended to prevent youth suicides is set to become law. Adi’s Act — Senate Bill 52 — requires school districts to plan how to address and prevent suicides among students. The legislation is backed by the family of Adi Staub, a transgender…
Safeguards will protect Oregon’s new school money from diversion, supporters say
SALEM — Educators, students and advocates celebrated as Gov. Kate Brown signed a sweeping new law that could channel about $1 billion per year into Oregon public schools — money critics suggest could end up a casualty of spiraling retirement costs. Proponents say they built…
DOME DIGEST: Hazing, cemeteries and payday loans
Editor’s note: The Oregon Capital Bureau begins a new weekly feature – Dome Digest – to provide a roundup of bills becoming law that you might not have heard. SALEM — These bills might not make headlines, but may make a difference to Oregonians all…
Students push back on political leaders after gun control bill dies in a political negotiation
Students from March For Our Lives, a group advocating for tighter gun laws to prevent school violence, were at the Capitol Thursday to voice their disappointment over the failure of SB 978, which would have increased state restrictions on guns. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM…
Questions arise over cap and trade’s impact on the State Highway Fund
People rally outside of the Capitol to support cap and trade. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) If Oregon’s proposed cap-and-trade program is approved and effective, it could decimate the State Highway Fund over the next 30 years. An analysis by a nonpartisan legislative economist found that if…
Oregon state trooper awarded nation’s highest police honor
Left to right, Capt. Tim Fox and Superintendent Travis Hampton stand and clap as Trooper Nic Cederberg is awarded the Medal of Valor from President Donald Trump. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM – Oregon State Police Trooper Nic Cederberg stood in the White House on Wednesday…
Sen. Jackie Winters working to recover from lung cancer treatment
Sen. Jackie Winters, R-Salem. SALEM — A veteran Republican senator absent for a month from the Capitol said Wednesday that her health is improving and that she is “working hard” to return to the 2019 Legislature. State Sen. Jackie Winters of Salem issued a statement…