Portland Awaits Federal Troop Deployment
Effort to disrupt Trump’s plan to militarize the Oregon National Guard gets its day in court Friday.
Tina Kotek
Port Commission Agrees To Terminal 6 Lease
Container service will remain at the shipping facility thanks to a new long-term agreement with private operator Harbor Industrial.
Oregon House Passes Transportation Package
A $290 million proposal containing several tax increases now heads to the Senate for approval.
Knights Pledge $2B To Cancer Research
OHSU calls it the largest single private donation in higher ed in U.S. history.
Ball Corp. Confirms: Millersburg Gets Can Factory
Gov. Kotek: Facility will add 100 jobs, open next year.
Legislature Approves Bills Boosting Electric Grid
HB 3336 mandates upgrades to Oregon’s transmission system; HB 3681 is intended to clean up the state’s permitting system for new energy projects.
In Conversation: Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read
Read all about it: The Democratic lawmaker on accountability, being perfect and ‘solutions in search of problems.’
Bill Providing Unemployment Checks To Striking Workers Passes After Wild Ride Through Legislature
SB 916 now heads to Gov. Kotek, who indicates she’ll sign the controversial bill, which makes Oregon the first state to provide unemployment benefits to public as well as private workers.
Oregon Legislature Approves Bill to Restrict Private-Equity Medical Deals
Legislators pass toughest-in-the-nation restrictions on investor control of health care practices.