by Ty Davison | Jun 29, 2025 | News & Commentary
Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Gov. Tina Kotek blamed Republicans for the state Legislature’s failure to pass a bill this session that would have provided enough funding for the...
by Ty Davison | May 28, 2025 | News & Commentary
\Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that retailers and restaurants can’t offer any form of plastic bags to customers at check out. That’s already true for most single-use plastic bags because of a bill lawmakers passed in 2019. But the law left open the...
by Ty Davison | May 1, 2025 | News & Commentary
A ban on book bans: Oregon bill would protect access to library materials • Oregon Capital Chronicle: The bill does not remove existing standards for determining if a book is appropriate, but it adds the additional requirement that a book cannot be excluded or removed...
by Ty Davison | Apr 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
Kotek fires head of troubled Oregon public defense agency • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Gov. Tina Kotek fired Jessica Kampfe, the head of the Oregon Public Defense Commission, on Thursday morning. The agency oversees indigent defense for thousands of people charged with...
by Ty Davison | Apr 14, 2025 | News & Commentary
SENTENCED TO THE SIDEWALK: One woman’s misery reveals flaws in Oregon commitments – Salem Reporter: A five-month Salem Reporter investigation found that Kayser’s death was the inevitable conclusion of a statewide mental health system forged under the idea that...
