Hundreds of people marched down Court Street in Salem on Tuesday, May 3, for an abortion rights rally following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Julia Cooley used to attend abortion rights rallies in the 1960s, when bake sales[Read More…]

(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) In recent years, Oregon has established itself as a haven for abortion rights, providing access at no cost to Oregonians and creating a fund for out-of-state patients who can’t obtain care in their own states. That could all change after the 2022 election. Monday night’s[Read More…]

Candidates for governor in the May 17 primary answered how they would increase the housing stock in Oregon. (Salem Reporter/file) Cutting red tape, reducing government fees and changing Oregon’s land use laws are among steps those running for governor in Oregon would take to increasing the supply of housing. Every[Read More…]

A Marion County ballot for the 2022 primary election (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Vast information about who gives money to people running for office and how those candidates spend the money is available for free online. But the state and federal websites that compile campaign finance information can be clunky and[Read More…]

More than 30 people are running for governor in Oregon and appear on the May 17 primary ballot. A media collaboration questioned them all. (Malheur Enterprise/File) Media outlets across Oregon are taking a novel approach to covering the 2022 governor’s race: They’re working together. The 2022 Oregon Media Collaboration on[Read More…]

A stack of counted and signed ballot envelopes at the Marion County Elections Office on Tuesday, May 19. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Nearly three dozen candidates for governor are vying for their parties’ nomination in the 2022 primaries on May 17. A collaborative of Oregon journalists wrote 15 questions to help[Read More…]

Sen. Brian Boquist at his Dallas farm. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) For nearly three years, state Sen. Brian Boquist has technically been under orders to alert legislative officials when he would be arriving in the Capitol. The unusual order was put in place in July 2019 after Boquist, an independent from[Read More…]

Deanna Gwyn, 2022 Salem City Council candidate for Ward 4 (Campaign photo) A Salem real estate broker seeking election to the Salem City Council has voted just twice in local elections the past decade, records show. Deanna Gwyn, who’s running for council seat representing south central Salem, has not voted[Read More…]

A man the FBI identified as Reed Christensen pushes a police officer outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Body camera still included in a federal affidavit) A Hillsboro man facing federal criminal charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has ended his[Read More…]

A stack of counted and signed ballot envelopes at the Marion County Elections Office (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) About one in five Oregon voters, including about half of Republicans, believe voter fraud changed the results of the 2020 election. That’s one result of a February survey from the Oregon Values and[Read More…]