Republican walkout

Oregon lawmakers convene in Salem next week for the 2024 legislative session. Measure 110 reform and housing are on the agenda.

In an opinion that could have reverberations for the upcoming legislative session, the court sided with state elections officials’ interpretation of the ballot measure voters approved aiming to end legislative walkouts.

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

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.

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

Republican and Democratic leaders in Salem have reached an agreement to end the legislative walkout that's stretched on for nearly a month and a half. Senate Republicans led the walkout in early May to protest legislation involving abortion access.

After nearly 10 hours of negotiations over the weekend, top lawmakers arrived at a tentative framework for rescuing the 2023 session. Both sides stress a deal hasn't been made.

One thing that is clear is that hope for an end to the five-week walkout has been rekindled in recent days partly because of a friendship between two lawmakers: Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, and Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Portland.

We’re wrapping up the 5th week of the GOP led walkout of the Oregon senate. And, without a quorum in the senate, it’s not looking likely much more legislation will come out of this session, including budgets for most state agencies.

Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they will boycott the legislature to deny Democrats a vote on climate change legislation.Senate Republicans announced…