Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at least two decades. Some made it to the finish line and just became law.
As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years they asked all state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their legislatively approved budgets.
The more than one in six Oregonians who rely on federal food assistance will have fully-funded benefits for November, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Friday.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians under the federal government’s ongoing shutdown.
