The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday upheld Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s decision to reject three campaign finance reform ballot measures. (Getty Images) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — […]
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting For the first time, the Oregon Department of Justice has hired a special prosecutor solely dedicated to locating, investigating, and prosecuting poachers. The new position […]
By CASSANDRA PROFITA/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde are withdrawing from a partnership that has been working to build a riverwalk and restore public access to Willamette […]
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon government loses more than $500 million each year […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting It has been a subject of discussion in Salem for years: Centrist Democrats are becoming harder to find. Moderate state lawmakers have departed in droves […]
Bins of ballot envelopes wait for processing in Multnomah County on Oct. 22, 2020. (Motoya Nakamura/Multnomah County) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle County election offices around Oregon will soon get […]
At Alsea Middle and High School, students will no longer be required to wear masks, defying state orders. (Wikimedia Commons) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The decision by the Alsea […]
The VA center in Portland is located next to Oregon Health & Science University. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon veterans would get better and […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon won’t join other states in considering a pause to state gas taxes, for now, according to Charles Boyle, deputy communications officer for […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon will spend more than $4.5 million from a new federal grant, one of four in the nation, to improve its reach to people who […]
