Shaanth Nanguneri

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no current plans to build new detention facilities or expand existing ICE locations in the state of Oregon, a top ICE official said, tempering months of speculation that a new facility could be coming to the Oregon Coast.

Two Republican state representatives missed roughly half of the 183 floor votes House members took at the Capitol in Salem.

Although other states are passing and weighing legislation to try to prevent immigration agents from wearing masks, Oregon lawmakers took a unique approach.

Sen. David Brock Smith, R-Port Orford, faces an uphill battle should he win the nomination and challenge U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley.

Oregon tenants whose landlords leak confidential information such as their immigration status or medical records could soon have a pathway to collect up to twice their monthly rent as a form of recourse.

The legislation comes as the Oregon Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold the 2022 voter-approved gun control law.

There have been multiple examples of threats that lawmakers and local officials have faced in Oregon and nationwide, including a recent bomb threat against three state legislators

The potential scenarios the legislation could lead to involve armed conflict between different troops or court challenges, according to legislative counsel.

The Monday announcement came with few specific policy proposals from Dudley’s campaign.

The idea comes as a result of a legislative workgroup convened last year to study the issue of inappropriate usage of automated license plate recognition software employed by law enforcement agencies in Oregon and nationwide.

Lawmakers around the nation are considering such measures amid a murky legal territory

But a leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called the research “disconnected from reality and tone deaf.”