SOUTHERN OREGON – Medford State Representative Kim Wallan announced Thursday she will seek reelection next year. The Republican was first elected to the legislature in 2018. In this year’s session, she served as vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) – As a walkout led by Oregon Senate Republicans drags on, grinding legislative business in the chamber to a halt, there’s an increasing risk that hundreds of bills — many of them broadly ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon Democrats want to change the state constitution to ensure the right to abortion, the right to same-sex marriage and gender-affirming care. Despite Oregon’s already-strong protections and laws in these areas. Advocates say ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s 82nd Legislative Assembly is about to get underway, kicking off a nearly six-month legislative session that aims to tackle some of the state’s biggest ongoing challenges. One of the biggest changes ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, Ore. – There is a lot riding on tonight’s results for both Republicans and Democrats. With one race in Southern Oregon, that potentially, could end a “supermajority” for Democrats in the state senate. For the last four years, ...
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – Both candidates for the Oregon House of Representatives District 56 faced off in Eagle Point on October 23rd. Just 16 days before election day. Republican candidate Emily McIntire and Democratic candidate Jonathan Chenjeri made their ...
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon house votes to expel Representative Mike Nearman. The Republican legislator from Independence, Oregon appeared to intentionally let a group of protesters into the locked Capitol building in December. This makes State Representative Nearman the first ...
SALEM, Ore.- Today, the Oregon House advanced legislation to increase police officer accountability. It’s part of a series of bills just passed in the House aimed at criminal justice reform. House bill 2929 requires officers who witness misconduct or minimum ...
SALEM, Ore.- When Governor Kate Brown called a long-anticipated special session, the one-day limit put pressure on law makers to take action. “When the governor decided not to call a session where we could all operate completely remotely, it was ...
SALEM, Ore. — With Oregon’s legislative short session adjourning yesterday, many bills effectively died on the floor. This comes after subpoenaed republicans didn’t show up to work in the second week of their walkout over the controversial cap and trade ...