Oregon will receive $157 million from the federal government to help connect about 17,000 homes and businesses to the internet, the White House announced Wednesday.
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Oregon rent increases will be capped at 10% in 2024
Landlords subject to Oregon’s rent control law can increase rents 10% in 2024, the Department of Administrative Services announced Tuesday.
Push to change Measure 110 gains momentum and money
A coalition has filed ballot initiatives to prohibit hard drug use in public places and has $700,000 lined up from donors, including Phil Knight
Oregon emergency officials look to 2020 wildfires for lessons learned
State report makes recommendations to prepare Oregon for the next disaster, wildfire or otherwise
Secretary of state will disqualify legislators with 10 unexcused absences from running in 2024
The Oregon secretary of state said Tuesday that Republican state senators who had at least 10 unexcused absences during this year’s session will not be eligible to run in 2024. That number includes Banks’ State Senator Suzanne Weber.
Last of western Oregon tribes reach agreement to hunt, fish on ancestral lands without state permit
Members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde can now hunt and fish on tribal licenses in a greater area of their historic homelands, including areas near Banks.
New data breach affects 1.7 million Oregonians
Those affected are current or past members of the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid system
Oregon Gov. Kotek will let expanded self-serve gas become law, veto Salem transit and sex work studies
Gov. Tina Kotek won’t veto a hotly debated bill to let more Oregonians pump their own gas, but she does plan to nix funding for studies on a Salem streetcar and decriminalizing prostitution.
Oregonians can start to apply for paid work leave next month
Oregon workers can apply for benefits through the state’s new paid leave program starting Aug. 14.
The program, Paid Leave Oregon, covers family leave, medical leave and safe leave for Oregonians with jobs.
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, other area agencies send firefighters to fight Klamath Co. Golden Fire
Firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and several other agencies joined a task force to fight the Golden Fire burning in Oregon’s Klamath County Sunday.