Tag: Gov. Tina Kotek

Hermiston School District Superintendent Dr. Tricia Mooney  has been appointed vice chair of the Quality Education Commission (QEC) by Gov. Tina Kotek. Established by the...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon voters have rejected Measure 118, which would increase corporate taxes and give all residents a yearly rebate. Late Tuesday, the...

By Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s governor and top elections official are calling for an independent external audit of the state’s automatic voter registration system...

By Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon erroneously added more than 1,200 people without documented proof of citizenship to its voter rolls in the past few...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon officials have released a comprehensive plan for curbing years of water pollution in northeast Oregon that “will take decades”...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal proposal to move radioactive nuclear waste from Washington through Oregon and onward to Utah and Texas via truck...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and...

The Office of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is now accepting applications to fill three producer positions and one public member position on the Oregon...

By Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle Democratic leaders in the Oregon House and Senate have come out swinging against a November ballot measure that would hike...

Gov. Tina Kotek recently appointed a Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) employee to a committee devoted to advancing regional community and...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle The water woes are not over for hundreds of households in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority has asked about 1,600...

As a summer heatwave blankets the state, some places in Umatilla and Morrow counties plan to offer cooling services for those in need. In Baker...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is in the midst of its first extreme heat wave of the summer, with temperatures soaring into the triple...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon needs to be able to treat many more people for both mental health and addiction issues than previously estimated. The...

By Antonia Sierra/OBP Two months after her return visit to the Lower Umatilla Basin, Gov. Tina Kotek has released goals on how the state can...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle The nonprofit Oregon Rural Action, along with former state environmental regulators and a large coalition of nonprofit groups, is again...

The city of Irrigon is set to receive $1.7 million as part of a Senate bill the Legislature passed during the short session earlier...

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Family Violence Services and Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center held events on Monday, May 6 as...

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) on Thursday, April 25, welcomed Gov. Tina Kotek and First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson for...

Gov. Tina Kotek and Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller met Wednesday, April 24, with local leaders and organizers to hear what...