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State officials have signed up for a three-month summer food program that would benefit nearly 300,000 children in Oregon.

State officials have signed up for a three-month summer food program that would benefit nearly 300,000 children in Oregon.

Oregon lawmakers are about halfway through the 2024 “short session,” a 35-day session often referred to as a legislative sprint.

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission appears to have vastly overestimated the growth of liquor sales in the current two-year budget cycle and beyond, which could leave local and state

Oregon lawmakers will have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend over the next year, according to another positive economic forecast released Wednesday, Feb. 7.

Lawmakers were eagerly anticipating the forecast, which arrived three days into the 35-day legislative session.

The start of Oregon’s short legislative session this week brought all 90 lawmakers back to Salem, but some will have a larger impact on the state’s laws and political conversations than others.

Lawmakers were eagerly anticipating the forecast, which arrived three days into the 35-day legislative session.

This story was originally published by the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of

Oregon House Democrats picked Majority Leader Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, to succeed current Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis.