Business
Oregon lawmakers scale back proposal for unemployment strike payments amid blowback
A watered-down bill extending unemployment benefits to striking public and private employees will need to once again clear ...
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Bend
Bentz defends Republican tax and spending bill, despite costs and cuts impacting his district
Bentz voted to pass the bill despite past vows not to add to the national deficit, and representing ...
Business
Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department
At a committee hearing Tuesday, legislators aiming to create a politically viable transportation package were met with calls ...
Environment
Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill
A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies ...
Education
Oregon ‘freedom to read’ library bill heads to governor’s desk
Senate Bill 1098 would prohibit schools and libraries from removing books on the basis of being by, or ...
News
Former Tigard-Tualatin School District superintendent appointed to fill Oregon House District 26 seat
Sue Rieke-Smith, who served as superintendent of the Tigard-Tualatin School District for six years, has been appointed to ...
Government
In major reversal, Kotek seeks return of fugitive suspected of targeting Asian Oregonians
It’s the second time in two weeks that Kotek has reversed course on an extradition decision in the ...
Local News
Wilsonville City Council approves $1 million contract for street maintenance
The summer road work will involve resealing asphalt through some of the city’s neighborhoods.
Government
Oregon to receive $66 million from Sackler family in national opioid settlement
Oregon AG says settlement holds companies responsible for role in opioid crisis Oregon will receive $66 million ...
Business
Bill to protect residential electricity customers from subsidizing data center demand moves forward
The POWER Act creates a separate rate class for data centers so their grid expansion and infrastructure needs ...