Jeff Mapes
Senior Political Reporter | OPBJeff Mapes is a senior political reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Previously, Jeff covered state and national politics for The Oregonian for nearly 32 years. He has covered numerous presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and ballot measure campaigns, as well as many sessions of the Legislature, stretching back to 1985. Jeff graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in journalism.
An avid bike commuter, Jeff is the author of the 2009 book, Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities.
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Lawmakers pushed a decision on buying personal protective equipment to next week's special session. -
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum seeks emergency stay from Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagen to block an initiative petition on congressional and legislative redistricting from going to voters.
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Rep. Peter DeFazio, the dean of Oregon's House delegation, has long represented a deeply divided district in the southwest corner of the state. But a Roseburg Republican is giving him a challenge.
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The Freedom Foundation is questioning both the regulatory process for the mandate and whether it violates the constitutional rights of Oregonians.
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The legislation is aimed at halting many of the tactics used by federal officers sent to Portland to confront demonstrators.
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A federal judge in Eugene opened the door to placing an anti-gerrymandering measure on the Oregon ballot in November even though backers of the initiative failed to gather the number of signatures normally needed to qualify.
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An initiative to allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin in Oregon has qualified for the November ballot.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley led the Oregon delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 2016. This year they are stepping aside in favor of two black party leaders from the Portland area.
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More than 1.3 million Oregonians cast ballots in the May 19 primary. Because of the state's system of mail-based voting, elections here were relatively unaffected by the pandemic.
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Oregon state Supreme Court justices showed little overt support for overturning legislation that trimmed public employee pensions in the state.
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A lobbyist for police unions in Oregon said the donations to Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, had nothing to do with police accountability issues.
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Initiative backers are turning to mail and internet petitioning while battling critics allied with Oregon's Democratic political leaders.
