ICYMI: Oregon's BOLI lifted its income threshold on wage claims today after the 30% budget increase passed during the regular session. BOLI had stopped investigating cases if workers earned more than $25.34 per hour. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

The 200 Oregon National Guard members being deployed to Portland are from units based in Salem and Woodburn. #orpol Read more from my colleague Anna Mason: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Good morning from the Capitol. It’s the first day of committee days and the restart of the special session on transportation funding. It’s also the first day the Rotunda is reopened to the public. #orleg

The transportation special session has been delayed. Again. Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, is still recovering from surgery complications & Republicans say they remain united in opposition. Third reading now delayed until #orleg committee days. More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

State economists revealed in August that the projected ending fund surplus was actually a $373M shortfall. Today, Gov. Tina Kotek directed state agency leaders to slow spending, immediately suspend out-of-state travel, and prepare for future cuts. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

For the first time in 215 years of Mexican history, a woman led the national cry of independence late Monday night: President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president in the country’s history. nyti.ms/4mjCqvh

Sen. Daniel Bonham is resigning, and Sen. Bruce Starr has been elected as the next Senate Republican Leader. Bonham hasn't confirmed where he's heading, but he's endorsed House Republican Leader Christine Drazan to serve the remainder of his term. #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

New story this morning after Roth's employees announced they reached a tentative agreement last night. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

The programs targeted by the Education Department includes the Oregon DeafBlind Project.

Bargaining is ongoing, but Roth's Fresh Markets employees represented by the UFCW Local 555 announced that they plan to go on strike tomorrow morning. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

NEW: State Rep. Cyrus Javadi is now a Democrat. After a decisive vote in favor of Gov. Tina Kotek's transportation tax package on Monday, Javadi will seek reelection next year as a member of the majority party. #orpol #orleg www.opb.org/article/2025...

U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (former Oregon congresswoman) "entered into two primary-residence mortgages in quick succession, including for a second home near a country club in Arizona, where she’s known to vacation."

A Senate vote on the special session transportation bills is delayed until Sept. 17 as Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, is recovering from surgery complications. Kotek has further delayed hundreds of ODOT layoffs to Oct. 15. #orleg More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Good morning from the Oregon Capitol again. The House was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., and House members are still slowly walking into the Senate chambers (where they're meeting because of construction). They're scheduled to do a final reading and vote on the transportation package. #orleg

Happy Sunday. The public hearing for the transportation package, initially scheduled for Friday, is now set for noon. More on what to expect today in our story. #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Our final update: -Quorum was reached after two House Republicans who had been excused joined the floor. -House adjourned until 4 p.m. Sunday -A new public hearing time is to come, but it is also expected Sunday afternoon. Good night, everyone! Shoutout to my colleague Anna Mason.

The House has been delayed a fourth time because of quorum issues. Lawmakers are now at ease until 3:30 pm. More information: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Good morning. The special session is scheduled to begin in a few minutes. The Statesman Journal will be providing live updates on what's happening. #orleg

Further updates are to come, but state economists released their latest revenue forecast today. They now estimate the budget's ending fund balance will be in the red instead of the projected $472.8 million cushion. #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

ICYMI: Our story about yesterday's three-hour public hearing around the special session transportation proposal. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

A public hearing for the proposed special session transportation package is scheduled to start in a few minutes. Here's the story with my colleague Anna Mason about what we know so far. Stay tuned for more updates. #orleg #orpol www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

A House committee this afternoon determined Rep. Dwayne Yunker, R-Grants Pass, did not violate conduct rules with a March floor speech and did not retaliate when he later released information about the investigation. More details #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

House and Senate are preparing for the sine die resolution. House Republicans declined to waive rules to allow consideration of the latest iteration of the transportation bill. The Senate is voting on the resolution now. Looks like session will end without transportation funding #orleg

Follow along in the final hours of the 2025 legislative session and updates from Anastasia Mason on lawmakers' efforts to pass a stopgap transportation bill after House Bill 2025 failed to make it to the floor. #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Originally scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m., the Oregon House remains at ease. Now expected to begin at 11:30 a.m. (but we'll see!) #orleg

A memo sent this morning appointed Rep. John Lively, D-Springfield, to replace Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, on the transportation committee. Evans told me earlier this week that he asked to be removed, frustrated with not being invited to participate in weekend negotiations on HB2025. #orleg

It was a late night in the Oregon House last night. Two gun bills were scheduled for a vote. One of them, Senate Bill 243, was passed and sent back to the Senate for concurrence. The second, House Bill 3076, was killed. More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p... #orleg

A public hearing and work session on the latest iteration of House Bill 2025 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. More details on what has changed since the transportation funding package was sent back to the committee on Monday. #orleg www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

This story has been updated to reflect that Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, said he was also resigning from the joint committee. Evans told me he was frustrated because he was not invited to participate in weekend negotiations on the bill. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

It's Monday, and transportation bill HB2025 is heading back to committee. But the committee will look different after Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, resigned as co-chair. Several House Republicans boycotted today's floor session after Friday's meeting. #orleg

After a nearly hour and a half delay, the work session on HB2025 (transportation bill) has begun. While we were waiting, a memo was sent removing Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, from the committee. He expressed his frustration about the transportation bill earlier this week. #orleg

ICYMI this morning from my colleague Anastasia Mason: a stark warning from providers about how Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' could result in 100,000 to 200,000 people losing Medicaid coverage in Oregon. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

What we know so far about the mass-stabbing incident at the Union Gospel Mission last night in Salem. Story from @isabeldfunk.bsky.social , @whitneywoodworth.bsky.social, Capi Lynn and our news editor Jonathan Williams. Photos from Kevin Neri. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...

More details about today's vote in the Oregon Senate sending Senate Bill 243 to the House. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Today in the #orleg: the Oregon Senate is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 243 this morning, which would prohibit rapid-fire devices and enable local governments to ban firearms from buildings where official meetings are held.

Lawmakers in the #orleg are currently receiving the latest revenue and economic outlook. They'll use it to draft the next two-year state budget with less revenue than economists predicted in March. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Update: OGEC rejected the original proposed settlement with former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan this morning and accepted a renegotiated higher penalty. Fagan apologized for her "indefensible" actions. #orpol More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Today, the Oregon Government Ethics Commission also discussed and ultimately rejected a proposed settlement agreement with Steve Marks, the former executive director of the OLCC. Commissioners said they believed the proposed $500 fine was too low.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is about to start its discussion around accepting a settlement agreement with former Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan. More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

The new pope, the 267th, is expected to soon make an appearance on a balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square. bit.ly/43jZa82

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

In Salem these days, what you see isn't always what you get. An explosion in the use of so-called "placeholder" bills by Oregon lawmakers has made it increasingly tricky for the public -- and even lobbyists -- to track legislation flying around. #orleg #orpol www.opb.org/article/2025...

On the Oregon Government Ethics Commission’s agenda for next Friday: a vote on a settlement agreement with former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan. #orpol More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...

Hundreds forced from Deschutes National Forest camp near Bend: 'Please have compassion' www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

Gov. Tina Kotek currently speaking to the large crowd gathered by the Oregon State Capitol for International Workers’ Day. Live updates online www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

A reminder that today's May Day celebration will impact the streets surrounding the Oregon State Capitol. More details about the closures and the schedule for the event. Additional updates to come!

Oregon Rep. Courtney Neron is vying to replace the late Sen. Aaron Woods, who died earlier this month.

The annual International Workers' Day rally will be on Thursday. There'll be cultural performances, speakers, and a march, according to event organizers. Folks traveling around Downtown Salem: the city has announced that streets around the Capitol will be partially or fully closed. bit.ly/3RDYHHu

In lighter news, my feed has been flooded by In-N-Out shade today after the new Burgerville opened in Salem. Jealous of my colleague Capi, who covered the return closely and was able to attend the soft opening. (I'm excited to try it out eventually) www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...

Two of the six ethics investigations into former employees of the OLCC, related to their roles in the bourbon scandal, were settled today. Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted 5-0 to fine two former employees $500 each #orpol www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...