By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Summer is normally a relatively quiet time in Oregon politics. But 2021 has been about as abnormal as a year can be. The Legislature […]
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Here we go again. Oregon grocers trying for third time to put hard liquor sales on the ballot
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon grocers are hoping the third time is the charm for a ballot initiative to allow for hard liquor sales in markets. Lauren Johnson, […]
Statewide opinion poll shows Oregonians don’t think sending seven Oregon counties to Idaho is going to happen
By DYLAN JEFFERIES/The Bend Bulletin Imagine Bend being Oregon’s eastern most city, a short drive from Redmond, Idaho. “Greater Idaho,” the concept of transferring parts of southern and eastern Oregon […]
The 2021 Oregon Legislature passed more than a dozen police reform bills. Here’s what they do
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers continued during their recently concluded session to build on the measures they passed a year ago to overhaul policing practices. They passed more […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, June 30: 196 new cases, 4 more deaths, state officially “reopens”
Governor Brown joined by Oregon leaders for reopening event Today, Governor Kate Brown was joined by various business, health, community and governmental leaders to commemorate Oregon’s official reopening. “Today, we […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Tuesday, June 29: 230 new cases, 7 more deaths, 5,545 vaccinations
Oregon reports 230 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths PORTLAND — There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,770, […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Saturday, June 26: 227 new cases, including six in Lincoln County, 12,748 vaccinations, 2 new deaths
Oregon reports 227 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,763, […]
Oregon Legislature approves bill allowing ballots to be accepted if mailed on election day
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon, the first state to conduct all elections by mail, would join the ranks of states accepting ballots postmarked by election day under a bill […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, June 25: Governor to lift all restrictions by Wednesday, June 30
Oregon reports 232 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,761, […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announces that all coronavirus pandemic restrictions will end by next Wednesday
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon will lift pandemic limits in place for over a year no later than next week, Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday “When Oregon reaches […]