Dirk VanderHart
Reporter | Oregon State Capitol Correspondent-
A newly released budget forecast predicts tax revenues will be nearly $3 billion less than anticipated. Lawmakers warn tough choices loom. -
Executive orders mandating business closures and enforcing social distancing throughout Oregon will remain in place while the Oregon Supreme Court takes up legal challenges to Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency authority.
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The ruling puts an end, for now, to more than 20 executive orders that have limited business operations and large gatherings in the state. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown plans to appeal the ruling.
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Oregon is preparing to approve $400 million in aid to local governments. Cities say there are too many strings attached.
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Bracing for a brutal budget forecast next week, Oregon state agencies are floating an array of potential spending cuts that, if approved, would lay waste to many basic services.
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Top Democrats in Oregon have joined like-minded leaders in California, Washington and two other Western states to call on Congress to funnel an additional $1 trillion to state and local governments battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Oregon’s grand reopening now has a date. Maybe.
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Rep. Diego Hernandez must give notice before entering the Capitol, and has been directed not to contact complainants.
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Oregon's directives for reopening could include having your temperature taken and providing contact information when patronizing a business.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is ordering state agencies to plan for nearly $2 billion in budget cuts, as she prepares for a potentially devastating blow to the state’s finances.
