Oregon lawmakers are starting to wade into the work of monitoring whether the state’s new drug possession law will successfully help the state combat Oregon’s fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis. … Read more
Oregon is a sanctuary state in which law enforcement officers cannot ask about the residency status of people arrested for any type of crime including drug dealing and sex trafficking. … Read more
More than 1 million acres of federal land in central and southern Oregon could soon be leased for solar energy projects. Officials at the federal Bureau of Land Management announced … Read more
On June 28, the Josephine County Commissioners made the news by defunding the county’s OSU Extension service program for the second in a row. 95% of the 4-H kids had … Read more
Today, former President Donald Trump made history when he used Bitcoin to purchase a hamburger at a New York City Crypto Bar. Not the first time ever, of course, but … Read more
SALEM, Ore. – In response to the news that noncitizens in Oregon received ballots and voted in Oregon’s 2022 election, House Republicans Ed Diehl (R-Stayton), E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls), Anna Scharf (R-Amity), and Dwayne … Read more
Oregon’s highest needs schools that are focused on revamping literacy instruction and boosting student reading proficiency will get federal financial help next year. The U.S. Department of Education announced last … Read more
By most political rules of thumb, Oregon’s 6th Congressional District race this year shouldn’t be particularly competitive. But both the Democratic and Republican national political parties have declared the district … Read more
The last presidential debate was not even halfway over when Donald Trump accused his opponent of a careless kind of rhetoric that nearly got him killed: “I probably took a … Read more
September 16, 2024 The Honorable Tina KotekOffice of the Governor900 Court Street NE, Suite 254Salem, Oregon 97301 Dear Governor Kotek, I write to you to strongly urge you to take … Read more