Posted in Data Privacy, Privacy & Data Security, State LegislaturesOn June 22, 2023, the Oregon state legislature passed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, S.B. 619 (the “Act”). This bill resembles the comprehensive privacy statutes in Colorado, Montana, and Connecticut, though there are ...
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. In 2017, an Oregon st...
Jan. 17, 2023, at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. Oregon state senators who accumulated 10 or more unexcused absences at the Legislature during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for re-election,...
“You have a situation in Oregon right now, where the vast majority of Oregon’s public university presidents are from outside of the state and we’re shocked,” said Eastern Oregon University President Kelly Ryan, who took over in 2023. “We’re shocked at what we found. And we’re al...
The legislature is responsible for finalizing biennial budgets. For 2021-2023, thestate budgetplanned expenditures of $25.447 billion in General Funds, $1.363 billion in Lottery Funds, $48.568 billion in Other Funds, and $27.411 billion in Federal Funds, totaling $112.8 billion. ...
The Oregon Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature earlier this year and want to run for reelection.
Oregon lawmakers have been pushing for the state to adopt its own right-to-repair laws since 2019. Tuesday’s 4-1 vote to advance the bill marks the first time right-to-repair legislation has made it to the floor of the state Senate. ...
November 2023 The Biden administration plans to move forward with allowing the Coquille Indian Tribe in the Pacific Northwest to build a second casino far beyond its territory. April 2023 Governor Tina Kotek voices opposition to any expansion of gambling in the state. ...
Oregon, California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania, all states with Democratic governors and Democrat-controlled state legislatures, lost between 0.01% and 0.52% of their population between July 2022 and July 2023, according to the Census Bureau. Left-leaning states experienced similar declines ...
may 22, 2023, at 9:21 p.m. save comment more oregon governor seeks changes to legislature's overhaul of public defense system more salem, ore. (ap) — oregon gov. tina kotek is asking a state legislative panel for changes to a senate bill that would ...