Oregon lawmakers convened in a marathon one-day special session yesterday to address a mounting budget deficit created by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing economic crisis.
Category: The Takeaway
Lawmakers Address Coronavirus Response & Police Accountability in Special Session
Oregon lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday morning for their first special session since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. In many ways, this limited-scope special session was a…
Oregon’s State Economists Forecast $2.7 Billion Budget Shortfall
The forecast is the initial assessment of the overwhelming disruption of the novel coronavirus on the state’s economy and budget, and the outlook of the recovery as lawmakers begin responding…
Lawmakers Begin Preparing Oregon’s Response to Coronavirus
Like many states throughout the country, the coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on Oregon and its people. Within the last week, the governor has ordered strict social distancing policies to…
Leadership Pulls the Ripcord, Adjourns Session
In an extraordinary move on Thursday afternoon, Speaker Kotek and President Courtney announced the session was “functionally over” because the parties were not able to overcome the impasse. The abrupt…
Clock is Ticking for the Session
Lawmakers have been on a collision course for several weeks now—scheduling, postponing, and rescheduling the cap-and-trade measure—and it was only a matter of time for the mounting pressure in the…