Tina Kotek

Health care and food assistance for low-income Oregonians will take the brunt of the impact.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek made emergency drought declarations for Douglas, Morrow and Union Counties on Monday.

Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday hosted an event in Eugene to commemorate the signing of four largely bipartisan bills passed this session, which she says will bring much-needed money, clarity and consistency to local schools.

Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday she expects her proposal will pass in the Aug. 29 session.

The governor’s announcement offered only hints of what a plan fund roads might look like.

‘We cannot ignore the rapid growth of AI in our lives,’ Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement.

It’s been nearly a week since Oregon Democrats’ road-funding hopes imploded, but the fallout from that failure is still hitting home.

Every Oregon school district will have to adopt a policy prohibiting student cellphone use by Oct. 31. The policies must be in full effect by 2026.

She says the state may begin layoffs in the coming week.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has reversed her decision not to extradite one of the suspects linked to burglaries targeting Asian Americans in Eugene and Springfield. But the governor’s office said another suspect will remain in Texas for now.

Ongoing trade tensions and slow economic growth have left state lawmakers with less to spend. That could make it harder to fulfill Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing vision.

A suspected member of a group that allegedly burglarized 17 Asian households in Eugene and Springfield won’t be extradited back to Oregon because of an immigration hold, officials say. In the wake of those crimes, community leaders in Eugene are asking the state to be more transparent.