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Anna Lueck/OPBAfter years of criticizing the practice of turning in ballots on behalf of sympathetic voters, GOP leaders are beginning to see it as a tool they can use to help boost the party's candidates. -
Anna King/Northwest Public BroadcastingRanchers in Eastern Oregon and other parts of the inland Northwest say policies of the Trump Administration have made it harder to make a living raising beef. Despite those frustrations, some ranchers say it won't be enough to stop them from voting with the Republican party in the midterms.
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Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big healthcare costs and, he argued, strain taxpayer funds. -
Programs like SNAP and Medicaid are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts. It’s unclear how state leaders will fill the gap. -
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, who was first elected in 2008, is viewed as having a generally safe seat since Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican U.S. senator since 2002. -
But Bethell is certain she could run the state better than the other GOP candidates and square off with Democrat Gov. Tina Kotek -
The former Trail Blazer is running for governor again a decade and a half after losing to John Kitzhaber. -
The four top contenders vying for the Republican party’s nomination answered questions about the economy, education, the environment and public safety. -
The first debate between the candidates is scheduled for Thursday. -
The California Republican Party failed to endorse a candidate for governor, demonstrating that Trump’s influence only goes so far in California, even among his party’s most faithful. -
The news comes as a Democratic representative stepped down from his position on the legislature’s conduct committee a week after being accused of creating a hostile working environment. -
The Monday announcement came with few specific policy proposals from Dudley’s campaign. -
In recent years, California Republicans wielded far more influence in Congress than in the state Legislature, thanks to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But since his ouster, and now under Prop. 50 maps, the GOP is increasingly isolated. -
Congress remains gridlocked as federal lawmakers jockey over changes to health insurance policy that could affect nearly 140,000 Oregonians.
