By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Nike co-founder Phil Knight threw his wallet into the 2022 political ring this week, giving $250,000 to Betsy Johnson’s campaign for governor. Knight’s contribution […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s projected unfunded liability for public pensions apparently shrunk significantly last year, mostly attributable to healthy investment earnings that pushed the fund past the $100 […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A luxury sales tax being proposed by Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, could fund a new program offering monthly stipends for low-income pregnant women […]
Brown urged the Legislature to approve about $700 million for job training, housing and child care during a speech from her office Gov. Kate Brown delivers her State of the […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A mystery proposal to change the way vacancies among Oregon’s U.S. senators are filled surfaced over the weekend and set off a wave of […]
Lawmakers have 35 days to pass bills and figure out how to spend $1.5 billion Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, presides over the House during the opening day of the Legislature […]
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service CORVALLIS — More than a year after wildfires devastated Oregon’s Santiam Canyon, an Oregon State University report paints a challenging picture: Residents are struggling to […]
Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam said he doubted Oregon’s vote-by-mail system Legislators across U.S. are considering ways to protect elections officials. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Sandy Mayor […]
Job training is top of mind for most lawmakers and Gov. Kate Brown The Oregon Capitol in January 2022 (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY and ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital […]
By LES ZAITZ/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM – The legal arguing is done and now it’s up to the Oregon Supreme Court to settle whether Democrat Nick Kristof goes on the […]
