Oregon Legislature

Kotek opens door to more pension cuts - 5/16/2013
SALEM — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek on Wednesday backed off her refusal to allow steeper cuts to public-employee retirement benefits,...
State budget projection to sharpen negotiations - 5/13/2013
SALEM — Discussions about funding for schools, safety-net programs, and all the other functions of state government will take a big step...
Esquivel files to kill new driver's licence law - 5/10/2013
SALEM — Medford state representative Sal Esquivel and a fellow GOP legislator want voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that allows...
Bill to allow cougar, bear hunting with dogs may get Senate hearing - 5/10/2013
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Bill would give break for some young sex offenders - 5/9/2013
SALEM — Some young offenders convicted of having sex with underage partners would be able to request the crime be removed from their records...
Senate bill would force companies to remove their wave-energy buoys - 4/30/2013
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers don't want the state to get stuck with the bill if a wave-energy company installs equipment offshore and then goes...
State House backs stiffer timber-protest penalties - 4/30/2013
SALEM — The Oregon House has passed two bills targeting protesters who chain themselves to machinery or block roads to interfere with logging...
What to watch for this week in the Oregon Legislature - 4/29/2013
SALEM — Here are four things to watch this week in the Oregon Legislature:
PERS: Are lawmakers too much a part of it for a fair vote? - 4/24/2013
SALEM — Oregon House members will vote today on a Democratic plan to cut inflation adjustments in pension checks for retired government workers...
State Senate OKs immigrant driver's license bill - 4/24/2013
SALEM — The Oregon Senate approved a proposal on Tuesday to grant short-term driver's licenses to people living in the country illegally...
Immigrant driver's license bill heads to Senate - 4/20/2013
SALEM — More than 84,000 immigrants and others could take advantage of a program that would grant four-year Oregon driver's licenses to people...
Senate panel advances gun control package - 4/19/2013
SALEM — Legislative efforts to tighten gun control in Oregon cleared an important hurdle Thursday when a Senate committee approved a package of...
Panel hears testimony on minimum sentencing bill - 4/4/2013
SALEM — An Oregon legislative committee heard testimony from the public Wednesday on legislation that would scale back the state's mandatory...
Lawmakers seek reform of 2011 law - 4/1/2013
SALEM — Two years after the Oregon Legislature passed an open enrollment law allowing kids to attend schools outside their home districts, some...
Oregon Legislature could alter mascot ban - 3/31/2013
SALEM — The state Board of Education's decision to ban American Indian mascots is less than a year old but attempts are already being made to...
Oregon takes up gun-control bills next week - 3/30/2013
SALEM — The Oregon Legislature plans to take up gun-control legislation next week, when a Senate committee is set to hear public testimony on...
Liquid assets for the state? - 3/28/2013
An Oregon Senate bill that proposes a first-ever annual fee on water rights is all wet, say some local legislators.
Workers and retirees slam proposed Oregon pension cuts - 3/28/2013
SALEM — Retired and active government employees slammed a proposal to cut their pension benefits, telling Oregon lawmakers Wednesday that the...
Oregon bike advocates oppose helmet law - 3/26/2013
SALEM — An Oregon lawmaker is proposing legislation to raise the age requirement for helmets on young bicyclists, but the bill is drawing...
Democrats unveil their PERS cut plan - 3/26/2013
SALEM — Oregon Democrats on Monday unveiled the details of their proposed cuts in pensions for retired government workers, leaning hardest on...