Category Government
Former Gervais lawmaker announces campaign for Oregon Senate
Former state Rep. Tracy Cramer, a Republican, intends to run for the state Senate seat representing north Salem that's currently held by Kim Thatcher.
UPDATED: Council, city leaders will evaluate interim city manager
Council President Linda Nishioka said she hopes to appoint Krishna Namburi as Salem's permanent city manager.
Oregon to install ‘executive’ SNAP error watchdogs after new federal aid restrictions
The state’s human services department anticipates that the largest chunk of federal cuts estimated to impact the agency will come from new federal cost-sharing measures for food stamps.
Immigration arrest of farmworkers sends ‘chilling effect’ through Marion County
At peak blueberry harvest season, the arrest of four farmworkers in Woodburn on Aug. 7 is raising concerns among advocates and agriculturalists.
Kotek signs plan to fund Willamette Falls Trust, despite previous veto consideration
Gov. Tina Kotek vetoed a bill easing cattle veterinary regulations and expediting water project review in Curry County.
Local leaders encourage Salinas to protect vulnerable communities in Salem as food assistance cuts loom
At a roundtable with U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas Wednesday, a group of Salem advocates, a business owner and others discussed federal cuts to food assistance programs that will slash benefits for more than 162,000 households in Marion and Polk counties, according to 2023 Census data.
Oregon’s US Rep. Cliff Bentz outspent every House member on Trump inauguration weekend
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz used federal dollars allocated to his office to pay for more than $16,000 worth of hotels for staff over Trump’s 2025 inauguration.
Some GOP constituents call him a RINO. Other Oregonians are starting to trust him.
Tillamook Republican Cyrus Javadi is in his second term in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing a politically split region along the north coast. Some of his constituents argue he isn’t conservative enough, and one is leading an effort to remove him from office.
Trump, Congressional Republicans propose big cuts for Western renewable energy labs, research
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory would lose a third of its funding, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory would lose more than half.