Politics

The Act makes laws about unpaid wages for workers who work on construction projects. Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier.

HB3362 seeks to impose a 4 percent excise tax on all new tire purchases in Oregon for the purpose of rail transit, tire pollution and wildlife crossing. No comments from the sponsors of the bill were posted

Permits an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age and registered to vote to cast a ballot in school district elections

A bill has been introduced  in Salem that seeks to create a task force to study whether or not the state is complicit in denying civil rights and opportunities to African Americans.

"I want to be your voice," she would say.  "Help me help you.  It's your community and together we can do this."

As of first report from Election Division at 8p.m. with approximately 90 percent of votes cast counted.

A countywide group of conservatives on March 9 basked in the afterglow of a series of events that drew headlines as well as the ire of some local progressives.

Press release 4/1/24: "Today, the Governor signed into law HB 4002 A, a bill reversing much of Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment in response to...

The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee has scheduled a series of public hearings on the state budget. Members of the public will...

The Capitol is open, and session has begun! Bills are already flowing to committees.