SALEM, Ore.– Oregon Democratic lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to express their frustrations with the Republican Senate walkouts. Senate Republicans are entering their fifth straight week of walkouts, with seemingly no end in sight. This is also the fifth ...
Author: Kale Williams (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Hundreds of bills remain stuck in legislative limbo as a Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate stretches into its fifth week. Among the stalled bills are several pieces of high-priority environmental legislation ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), Evan Watson, KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon Senate Republicans are pledging to end their walkout on June 25, the constitutionally mandated final day of the current legislative session, in order to pass “substantially bipartisan ...
SALEM, Ore.– Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they plan to return to the Senate on the very last day of the legislative session. The walkout is currently is now in its 15th day Tuesday. Now, Republicans are announcing they won’t return ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Equal Rights Amendment has failed to advance in the Senate. The resolution to remove the deadline for ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution failed in the Senate Thursday 51 to 47. Although it ...
SALEM, Ore.– A new bill that’s already passed through the senate wants to make sure shortened school days are not used too often for students with disabilities. State Senator Cedric Hayden said across the state, he’s seen data that shows ...
SALEM, Ore.– The state senate committee for wildfire prevention is working on a bill that would bar insurance companies from raising premiums based on wildfire risk maps. State Senator Jeff Golden says insurance companies make their own wildfire risk maps, ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have introduced legislation to support farmers and ranchers, in the Klamath Basin. The Klamath Basin has been experiencing high levels of drought for the past couple of years, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Having passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill on Thursday, the Senate has wrapped up its work for the year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will “wait” to meet with the new House Majority Leader after ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema reportedly plans to leave the Democratic Party and register as an Independent. Sinema announced her decision Friday morning on social media saying in part, “I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans ...