Elizabeth Steiner, a Portland Democrat and former state senator, took the oath of office as Oregon’s first female state treasurer in front of a crowd of legendary state politicians and prominent party figures like Barbara Roberts, and former Gov. Kate Brown
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday continued the homelessness state of emergency she declared on her first day in office for a third year as the state continues to grapple with the crisis of thousands of people living outside.
“You can’t make an electric truck work in Oregon yet. The technology isn’t there. I have been trying to get DEQ and the governor’s office to understand the implications of this, but I’m not making progress.” — CEO of the Oregon Trucking Associations
Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps of wildfire hazard areas, showing about 106,000 properties in high-risk spots that could be subject to new building and landscape codes.
A U.S. district judge has denied a motion by regional tribes that would block federal officials from greenlighting a Coquille Indian Tribe casino in Medford.
Oregon is kicking off 2025 with new laws to stop drug use on public transportation, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and rein in the price of electronic device repairs.
In an auditorium on his alma mater’s Salem campus on Monday, Jan. 6, Tobias Read took his oath of office as secretary of state with a promise to spend the next four years working to make Oregon better.
Although mobile home parks once offered affordable living options, a shift during the past decade found privately owned investment and property management companies purchasing or stepping in to manage mobile home parks which, residents say, have imposed stringent rules that were not in place when they first moved in.
Oregon’s new attorney general took office a few days early on New Year’s Eve, repeating his oath of office before the same federal judge who presided over his criminal mischief and reckless endangerment case nearly three decades earlier.
From a historic election to record wildfires to drug recriminalization, 2024 was a big year for state government and political news in Oregon. Here’s a roundup of the most notable stories and trends the Capital Chronicle covered this year.
Editor’s note: Ashland.news reporter Morgan Rothborne covers city government, including its ongoing efforts to find ways to shape policies around homelessness. For better insight into the issue, Rothborne spent a night in early December in the shelter when it was operated by Jobs with Justice in Calvin Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland.
An Ashland man was arrested after an ongoing investigation “into child exploitation and internet crimes against children” led to execution of a search warrant on Alida Street early Tuesday, according to a news release from the Ashland Police Department.
Reader Photo: Mary Piper took this photo of Emigrant Lake recently. As of Jan. 12, the lake was 39% full, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
A Community Resource Center will be coming to Talent after the city received notice of approval for a $1.5 million federal grant from Business Oregon in late December. The center would house nonprofit agencies that work for the benefit of Talent citizens.
Poetry Corner: Celebrate the New Year with poetry inspired by the Oregon Caves National Monument, one of Southern Oregon’s natural treasures.
Curtain Call: Popular orchestra conductor Martin Majkut has added another gig to his already busy schedule. Majkut, the music director of the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Queens Symphony Orchestra in New York, has been appointed the new music director of the Oregon Coast Music Association’s festival orchestra.
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