Oregon voters will see a big name missing when they open their state-issued voters’ pamphlet next month: Republican Donald Trump.
Author: Julia Shumway of the Oregon Capital Chronicle
While Oregon lawmakers debated campaign finance limits, Phil Knight gave $2 million to Republican PAC
While lawmakers debated campaign finance limits last month, Oregon’s richest man quietly gave another $2 million to a political action committee that tries to elect Republicans to the statehouse.
Dark money group targets Oregon swing districts with new mailers, ads
A dark money group founded by a national Republican political operative and oil industry lobbyists stepped up its efforts to influence Oregon voters this week, sending mailers and buying ad space in seven competitive state House districts.
Republican senators who participated in walkout from reelection
Republican senators who participated in the longest walkout in state history cannot seek reelection in 2024 or 2026, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Oregon lawmakers’ overseas trips funded by lobby groups, Taiwanese government
Oregon lawmakers jetted off to Taiwan, Portugal, Denmark and tech hubs in California this fall, all paid for by companies and groups that have a keen interest in the laws they’ll pass.
Fall of a rising star: Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigns over cannabis side job
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan will resign next Monday, a little less than a week after news broke of her moonlighting for a troubled cannabis company that played a key role in an audit conducted by her office.
Vote 2022: Gubernatorial candidates differ on policies to address Oregon’s housing crisis
Oregon has been in a housing crisis for years.
State economists say the state is short about 111,000 homes needed for current residents. When economists considered future growth, a 2021 analysis suggested the state needs to build more than 580,000 homes by 2040.
Drazan, Johnson, Kotek spar over guns, abortion, homelessness in first Oregon governor debate
BY JULIA SHUMWAY of the Oregon Capital Chronicle The three women running to be Oregon’s next governor sparred over abortion, homelessness, guns and climate change in their first debate on Friday. Friday’s forum, hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association at a resort in Welches, was the unofficial start of[Read More…]
COVID rent assistance applications closing
Time’s running out for Oregonians affected by the COVID pandemic to receive state help in paying rent. The Oregon Housing and Community Services Department will close applications for rent assistance on Monday, Mar. 14. People who are falling behind on rent or owe back rent can apply for aid through[Read More…]
Oregon elections officials: Kristof ineligible to run for governor
Nick Kristof (Kristof campaign photo) Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof hasn’t lived in Oregon long enough to run for governor, Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced Thursday. Kristof, who grew up in Oregon but lived most of his adult life outside the state, has outpaced other Democratic[Read More…]