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Supporters of a proposal to hand Oregon’s redistricting process to an independent commission hoped lawmakers would consider and take input on the plan during the five-month session. With less than three weeks left, it appears lawmakers will go home without holding a single public hearing on the commission proposal, House Joint Resolution 7. Dismayed supporters including good government groups, ...

A debate over a relatively minor rule change resulted in a brief shouting match this week. Discussion over a relatively minor change to Oregon House rules became uncommonly tense Tuesday, as Democrats and Republicans differed on how they want to approach possible expulsion proceedings against state Rep. Mike Nearman over his role in the Dec. 12 incursion by far-right protesters at the Oregon Capitol building. At issue in the House Rules Committee was a tweak that would allow a new special committee created to handle the Nearman case to hold work sessions on an expulsion resolution. Under inte...

SALEM — Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and its legislature are working to improve support for families with young children. Megan McMillan has known for a while how important quality child care is, and how difficult it can be to find in the Portland area. The pandemic also taught moms like her how hard it is to go without it. “After enduring attempts to work from home full-time, with two kids under 5, I can tell you with no doubt that child care is the work that makes all other work possible,” she said. The growing consensus that child care is a necessary par...