Oregon governor

The governor’s announcement offered only hints of what a plan to fund roads might look like.

The Board of Forestry has long had the power to hire and fire the state forester. Then lawmakers passed a bill transferring that authority to the governor.

Gov. Tina Kotek warns of worsening fire conditions as summer continues.

‘We cannot ignore the rapid growth of AI in our lives,’ Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement Friday. The state is working with InnovateUS, a nonprofit organization that has partnered with government agencies to provide no-cost AI training for public sector employees.

The state’s Department of Justice calls a suit alleging Gov. Tina Kotek improperly withheld records relating to the state’s case against Coinbase ‘malicious.’

ODOT says 10 percent of state road workers will be out of a job by August.

Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz voted for the version of the reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May, but the version of the bill now awaiting a vote includes new cuts to Medicaid that were not in the House version of the bill.

Every Oregon school district will have to adopt a policy prohibiting student cellphone use by Oct. 31. The policies must be in full effect by 2026.

The “doors are open” on a new state office charged with meeting Gov. Tina Kotek’s goal of getting 36,000 new homes built in Oregon each year.

She says the state may begin layoffs next week.

Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing to skim some money off of the state’s “rainy day fund.”

Gov. Tina Kotek has signaled her support for potentially using some of the kicker or other one-time funding to invest in wildfire work across the state.