Oregon House members will vote Wednesday on a Democratic plan to cut inflation adjustments in pension checks for retired government workers. The decision will affect the pocketbooks of dozens of lawmakers with state pension savings.
The bill would allow immigrants, among others, who have lived in Oregon for at least a year and meet other requirements, to apply for driver's licenses without proving legal presence.
The bill making its way through the Senate would empower states to require online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet.
A bill that would ban children younger than 18 from using tanning beds passed the Senate on Monday.
Oregon lawmakers don't appear to be interested in asking voters to create a sales tax or require labels on genetically modified foods. But plenty of other ideas are still very much alive after a key deadline came and went last week.
The legislation would require Oregon to cast its seven Electoral College ballots for the candidate who wins the national vote, rather than the one who gets the most votes in Oregon.
Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases.
An Oregon Senate committee has approved four gun-control bills that would expand background checks and add new restrictions on carrying firearms.
A federal court has approved an agreement that salmon advocates hope will lead to cooler water in rivers for salmon. But whether that turns out to be the case remains a muddy question.
The Oregon House has overwhelmingly approved a bill allowing law enforcement agencies to use drones for surveillance — with a warrant or, in emergency circumstances, without a warrant.
A bill introduced in Congress would fix the conflict between the federal government's marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use.
A House committee has approved a bill calling for the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited daily in Oregon public classrooms. It would also require classrooms to display the American flag.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature will begin hearing public testimony on a proposal that would grant short-term driver's licenses to people who live in the country illegally.
A Senate committee on Thursday will begin considering Senate Bill 833.
Oregon lawmakers have begun considering bills that would tighten regulation of medical marijuana — where it is grown and where it is distributed.
Gov. John Kitzhaber called for expanding gun sale background checks and for new restrictions on carrying guns in elementary and secondary schools as Oregon's Legislature on Friday began hearing testimony on gun control bills.
Ore. lawmakers have strong PERS ties. Conflict of interest?
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