Portland City Council mulls expanding city’s campaign finance program
Portland leaders will consider updating the city’s publicly-funded campaign finance program Wednesday in preparation for an unprecedented 2024 election.
States are Making it Harder for Ballot Initiatives to Pass
Attacks on state-level ballot initiatives are the latest step in a strategy to wrest political power from voters and place it squarely in the hands of increasingly unaccountable politicians and special interests.
Oregon lawmakers make deal to end Senate walkout. Here’s how key bills were changed
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.
Not according to Hoyle? La Mota owners' funky contributions to U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle
Congresswoman Val Hoyle's campaign reported it received seven separate donations from the cash-friendly owners of La Mota on the same day in 2022. If made in cash, that's a problem for Hoyle.
Sen. Ron Wyden’s campaign was looped in on $500K donation from FTX executive to Oregon Democrats, records show
The Washington, D.C.-based fundraiser who secured a $500,000 donation last year for Oregon Democrats from an FTX executive has a long history of working for U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden's campaign.
Lee Drutman responds to Steven Hill: "Yes, Fusion does offer a new horizon for US Politics"
Drutman thinks fusion will best usher in "party-centered reform" that the two-party system so badly needs -- and maybe even proportional representation
Lee Drutman responds to Steven Hill: "Yes, Fusion does offer a new horizon for US Politics"
Drutman thinks fusion will best usher in "party-centered reform" that the two-party system so badly needs -- and maybe even proportional representation
New initiative would bring 'STAR Voting' to Eugene elections
This month, petitioners will begin collecting signatures to overhaul election rules in the city of Eugene. The initiative would allow voters to rate multiple candidates instead of choosing just one.
Democrats consider watering down abortion, gun safety bills in order to get Oregon Senate Republicans to return
After nearly 10 hours of negotiations over the weekend, top lawmakers arrived at a tentative framework for rescuing the 2023 session. Both sides stress a deal hasn't been made.
Kotek and key Democrat see possible end to Senate walkout
Gov. Tina Kotek and a top Senate Democrat are pointing to progress in talks that could bring the Senate back to session for the first time since May 3.
Albany's final session day: Election overhaul, campaign reform rollback, reparations
In the waning hours of the 2023 state legislative session, Albany lawmakers are passing bills upending local elections, rolling back a campaign finance reform, sealing criminal convictions and much more. Here's the latest.
Oregon Capitol abuzz with talk of deal to end walkout, but no one’s sharing details
One thing that is clear is that hope for an end to the five-week walkout has been rekindled in recent days partly because of a friendship between two lawmakers: Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, and Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Portland.
Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
The Democratic Party of Oregon says it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S. Marshals Service to conform with a request from the U.S. Department of Justice
FBI investigating spy ring’s political contributions
Prosecutors are scrutinizing a series of campaign contributions made by right-wing operatives who were part of a political spying operation based in Wyoming.
Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Oregon said Friday it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S. Marshals Service that had been donated by a former executive at the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange FTX , to conform with a request from the U.S.