Rep. Mitch Greenlick Cut a Backroom Deal to Reduce Oregon Death Penalty Sentences

He traded a PERS vote to get it.

Oregonians Will Receive a Minimum Wage Increase On July 1

A 50 cent per hour minimum wage hike is coming July 1.

Oregon Voters Could Decide Next Year Whether to Hike Taxes on Cigarettes

House Bill 2770 would raise the taxes on cigarettes from $1.33 a pack to $3.33 a pack.

Lawmakers Ponder Shrinking Oregon’s Wetlands

Spring Forward? Fall Back? Forget About It: Daylight Saving Time Could Be Year-Round in Oregon by 2021

State lawmakers Thursday approved a bill to abolish time changes in Oregon and keep daylight saving time year-round, Oregon Public Broadcasting first reported.

Who’s Afraid of Patty Butterfield? She’s 73 Years Old. Oregon’s Governor Hasn’t Set Her Free.

Oregon politicians want to reduce minimum sentences. But the governor rarely uses her authority to shorten inmates’ prison time.

Oregon Legislature Passes Bill Banning the Texting of Sexually Explicit Images Without Consent

The Oregon Senate today approved a bill aimed at cracking down on the spread of “revenge porn.”

Stimson Lumber Announces It’s Pulling Timber Jobs Out of Oregon, in Rebuke to New Taxes and Carbon Caps

The company’s CEO, Andrew Miller, has long bridled at Democratic tax and environmental policies.