County commissioners appoint new Portland-area member to the Oregon House
Mari Watanabe, a Democrat from the suburbs of Beaverton, is the newest member of Oregon’s House of Representatives.
Meet the 11 House members, 8 senators newly sworn in to the Oregon Legislature
The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners ...
Meet Oregon’s 19 new state legislators
Mari Watanabe, who will replace newly appointed Sen. Lisa Reynolds in the House, is the last of 19 new faces in the state ...
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek offers vision of brighter day on state’s toughest challenges
Over the clatter of an ongoing seismic retrofit at the Oregon State Capitol, the Senate chose Senate President Rob Wagner, ...
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Opinion: House GOP obsesses over transgender athletes rather than economic issues
Instead of trying to help the majority of Americans, House lawmakers focused on minuscule number of transgender girls and young women who play sports.
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Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after U.S. House fails to pass bipartisan bill
Districts face budget shortfalls with the failure of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act funding, ...
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New, returning Oregon lawmakers sworn into office; legislative session begins next week
By Ben Botkin and Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon lawmakers got to work in Salem on ...
Kotek calls for more readily available mental health care in State of the State address
Gov. Tina Kotek reiterated her longstanding pledge to keep homelessness and housing, mental health and public schools at the ...
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In her first State of the State address, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek calls for resilience, optimism
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek struck notes of frustration with the enormous problems facing Oregon and optimism that the state can ...
Kotek’s State-of-the-State Address highlights homelessness, mental health support, student success
Monday was the first day of Oregon’s 2025 legislative session. In her annual State of the State Address, Governor Tina Kotek ...
Democrats' crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking
No GOP strongholds are projected to lose seats. Florida and Texas are projected to pick up four seats each. Arizona, Idaho, ...
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Oregon lawmakers sworn into office on Monday
Oregon lawmakers got to work in Salem on Monday, with largely ceremonial activities in preparation for the upcoming long session that will focus on transportation funding, affordable housing and other ...