Tag: Oregon State Legislative Assembly
Aide to expelled Oregon lawmaker appointed to fill his seat
SALEM, Ore. — Commissioners from four Oregon counties have appointed an aide to former state Rep. Mike Nearman to fill the seat left open...
Committee weighs GOP lawmaker role in Oregon Capitol breach
SALEM, Ore. — A half-year after a Republican legislator let violent, far-right protesters into the Oregon State Capitol, a special committee will examine his...
Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion in assault on state Capitol
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek wants to expel a lawmaker who allowed violent protesters into the state Capitol in December. The...
GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID
SALEM, Ore. — A Republican state lawmaker who authorities say let violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December says he is ill with...
Oregon ensures safe storage of guns; bans them from Capitol
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would mandate safe storage of guns and ban them from the state Capitol....
Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
PORTLAND, Ore. — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a...
Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US
SALEM, Ore. — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in...
Rare bipartisanship: Police reform bills advance in Oregon
SALEM, Oregon — Republicans and Democrats on the Oregon House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved almost a dozen bills on police reform, a rare show...
Oregon Democrats decry legislative slowdown during COVID
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's House of Representatives returned to the Capitol this week after floor sessions had been cancelled due to multiple COVID-19 cases,...
In Oregon, Democrats seek to end GOP boycotts of Legislature
SALEM, Ore. — Walkouts by Republicans in Oregon's Legislature have become so frequent, with GOP lawmakers torpedoing progressive legislation, that Democrats want to sanction...