Author: Mike Benner (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon state legislators officially wrapped up the 82nd legislative session on Sunday. “I’m not sure if I’ll be able to remember this session tomorrow,” said Senate President Rob Wagner. “I’m so exhausted ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A new policy adopted by the U.S. government attempts to censure foreign officials who have assisted fugitives in escaping justice. The “Fallon Smart Policy” draws its name from a Portland teenager whose family ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Tim Gordon (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Two bills that stood at the center of a six-week Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate that ended last week passed the legislature on Wednesday, ensuring that they will go to ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregonians may soon be allowed to pump their own gas across the state after a self-service gas bill passed in the state Senate with bipartisan support, 16-9, on Wednesday. The bill passed in ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon Senate on Tuesday approved a bill meant to finally address the state’s overburdened public defender system, a systemic problem that only became more acute coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
(CNN) President Biden’s son, Hunter, will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and reached a deal with federal prosecutors on a felony gun possession charge. That’s according to a Tuesday court filing from the Department of Justice. The DOJ is ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Thursday saw the end of a six-week walkout, the longest in state history, that ground business in the Oregon Senate to a halt. Enough Republican senators showed up in the chamber that ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court handed a major win to Native Americans Thursday by rejecting a challenge to a federal law aimed at protecting children and buttressing tribal identity. In a 7-2 vote, the court turned away a series ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Business is resuming on the Oregon Senate floor Thursday for the first time in six weeks, marking the end of the longest legislative walkout in state history. After taking roll call, the Oregon ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The S&P 500 index entered bull market territory last week which means it hit a 20% rally from the low it fell to in October. This may be an especially sunny month for Wall Street and ...