The agency’s new revenue streams under the law — scheduled to take effect at the start of 2026 — were paused when opponents submitted almost 200,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State, seeking to give voters the chance to overturn the law.
Declining economic growth, population and rising unemployment have Oregon trailing the national trends.
The Oregon Department of Human Services has created a new summer school food program for Salem-Keizer students, Summer EBT.
The Oregon Legislature continues to spend far less on higher education than other states, according to a new report, leading to some of the highest costs of attendance among universities in the West.
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.
The Legislature’s proposal to overhaul the state’s response to the fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis cleared a major hurdle on Friday with passage by the Senate.
The Oregon House on Thursday passed a proposal to reshape the state’s response to the fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis and put more power in the hands of police and prosecutors to rein in drug users.
For the last two years running, Chemeketa Community College’s nursing program has been voted #1 in the state.
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.