Tag: Gov. Tina Kotek

If Gov. Tina Kotek signs Oregon House Bill 2426, Oregonians will be able to pump their own gas. It will be the first time in...

Scott Stanton knew the moment when last week’s Hat Rock Fire got away from the many dozens of firefighters battling the massive blaze. Early on,...

For months, the residents of Boardman have been asking Gov. Tina Kotek to visit their city and hear first-hand how contaminated water from their...

Gov. Tina Kotek met with Hermiston’s Latino community leaders Wednesday morning, May 3, to hear about the critical issues facing the Hispanic population —...

By Julia Shumway Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, keeps a ceramic winged pig on her desk in the Oregon House. Bynum collects pigs with wings, she explained...

By Julia Shumway Eight months after Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, a $280 billion boost to the U.S. semiconductor industry, a panel of...

By Julia Shumway Oregon is on track to spend $200 million to help homeless residents move into houses, give people who have fallen behind on...

By Alex Baumhardt Oregon’s water basins are being overdrawn year after year, and a strategy to protect them for future generations is desperately overdue, according...

By Julia Shumway Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday repeated calls for the Oregon Legislature to quickly approve $155 million for homelessness, calling Oregon’s housing crisis...

By Julia Shumway Hundreds of mayors - including Hermiston Mayor Dave Drotzmann - along with city councilors and city employees from around Oregon descended on...

By Julia Shumway, Alex Baumhardt and Ben Botkin The Oregon Legislature began its 2023 work in earnest on Tuesday, with just more than five months...