Deaths at the Oregon Health & Science University’s primate center in Beaverton have included rhesus macaques and other animals. The Legislature has passed a bill with more accountability for the […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The abortion and gender-affirming care bill that nearly torpedoed the Oregon legislative session is headed to Gov. Tina Kotek after a final intense […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregonians, get pumped. If you’re so inclined. After more than seven decades of banning drivers from pumping their own gas, Oregon lawmakers on […]
Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday added $1.1 billion in state funding to the end-of-session budget bill. By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday tucked $1.1 billion into […]
BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians in every county worry about a lack of affordable housing and rising levels of homelessness, and while many said they appreciate the state, […]
Bill Edge lost his home in Gates during the Santiam Canyon Fire in 2020. Now living in the home he rebuilt, he says it doesn’t feel like home anymore. Edge […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Senate on Thursday quickly and without debate passed two of the most contentious bills of the session – on abortion and firearms […]
Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, reads paperwork during a Senate floor session on Thursday, June 15, 2023, when enough Republicans returned to end the walkout. By BEN BOTKIN and […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The personal information of 3.5 million Oregonians with driver’s licenses and state identification cards could be affected by an international data breach. The […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — In November, Oregon voters fed up with what had become an almost annual tradition of Republicans blocking bills from passing by […]
