Oregon legislature

Oregon has two reserve funds meant to ensure state agencies and services remain whole and public school budgets aren’t throttled.

A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians.

Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees.

Republicans say they’ll insist voters get a say on new taxes in the Oregon transportation bill.

School districts across Oregon are already preparing for multimillion-dollar budget deficits next year. Rare mid-year reductions fueled by federal policy changes could add to that pain.

Even some Democrats are objecting as Kotek runs down the clock on the bill’s opponents.

This year’s star-crossed special legislative session was the longest — and priciest — in more than a decade.

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut is expected to decide Friday whether to temporarily block the president from deploying troops in Portland.

Oregon lawmakers held a hearing on President Trump’s order for the first time Tuesday

The proposal from Gov. Tina Kotek will hike gas taxes, registration fees and more.

The new reforms come at a time when Oregon’s annual minimum wage increase clocked in as the smallest rise in the past ten years.

The Beaver State has long prided itself on its two political parties finding common ground, but it is now lamenting the loss of centrist lawmakers.