Legislative Wrap-Up: Bills Passed In Wake Of Walkout July 2, 2019After Republicans returned to Salem following their nine-day walkout, the legislature tried to pass as many pieces of...2 mins read
Gov. Brown Prepared For Executive Action On Climate Plan July 2, 2019Governor Kate Brown told reporters she was open to using the executive powers of her office to take...1 min read
Oregon Gets A Raise July 1, 2019The state’s minimum wage is set to increase by $0.50 today, the fourth of eight annual increases planned...1 min read
GOP Senator Faces Independent Ethics Complaint For Violent Threats July 1, 2019A Portland law firm contracted by the state issued a memo to the Legislature recommending they ban Sen....1 min read
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Oregon Warns Beachgoers: Stay Away From The Water June 30, 2019UPDATE, July 1, 2019,9:44 p.m. – Warnings for two of the effected beaches have now been lifted, Seal...1 min read
City Press Release: Summer Road Work on Kings & 9th June 30, 2019From the city’s website: Summer Resurfacing and Safety Improvements on Kings Boulevard and 9th Street The City of...1 min read
Republican Walkout Ends, GOP To Return For Final 48 Hours June 29, 2019Oregon Republican Senators announced they will return to Salem on Saturday, June 29, after successfully “[killing] cap and...1 min read
Jordan Cove Pipeline Hearings Draw Crowds June 29, 2019Hearings on the proposed Jordan Cove LNG pipeline held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) were conducted...1 min read
Wyden Threatens To Release Khashoggi Report June 28, 2019U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) announced on Monday, June 24 that he and a group of other Senators...1 min read
Head of Oregon Child Welfare Office Abruptly Resigns June 28, 2019Marilyn Jones, head of the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare division, resigned effective immediately on Wednesday,...1 min read
VA Pushes Oregon Rep. To Drop Veteran Access To Medical Marijuana June 27, 2019Oregon’s U.S. House Representative Earl Blumenauer (D) announced he would retract a proposed amendment that would have allowed...1 min read
Oregon Professor Exposed Conditions Of Detained Migrant Children June 27, 2019Warren Binford, a professor of law at Willamette University, was one of the inspectors who turned whistleblower over...1 min read
Wildfire Risk: Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke June 26, 2019Wildfires in the western U.S. pose a multitude of risks to the people and environments along with the...1 min read
Democrats Kill Cap & Trade, Beg Republicans To Return June 26, 2019Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) delivered a short speech to the incomplete legislative assembly on Tuesday, telling them...1 min read
Public Meetings In Corvallis: New Homelessness Council, Van Buren Bridge June 25, 2019Two meetings will be held in Corvallis on Thursday, June 26 about various city issues. In the afternoon...1 min read
Human Services Contacting 645,000 Affected By Data Breach June 25, 2019The Oregon Department of Human Services disclosed on Tuesday, June 18 that it would soon be notifying about...1 min read
Dutch Bros. Axes Support for Carbon Cap Bill June 24, 2019Dutch Bros., the Grants Pass-based coffee chain with 320 locations, six of them in Corvallis, has announced they’re pulling...1 min read