As Gov. Tina Kotek works toward a special legislative session to mitigate nearly 500 layoffs looming at the Oregon Department of Transportation, some observers are still trying to understand the ...

This coming weekend’s summer meeting of the National Governors Association has been planned as a postcard-perfect celebration of bipartisan policy making. At the base of the Rocky Mountains, 20 ...

President Trump pushing Texas Republicans to squeeze more seats out of the Lone Star State has led to the possibility of other states on both sides trying to draw new maps.— California stands out as a ...

Gov. Tina Kotek is calling Oregon lawmakers back for a special session next month so they can pass funding for essential ...

When she calls lawmakers into special session in late August, Kotek said she will ask them to bless a six-cent hike to the state’s gas tax, higher registration and titling fees, and a doubling of a ...

Other Republican-leaning states — like Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska — are limited from redrawing maps before 2026 by Democratic governors, more moderate Republican legislators and state ...

Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday unveiled the various tax and fee hikes that will likely be included in a transportation funding ...

Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session of the Oregon Legislature to begin on Friday, August 29, for lawmakers to take up ...

The governor said she's directed ODOT to postpone layoffs until September so lawmakers have a chance to avert them with a ...

The governor has the power to call lawmakers into a special session outside of the normal legislative sessions. Kotek announces what is on the agenda for the special session. The legislation will then ...

Nearly one month after Oregon’s legislative session ended, Governor Tina Kotek is calling on lawmakers to reconvene in Salem ...

Three prominent medical centers in California recently announced they would stop treatments, citing pressure from the Trump ...