Peter Wong

Oregon Legislature now poised to vote on the policy and funding bills for the major priorities of the 2024 session, which must end by March 10.

Senate Bill 1571 would require disclosure when AI is used to create political campaign advertising, but would not ban it.

Bill Bradbury and Cliff Trow both left lasting impressions on the legislative body they served; both died in 2023.

Rep. Ben Bowman, D-Tigard, is the driving force behind House Bill 4130.

Current Multnomah County judge waited less than three months before Senate vote. She will succeed Marco Hernandez, who has taken senior status.

Director confirms vendor error for some forms related to unemployment benefits; a separate error was made for paid-leave benefits for those who asked for taxes to be withheld.

Pete Grabiel offers experience in negotiating global climate change, representing family firm in multimillion-dollar verdict against a global accounting firm.

Figure is improved over a loss in 2022, but contribution rates by state and local governments are still expected to rise for the next two-year cycle in 2025-27.

Majority leader is expected to succeed current Speaker Dan Rayfield at the close of the 2024 session, which ends March 10; Rayfield is running for attorney general.

Republican senators, secretary of state differ on how to apply a re-election ban that voters approved in 2022.