The OLCC ratified changes to the Bottle Bill enacted by SB 992, which Gov. Kotek signed into law last week. Most changes apply only to Portland. Locally, retailers must accept returns only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On July 1, saké, canned wine, mead & some cider will have a 10 cent deposit statewide.
Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s decades-old mail voting law, swamping the Legislature’s website on Monday. More than 60 people listed Forest Grove as their location in testimony.
Co-chairs of the legislative budget-writing committee on Thursday shared the broad strokes of their�$31.6 billion spending plan�for the two years beginning July 1. It starts with 2.5% reductions to current agency spending, cuts that would primarily be achieved by not filling vacancies.�
Brad Witt. Photo courtesy state legislative website.
Rep. Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie) who was chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has stepped down from his position but remains a
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley
Oregon lawmakers will meet in a special session in Salem Monday, Dec. 21 to vote on among a handful of other
