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Hotel and travel marketing groups oppose a House bill that would let public dollars earmarked for tourism promotion be diverted to pay for increased burdens on public safety and roads.

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon is urging Gov. Tina Kotek to slow walk a request from Willamette Falls Trust for up to $75 million in state funding to buy land near the falls.

The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thuy Tran (D-Portland) and Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D-Portland), passed the Senate last week on a 28-1 vote.

Lawmakers advance a proposed budget with a nearly 75% reduction in funds for preventing eviction and homelessness.

Senate Bill 1098 would add extra protections to school library books at risk of removal.

A surprising vote on the Oregon Senate floor Tuesday morning saw four Democrats join with Republicans to reject Senate Bill 916, the controversial bill that would have allowed striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after two weeks.

Lawmakers made changes in response to pushback from stores and their neighbors fed up with collateral damage from Oregon’s iconic environmental measure.

The Portland pediatrician introduced a bill that would increase compensation for her and other primary care providers.

Trip venues are closing, raising questions about how to fund the shroom bureaucracy.

Lawmakers’ limited authority of such quasi-public agencies—all of which depend on a tax of some sort granted to them by the Legislature and the governor—has come into sharp focus.

The ballot title is now subject to challenge by anyone who objects to the title’s wording between now and June 2.

But nobody’s minding the state agency that promotes Oregon tourism.

Brad Martin, who has served as director of the Democratic Party of Oregon for the past 12 years, is moving onward.

While the timing appeared sudden, it came five weeks after the Oregon Journalism Project first contacted Travel Oregon about an investigation.

Hoping to generate revenue for a transportation funding package, lawmakers revisit a concept that caused two previous Republican walkouts.