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A federal magistrate has ordered that former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown can be deposed in a class-action lawsuit, specifically regarding her role in how the state responded to the coronavirus pandemic inside its prisons. The litigation, first filed in April 2020, represents a massive financial liability for the state.
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Gov. Tina Kotek takes office, pledging to ramp up the building of new homes and forge connections with people across the state
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After leading Oregon through nonstop crises, Gov. Kate Brown leaves office with a complicated legacyBrown’s supporters believe history will judge her kindly; that she’ll be remembered for offering a steady hand during a time of crisis. Someone who could collaborate and listen, a person that didn’t obsess about who would get the credit. But with the outgoing incumbent, perception and reality have not always aligned.
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When Kate Brown leaves office, she will have appointed every justice on the state’s highest court. She also announced other judicial appointments Wednesday.
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Officials cut the ribbon Thursday on a new intermodal rail terminal near Albany. Advocates said it could take hundreds of trucks off I-5 each day.
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In her final weeks in office, Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of those on death row and dismantling the state execution chamber in an effort to effectively end capital punishment in Oregon.
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Gov. Kate Brown says she and her husband tested positive after returning from a trip to Vietnam.
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Allen oversaw OHA's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift in focus to ending health inequalities. On the campaign trail, Governor-elect Tina Kotek had said she’d fire him over the state's troubled behavioral and mental health system.
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Oregon could be headed into a recession next year. That prediction was made Wednesday during a quarterly economist forecast to state lawmakers.
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Republicans have struggled for any power in recent years, but a rising frustration over inflation and homelessness have Democrats worried.
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Oregon Governor Kate Brown was briefed on the Cedar Creek Fire today, at the incident command post near Oakridge.
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During a visit to Bend on Tuesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown ceremonially signed a bill that will increase the amount the state pays to subsidize daycare for low-income working parents.