Tina Kotek

The development comes after a Republican-led campaign delayed key tax increases in the bill.

The remarks came during annual Oregon Leadership Summit aimed at hearing from business leaders along the state.

The Democrat cited President Trump in her campaign launch, saying "Oregon values are on the line."

The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027.

Earlier on Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced the Oregon guard troops would be demobilized. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put that on pause just over an hour later.

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

Oregon is among the states that provided full SNAP benefits on Friday. Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that Oregonians will still be able to use SNAP benefits they already recieved.

The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that people who receive SNAP food assistance would receive 100% of their November benefits on Friday.

Gov. Tina Kotek announced she’s sending $5 million in state funding to food banks on Wednesday as Oregon braces for a cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expected at the start of November.

Each day Kotek waits gives opponents less time to send tax hikes to voters.

The Klamath Tribes walked out of an intergovernmental summit this week over what they say are issues that the state of Oregon has failed to address.