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Oregon lawmakers propose criminal penalties for alarming, threatening public officials
Threats of violence against local and national public officials have climbed nationwide, including multiple high-profile bomb threats in Oregon.
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Leaving it up to the locals impedes Oregon’s much-needed reading recovery
Unlike other states, Oregon funds its 197 school districts but does little to hold them to account for their outcomes.
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Southern Oregon senator revives bill to make big oil pay for disasters driven by climate change
Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil.
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Oregon Gov. Kotek, mayors call for pause on immigration enforcement
Mayors of Portland and Eugene are among the signers of a letter to federal leaders calling for a pause on immigration enforcement until uses of force are investigated. Salem Mayor Julie Hoy did not sign.
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Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill
State Sen. Kim Thatcher, who represents north Salem and Keizer, is among the backers of a measure to allow people convicted based on junk science to have their cases reviewed.
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Judge restricts warrantless ICE arrests in Oregon, finding threat of ‘severe harm’
A federal judge on Wednesday found “broad-reaching dragnet, sweeping approaches” will continue to force people who would otherwise not be targets to be “caught up again and again” by federal immigration officers.
What Salem-area lawmakers are prioritizing for the 2026 session
Salem lawmakers want to regulate federal immigration officers, end the Cherriots’ board’s ability to levy taxes without a public vote and beef up the state’s emergency management system.
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Parents, educators, workers ask Oregon lawmakers to separate from federal tax code
As Oregon lawmakers weigh how to balance the state’s budget, hundreds of Oregonians visited the Capitol to plead with them not to cut funding for public defense, career and technical education and kids with disabilities.
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Understanding the Oregon Legislature: How laws get passed — and how to participate
Here’s a civilian’s guide to the 2026 Oregon legislative session.
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