Public employee unions are among those demanding legislators disconnect from the tax provisions of the federal legislation when it comes to assessing state income taxes on Oregonians. Doing so will help decrease the deficit now facing legislators as they try and save key programs and services from further reductions.
Christine Drazan, the Republican nominee in 2022, has been considered the front-runner for a cage-match rematch with incumbent Governor Tina Kotek, but a couple of other D’s may soon be added to the card — specifically, Diehl and Dudley.
Bridging the political divide in Oregon has become increasingly challenging in recent years. The task isn’t going to get any easier when the cost of the I-5 bridge balloons into the ozone.
Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn is a Portland icon. It has been there since the beginning when Lloyd Center first opened its doors in 1960. Generations of Oregonians have succumbed to the allure of that sweet aroma wafting through the mall.
Performing a feat rarely accomplished in modern Oregon electoral history, opponents of the legislature’s high-profile transportation tax bill have successfully used primarily volunteers to gather the necessary signatures to refer the action to the voters. What will Democrats do next?
Coordinated care organizations (CCOs) are valiantly working to ensure health care coverage for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians while facing headwinds of reduced federal funding, increased delivery costs, and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), which keeps them so awash in expensive bureaucracy and new polices that will increase costs further.
On Monday, Christine Drazan announced she will once again be a candidate for governor in the upcoming election. Drazan fared well in her last run in 2022 before losing to Tina Kotek.
In the late 1970s, small bands of Oregon legislators used bipartisan tactics to accomplish their goals in the Capitol.
Salem-Keizer’s transit district, known commonly as Cherriots, is eyeing significant tax increases to achieve more ridership. Currently, Cherriots receives about $16 million per year through local property taxes and another $13 million per year from a statewide tax on workers’ wages, for $29 million in revenue from those sources.
The opening of the 1977 Oregon Legislative Session mirrored all the political elements of today. Democrats held the Governor’s mansion with Bob Straub; Democrats controlled the House and had an overwhelming 24-6 super-super majority in the Senate. In the House, Portland metro liberals controlled the leadership, the agenda, and most of the committees.
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