Month: March 2021

The legislature planned to start ramping up floor activities this week as the committees advance measures ahead of the chamber of origin deadline. The Oregon House planned for morning and…

State lawmakers were slow to advance measures from policy committees during the initial weeks of the session as the legislature acclimated to the mostly virtual session. Now, under the mounting…

Although lawmakers are only eight weeks into their legislative session, tensions over the closure of the capitol and the virtual nature of the session are just beginning to leave their…

Oregon lawmakers spent the first seven weeks of the session mostly in virtual committee rooms exploring a wide range of sweeping policy. This far into the session, the legislature has…