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Senate Bill 91, which won unanimous support in the human services committee, has moved to budget writers for consideration.

House Bill 3198, would establish a $120 million Early Literacy Success Initiative.

State lawmakers Tuesday voted two major gun control bills out of committee.

Oregon Second Amendment advocates are raising the alarm over what they consider an attempted end run around the ...

The frenzy of lawmaking in the Oregon Legislature will reach its fever pitch on Tuesday, the last chance for most of the 2,900 bills introduced since January to move on,

A sweeping bill intended to guarantee access to abortion and gender-affirming care cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday after a tense discussion that foreshadowed future charged debate in the full Legislature.

Staffing shortages were a common theme on April 4 as lawmakers dove into the arena of state spending on public safety and judicial matters, with Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell and court leaders each warning they need more resources to keep their departments afloat and ensure Bay Staters have access to justice. Campbell said her

The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday voted to impose an income cap, limiting eligibility to students whose families make under $100,000.

The Early Literacy Success Initiative would fund reading tutors, teacher training and require reading be taught based on decades of research

The proposal would set up an hourly payment system and put public defenders on staff to bolster their ranks to represent the hundreds of people without legal representation