Bill Would Make It Legal to Hail a Lyft and Uber Anywhere in Oregon, While Taking Regulations Out of Portland’s Hands Law would not allow Portland regulations, but would adopt key Portland safety regulations statewide.
House Speaker Tina Kotek Demotes Two Oregon Lawmakers for Their Rude Remarks Kotek explained her decisions as part of an effort to change Salem’s culture following a sexual harassment scandal.
After Public Fiasco, Oregon Lawmakers Want to Make Sexual Harassment Complaints Confidential The Legislature’s attempt to fix its sexual harassment reporting process is off to a rough start.
Murmurs: Legislative Harassment Leads to Two Lawsuits In other news: Developers beef over the original Paranoid Park.
Oregon Lawmakers Are Pushing for Dense Housing on Portland’s Transit Lines The new bill goes even further than the bill banning single-family zoning.
Jeff Merkley Worries Republicans Could Target His Senate Seat If He Runs for President Merkley seems to have more faith in Oregon Republicans than about anyone else.
Labor Commissioner Issues Damning Final Report On Sexual Harassment in Oregon Capitol Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian releases a damning investigation into sexual harassment at the Legislature on his way out of office.
Thousands Still Stuck on Columbia River Gorge Highway in a 20-Mile-Long Ice Jam Some have gone without food, water, or bathroom breaks since the jam started on Interstate 84 some 16 hours ago.
Portland Leaves the Joint Terrorism Task Force Again, Becoming Second U.S. City to Cut Ties The move makes Portland the second city to cut ties with an FBI task force, after San Francisco left its JTTF in 2017.
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