2023 Oregon Legislature

Prosecutors and Republicans say a 2021 court opinion has made it too hard to convict dealers. Top Democrats are listening.

Kotek is getting ready to dole out $240 million that could lead to more than $40 billion in investments.

Across Oregon, school boards are looking into providing stipends for their members. But an education organization is urging a pause on the matter.

Boats and ships abandoned in Oregon waterways are a serious, costly problem. The hazardous vessels contaminate water, degrade habitat and impact navigation. Now the state agency responsible for removing these derelict vessels has more funding to do it.

The Eugene 4-J School Board will consider a proposal at its meeting Wednesday that could lead to board members getting paid for the first time ever.

GOP senators and state attorneys disagree on what Measure 113 does, but they agree the matter needs to be answered soon.

At the end of the 2023 legislative session, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek used her veto power to nix state funding for two studies, totaling $600,000, intended to research the impact of Oregon’s laws prohibiting prostitution. In doing so, she stepped into a centuries-old debate about whether or not the world’s oldest profession can ever be entered into voluntarily — or if it is a legitimate form of work and should instead be decriminalized.

Lawmakers have been waiting for weeks to learn how new Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade will enforce a new law enacted by voters last year.

The payment represents a major piece of the $260 million lawmakers set aside for the industry this year.

A bill to allow Oregonians to pump their own gas is not on Gov. Kotek's veto list.

The recall effort against longtime Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, could pit some of the state's most potent political forces against each other.

A ballot measure passed last year was supposed to block 10 conservative lawmakers from running for reelection. They are planning to file anyway.