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Lake Oswego representative and economic development chair reflects on legislative session 

As a business owner and head of the Oregon House of Representatives Committee on ​Economic Development, Small Business,…

Government

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, Bentz draw fierce backlash from Oregon Democrats, nurses

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” sending…

Crime & Justice

Oregon police erred in use of aerial surveillance camera for marijuana bust, appeals court says

The ruling was lauded by civil rights advocates and privacy watchdogs fresh off of a fight in the…

Education

Kotek responds to Trump administration’s withholding of federal education funding

Oregon’s governor has responded to an unprecedented halt to federal education funding. The title funding provided by the…

Government

Oregon Democrats slam Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ urge Rep. Cliff Bentz to vote against it

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the state’s Democratic congressional delegation are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s proposed…

Government

Oregon lawmakers regulate guns, public defense, while crime victim, exoneree funding stall

Bills that would have funded care for crime victims and those who have been wrongfully incarcerated languished in…

Government

Oregon, Washington sue Trump admin for sharing Medicaid files with immigration enforcement

Oregon and Washington’s attorneys general are suing the federal government for sharing residents’ Medicaid records with federal immigration…

Business

ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs

In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickland said the agency will be forced to eliminate…

Business

Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in ten years

The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…

Business

Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails

Oregon Democrats’ last-ditch effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation by passing…