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Courtesy U.S. Drug Enforcement AdministrationDemocratic lawmakers are working on a separate proposal to address the state’s drug addiction crisis. -
Connor Radnovich/Oregon Capital ChronicleA federal judge late on Wednesday rejected a request to restore to the ballot three Republican senators who are barred from running for reelection because they participated in a six-week walkout.
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The federal lawsuit joins an ongoing state case from Republican senators who want to run for reelection despite a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution. -
Five Republican lawmakers say they can’t be barred from running for another term because they boycotted the Senate earlier this year. Now, Oregon’s top court will decide the true meaning of Measure 113.
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One of the Republicans who filed a complaint, Sen. Lynn Findley, called the Senate president a “dictator” and called the committee process a “sham.”
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Former President Donald Trump claims mail balloting is rife with fraud. But to win more elections, the state GOP is expanding its efforts to collect mail ballots to boost turnout.
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The former president railed against Democrats and again claimed the 2020 election was rigged in his speech to the California Republican Party. With him skipping the primary debates, the party convention may get the next best thing, with speeches also by Sen. Tim Scott and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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One of Oregon’s two Republican congressional representatives supports a just-announced impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The other is keeping her distance.
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Republican and Democratic leaders in Salem have reached an agreement to end the legislative walkout that's stretched on for nearly a month and a half. Senate Republicans led the walkout in early May to protest legislation involving abortion access.
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In a sign they're ready to acknowledge their last plan didn't work, legislative Democrats now insist quorum rules should change.
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Oregon school districts are preparing their annual budgets this spring. They have to adopt them by the end of June.But until a schools budget is passed, districts won’t know how much money they’ll have.
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Oregonians have much to lose if the legislative session ends by June 25 without a functioning Senate that can vote on bills, Democrats warned Tuesday.
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Lawmakers have fewer than three weeks left to work through their differences.
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Republicans said they wanted the committee to hold government agencies accountable.
