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Court granted state-level legislatures the freedom to decide to allow sportsbooks to operate in their state when it repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) on May 14th, 2018.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...
Following GOP walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021, Oregon voters last year overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment disqualifying legislators from reelection following the end of their term if they are absent from 10 or more legislative floor sessio...
Supreme Court ruled that government funding for chaplains by state legislatures was constitutional because of the "unique history" of the United States. The federal government in 1791 had authorized a hired chaplain for Congress precisely three days before the ratification of the Bill of Rights, ...
FIND OUT WHO REPRESENTS YOU IN SALEM Remind your legislator: Hardworking people should be able to afford housing and still have enough money for groceries and other basic necessities. Children deserve an opportunity to succeed in school and life, which is tied to having a stable home. ...
LEGISLATURE: STUDENT WANTS 18-YEAR-OLD OREGON LEGISLATORS
Get a gift card, or order takeout – food and/or a growler (tip well!) (TheOregon Legislaturepassed a bill this month inSpecial Sessionin which bars can now sell cocktails-to-go provided some food is purchased with the highball.) Or just call the owner or manager, offer encouragement ...
We asked a couple of our Oregon State Legislature representatives to offer their thoughts on the recently ended 2024 “Short Session” that began on February 5, and ended on March 7, and specifically what affects us in Cedar Mill. Read More Arts & Entertainment April 2024 April 1, 2024 Ar...
last year, said in a recent interview that the state needed to work with the money it had and budgets always involve hard choices. She said she firmly believes patients are better served in their communities and her proposal was “an attempt to force that conv...
s staff of wage investigators had decreased over the last two decades, according to a 2019 analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a nonprofit that is one of the members of Oregon’s Coalition to Stop Wage Theft. In the last two years, the Legislature h...
"The voters of eastern Oregon have spoken loudly and clearly about their desire to see border talks move forward. With this latest result in Crook County, there's no excuse left for the Legislature and Governor to continue to ignore the people's wishes. We call on the Governor, Speaker of...