The collegiality between the parties has been a pleasant change of pace from previous sessions, where the parties started on a collision course.

With new members and leadership, Oregon lawmakers are reviving a series of proposals that came up short in previous sessions, including campaign finance limits and self-serve gas, suggesting lawmakers believe they have a better chance of success this time around.

Despite only meeting for three days this week, the legislature still covered a lot of ground on housing, semiconductors, and the trajectory of tax and fiscal politics.

Housing and semiconductors are unequivocally the talk of the town. Still, the legislature cannot sit idly waiting for those issues to get out of the way.

Lawmakers have spent a lot of time talking about semiconductors, but there is another category of chips at play this session—bargaining chips.