Oregon lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday morning for their first special session since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, the legislature was expected to convene in special…
Category: The Takeaway
Oregon’s State Economists Forecast $2.7 Billion Budget Shortfall
Today, state economists with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released their quarterly economic outlook and revenue forecast for June 2020. This forecast is the initial assessment of the overwhelming…
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
The parliamentary clock was ticking as the legislature entered its final week of the session and the second week of the Republican boycott over the cap-and-trade measure. Oregon’s constitution requires…
Clock is Ticking for the Session
Only nine days remain in the legislative session and it may as well be the beginning or, perhaps, the end. The legislature has only enacted three measures for the session,…
Legislature Moves the Goal Post
The politics of the cap-and-trade debate has reverberated throughout the capitol for weeks, influencing decisions on virtually every measure introduced for the session, and the drama is showing no signs…