Oregon Legislature Advances $200M Housing Package More SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon House lawmakers advanced housing legislation Wednesday to build housing that is more affordable, spend money to support unsheltered children and help people on the verge of losing residences. The bills head next to...
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The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide consistent funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they ... April 18, 2025 Local News Romanian man sentenced to federal prison for installing ATM skimming devices in Oregon, Maine A Romanian national living in Garden Grove, California,...
The Supreme Court granted state-level legislatures the freedom to decide to allow sportsbooks to operate in their state when it repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) on May 14th, 2018. Since then, sports betting has gradually gained acceptance, and leading sportsboo...
No. It is not illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon, although this is a relatively new law. In 2023, the Oregon legislature passed two bills into law that changed the way Oregonians and visitors pump gas. In rural counties, gas stations may offer self-serve gas at all hours. In non...
The legislation could make Oregon the first state in the nation to test the U.S. Supreme Court’s framework established in 2022 that requires defendants in gun-control suits to show historical precedence dating to the 18th century. The bills would impact tens of thousands of Oregon gun purchase...
A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the California Legislature this week Associated PressMay 1, 2025 Submarine Designers in Connecticut Say They'll Strike on May 18 if Contract Deal Isn't Reached ...
The state legislature approved the legalization of greyhound betting in 1933. In 1989, voters approved the Oregon Lottery. After the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law, the first of Oregon’s tribal casinos, Seven Feathers Casino Resort, opened in Canyonville in 1994. ...
Sen. Janeen Sollman (D-Forest Grove) helped write the bill that recently passed the Legislature with bipartisan support. Photo by Jason E. Kaplan “We wanted to make sure that as we see other policies that have come into play, and as we put this language together, that we were allowing...
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