Nigel Jaquiss

As the rainy season begins, two statewide elected officials made conflicting statements last week about the shortage of roofs over Oregonians’ heads.

Oregon producers want to sell their products in grocery stores. Grocers want that too, but the OLCC and Oregon beer and wine distributors are opposed.

Leaders of the effort will have little time and, potentially, little money.

It’s extremely unusual for a government entity to miss filing audited financial statements three years in a row.

Sen. Mark Meek (D-Gladstone) is no longer chair or even a member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue.

Rep. Christine Drazan is seeking appointment to succeed Sen. Daniel Bonham in Senate District 26.

The two former athletes are among those mulling 2026 challenges to Gov. Tina Kotek.

A ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax, Initiative Petition 51, is moving forward even as Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers digest the coming budget hole created by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The agency has money, but without statutory changes, it cannot be spent on maintenance.

Joe Cortright says the state agency is misleading lawmakers and the public about its budget.