Tag: Tina Kotek

By Julia Shumway Housing will remain a top focus when the Oregon Legislature returns to work in January, a top Democratic lawmaker tells the Oregon...

By Julia Shumway More than two-thirds of Oregon voters cast ballots in the November general election, final results certified Thursday showed. In total, 1,997,689 Oregonians returned...

By Julia Shumway Democrat Tina Kotek, the former speaker of the Oregon House, has fended off Republican Christine Drazan and nonaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson and...

By Julia Shumway Oregon’s race for governor remained too close to call Tuesday night. The latest count has Democrate Tina Kotek with a narrow 14,000 vote...

By Ben Botkin More than two dozen Oregon mayors want the state to provide consistent, ongoing money to cities to address the state’s homelessness crisis. In...

By Connor Radnovich Republicans have their best chance in years to wrest control of the Oregon Senate away from Democrats this November, buoyed by national...

By Julia Shumway Progressive women won big in Oregon’s Democratic primaries Tuesday, while contested Republican races remained close with many ballots left to count. Former House...

The 2019 Oregon legislative session has adjourned with Rep. Greg Smith touting several bills to help out constituencies in Eastern Oregon. Among the nearly 400...

Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith (GOP-Heppner) announced his committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session. Smith has been appointed by Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek to...

Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) hosted the 2017-18 Leadership Hermiston Class at the Oregon State Capitol. The class began their two-day visit in Salem...