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Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek
Published: June 10, 2025 00:21
Corporate investors hoping to take over local health care facilities in Oregon could soon face one of the hardest markets nationwide. Senate Bill 951, which was quietly signed into law by Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday, sets the strongest regulations on…
Oregon ‘freedom to read’ library bill heads to governor’s desk
Published: June 9, 2025 23:10
A bill to protect access to school library books that discuss different religions, sexualities, disabilities and a number of other topics, and to ensure they are not banned on the basis of those themes, is headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk, where she’s…
Former school superintendent, nurse from King City tapped for vacant House District 26 seat
Published: June 9, 2025 19:31
UPDATED at 1:08 p.m. with statement from the House majority leader. After nearly a month without representation in the Oregon House, Oregonians in Clackamas, Washington and Yamhill counties have a new state representative: former nurse and school district…
Long-thwarted efforts to sell public lands see new life under Trump
Published: June 9, 2025 13:00
Public outcry was swift and forceful after a U.S. House committee last month hastily approved an amendment directing the federal government to sell off more than half a million acres of public land. A few days later, lawmakers advanced the larger bill — a…
‘How we ended up here’: Authors on effects of abortion bans
Published: June 7, 2025 13:36
During the pandemic, when many people were reevaluating their life goals, Colleen Long texted her childhood best friend and fellow journalist Rebecca Little to see if, together, they could write a relatable, even funny, book about pregnancy loss. “My…
In major reversal, Kotek seeks return of fugitive suspected of targeting Asian Oregonians
Published: June 6, 2025 23:03
Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday said she’s ordered the extradition of a suspected member of a multi-state burglary ring who allegedly targeted Asian households throughout the Eugene area and fled to Texas, averting some of the blowback she faced for rejecting…
Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned, clueless
Published: June 6, 2025 20:46
UPDATED at 3:43 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025. While Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation expressed alarm at the sudden resignation of the leader of the state’s only national park, the Republican who has the park in his district declined…
U.S. Senate GOP will try to drag Trump’s mega-bill across the finish line
Published: June 6, 2025 19:33
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republican Leader John Thune will spend a crucial next few weeks working behind the scenes with other top GOP senators to reshape the party’s “big beautiful bill” — a balancing test accompanied in recent days by incendiary…
Oregon schools get some relief from rising retirement costs amid tough budget season
Published: June 6, 2025 12:18
The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, known as PERS, has announced a reduction in pension contribution rates for K-12 school districts.
Bill to protect residential electricity customers from subsidizing data center demand moves forward
Published: June 5, 2025 22:34
Oregon is close to ensuring data center owners pay what they owe for their growth following several years of painful residential electricity hikes driven in part by rising energy demand from the facilities. House Bill 3546, also called the POWER Act,…
Walz says Trump administration is ghosting states, leaving government vulnerable in crisis
Published: June 5, 2025 21:25
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday said that communication between states and the federal government under the second Trump administration “is nonexistent."
Congressional Hispanic Caucus to keep pressure on immigration detention following arrests
Published: June 5, 2025 20:04
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pledged Thursday to make more visits to immigration detention centers across the country to carry out oversight of the Trump administration’s crackdown. The members detailed their visits to various…
Oregon to receive $66 million from Sackler family in national opioid settlement
Published: June 5, 2025 17:57
Oregon will receive $66 million to put toward programs to fight drug addiction after reaching a settlement with the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the settlement on Wednesday. It adds to the…
GOP tax and spending bill dings states that offer health care to some immigrants here legally
Published: June 5, 2025 17:00
The Republican budget bill the U.S. House approved last month includes a surprise for the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid: penalties for providing health care to some immigrants who are here legally. Along with punishing the 14 states that use their…
Trump issues travel ban on 12 countries
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Published: June 5, 2025 15:51
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a long-awaited “travel ban” late Wednesday to bar entry of nationals from a dozen countries and partially restrict entry for nationals from a smaller set of countries. Countries that will have a full ban are…
‘Get it done’: Advocates push Oregon lawmakers to fund services for victims of abuse
Published: June 5, 2025 13:00
Nonprofits that help survivors of sexual assault, and other crimes are urging Oregon lawmakers to maintain state funding for their jobs and the services they provide. As the Oregon Legislature juggles lower-than-anticipated revenue and the possibility of…
The unlikely sanctuaries: Republican Oregon counties make since-recalled Trump list
Published: June 5, 2025 12:42
If you were to imagine local places in this country that obstruct federal law, you might guess that map would look different depending on what kind of administration — Republican or Democratic, liberal or conservative — is in power in Washington. The Trump…
Progressive Democrats unveil plan for transportation funding driven by doubling of gas tax
Published: June 5, 2025 00:57
A group of progressive Democrats is proposing doubling the gas tax over the next seven years to help pay for overdue upgrades to roads, bridges, public transit and to help accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and buses. Republicans say it would…
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure
Published: June 4, 2025 23:51
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld a lower court’s order requiring the U.S. Education Department to reinstate more than 1,300 fired employees and blocking an executive order to dismantle the department and a directive to transfer…
Trump tariffs would lower deficit but slow U.S. economic growth, nonpartisan CBO finds
Published: June 4, 2025 23:19
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s tariffs would decrease the deficit over the next decade but overall shrink the U.S. economy and raise costs for consumers, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Wednesday. Tariffs are paid to the…
Oregon workers could soon claim strike payments under bill passed by House
Published: June 4, 2025 22:20
Oregon could soon become the first state in the nation to extend unemployment benefits to most striking workers. House lawmakers passed Senate Bill 916 Wednesday in a 33-23 vote along party lines with one dissenting Democrat, a decision that followed an…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: ‘We are a whisper away from Jim Crow’
Published: June 4, 2025 21:24
When President Donald Trump’s performance in the polls in 2024 signaled a possible re-election, Keith Ellison and fellow Democratic attorneys general read Project 2025 and started getting ready, especially when Trump hired the key author of the planning…
Senior care, already challenged by pandemic and Boomers aging, needs Medicaid
Published: June 4, 2025 17:44
I have never been more worried about the future of long-term care in Oregon.
Trump-backed giant tax and spending bill bloats deficit by $2.4T, nonpartisan CBO says
Published: June 4, 2025 17:24
WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released detailed analysis Wednesday showing Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” would increase federal deficits by $2.4 trillion during the next decade. CBO projects that if enacted as written, the…
Republican tax bill could slash billions for Oregon Health Plan, state officials say
Published: June 4, 2025 13:00
A Republican tax bill passed in the U.S. House and headed for a vote in the Senate would slash billions in federal Medicaid funding across the country — leaving an outsized mark on states like Oregon that offer health care policies centered on inclusivity.…
Legislative lawyers clear state Sen. Lisa Reynolds over conflict of interest
Published: June 3, 2025 22:27
A Portland-area lawmaker facing scrutiny over a bill she wrote that could benefit her medical practice has been cleared by legislative lawyers of any potential conflict of interest. Oregon Sen. Lisa Reynolds, D-Portland, told the Capital Chronicle in an…
Senators object to Trump push to ax Education Department programs for low-income students
Published: June 3, 2025 21:49
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators from both parties pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate funding for key programs administered by the Education Department for disadvantaged and low-income…
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum
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Published: June 3, 2025 21:45
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a directive Tuesday doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum, marking another escalation in his on-and-off policy rocking global trade. Trump announced the increased levies to 50%, up from 25%, on steel and aluminum…
Oregon poised to join most other states allowing governor to appoint vacant U.S. Senate seats
Published: June 3, 2025 21:26
A bill allowing Oregon’s governor to appoint a U.S. senator for the state in the event of an unexpected vacancy is now a governor’s signature away from becoming law. In a 31-24 vote, lawmakers in the Oregon House Tuesday passed Senate Bill 952. The…
Trump wants Congress to slash $9.4B in spending now, defund NPR and PBS
Published: June 3, 2025 19:15
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to send its first spending cuts request to Congress on Tuesday, asking lawmakers to swiftly eliminate $9.4 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and various foreign aid programs. The…
Oregon Capital Chronicle wins three awards in multi-state northwest journalism contest
Published: June 3, 2025 17:16
Oregon Capital Chronicle senior reporter Alex Baumhardt swept the investigative category of the 2024 Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. The Capital Chronicle and Baumhardt won three total awards in the contest, which covered the best journalism of…
Slate of bills to modernize Oregon water laws await votes in final month of session
Published: June 3, 2025 13:00
In an effort to modernize and streamline how state officials allocate what’s left of Oregon’s ground and surface waters, lawmakers are considering a slate of bills meant to get resource agencies collaborating on permitting reform, data collection and…
Newly-appointed public defense head mounts effort to stem Oregon’s public defense pileup
Published: June 3, 2025 00:36
When Gov. Tina Kotek fired the head of Oregon’s embattled public defense commission in April, she gave its new director until June 1 to come up with a strategy to end the state’s ongoing public defender shortage. On Monday, Interim Executive Director Ken…
Oregon bill would reduce administrative burden for patients seeking physician assisted suicide
Published: June 2, 2025 23:44
Terminally ill people who want their doctors’ help in dying could do so twice as quickly under an Oregon bill that would cut the waiting period between asking for a lethal dose of medication from 15 days to seven. Oregon is one of 11 states and…
Homeland Security’s list of ‘sanctuary cities’ pulled down after sheriffs object
Published: June 2, 2025 21:07
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the weekend took down a public list of cities and jurisdictions that the Trump administration labeled as “sanctuary” cities, after a sharp rebuke from a group representing 3,000 sheriffs and local…
ACLU, Decoding Dyslexia join calls for state literacy grants to target highest needs schools
Published: June 2, 2025 13:00
Literacy and civil rights advocates are calling on Oregon legislators to add targeted investment and accountability targets to Gov. Tina Kotek’s bedrock literacy initiative or risk wasting it. House Bill 3040 would re-up funding for the Early Literacy…
Oregon Capital Chronicle adds Spanish-language articles with ‘Noticias en Español’ feature
Published: June 2, 2025 12:41
Para leer esta historia en español, haga clic aquí. The Capital Chronicle is launching a new feature this week: Noticias en Español, or Spanish translations of selected articles. It’s all thanks to reporter Mia Maldonado, a fluent Spanish speaker who for…
Welcome to the first fire-resistant neighborhood. Now what about the rest of California?
Published: May 31, 2025 13:00
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The homes in the half-built subdivision look a lot like all the others nestled up against the parched, shrubby hills of Escondido, north San Diego County. But look a little…
Oregon Sen. Lisa Reynolds mulls conflict of interest declaration after ethics report
Published: May 30, 2025 22:52
Oregon’s statewide ethics watchdog on Thursday referred a Portland-area lawmaker to the Legislature for clarity over whether a bill she authored that could benefit her medical practice raises a substantial conflict of interest. The Oregon Government…
Oregon governor requests federal funding to support aftermath of spring floods
Published: May 30, 2025 21:03
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday asked President Donald Trump to declare a disaster, the first step to obtaining federal funding to help Coos, Curry, Douglas and Harney counties recover from the aftermath of intense spring flooding and landslides. In March…
U.S. Supreme Court permits deportation of another half million migrants, for now
Published: May 30, 2025 19:20
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it will allow the Trump administration to remove deportation protections for more than 500,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who were given permission to temporarily remain and work in…
Republicans intensify opposition to capping bills per session in Oregon
Published: May 30, 2025 13:00
Despite bipartisan support for an Oregon bill limiting the amount of legislation a lawmaker can introduce every session, the measure has angered some prominent Republican lawmakers, who called it a partisan power grab during its first committee hearing. …