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The federal government is proposing to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on the Oregon-Nevada border and it’s giving the public scant time to respond. The U.S. Bureau of Land ...
A seemingly innocuous bill to revise the definition of acupuncture that was proposed by Gov. Tina Kotek on behalf of the Oregon Medical Board ignited controversy because of a term the governor and ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation on Monday re-criminalizing the possession of certain drugs roughly three years after the state became the first in the nation to decriminalize the ...
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.
A bill that would allow Oregon’s governor, rather than the state Board of Forestry, to choose the State Forester passed out of committee June 11.
Monkey Cage Tina Kotek was elected governor of Oregon, thanks to these 3 factors After an unexpectedly tight race, Oregon’s streak of Democratic governors continues.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that nine days of negotiations with state Senate Republican leadership in an attempt to end the longest walkout by lawmakers in state history had reached an ...
Liberal Democrat Tina Kotek unveiled measures to combat homelessness as she was sworn in as Oregon's governor.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tina Kotek, expected to be Oregon's next governor, addressed a crowd of supporters Thursday morning at the Salmon Street Springs in downtown Portland. She was met with long ...
In a wild governor’s race, an independent candidate is siphoning Democratic votes and a billionaire Nike co-founder is pouring in money — giving an anti-abortion Republican a path to victory.
Kotek, a former state House speaker, beat out Republican Christine Drazan, a former state lawmaker. The race was uncomfortably close for Democrats, who've held the governor's mansion for four decades.