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The House Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill on Friday.

The Virginia General Assembly let a contribution limits bill expire in committee without so much as a hearing or a vote.

Business and labor groups have negotiated a system of contribution limits they hope to push through before lawmakers adjourn March 10. Critics say the proposal is weak.

He’ll run against his Democratic colleague and a frontrunner for the job, Portland Sen. Elizabeth Steiner.

Legislators say they want to pass campaign contribution limits this session, the editorial board writes. If so, any bill should provide true reforms – not cement in place advantages for their big donors.

A dark money group founded by a national Republican political operative and oil industry lobbyists stepped up its efforts to influence Oregon voters this week, sending mailers and buying ad

The majority of Oregonians want campaign finance reform but apparently cannot agree on how to reform elections beyond campaign finance, according to new survey results from the Oregon Values and

Oregon lawmakers already had a big agenda to tackle in the short legislative session, but a surprise wrinkle entered the fray.

The Coalition for Safe, Healthy and Prosperous Communities doesn’t disclose donors but has spent big to help Republicans.

Democrats and Republicans often clash on the subject of caps on political giving, but are hoping to avoid a messy ballot fight.

With an expensive ballot fight looming, two sides often opposed to one another are attempting to find a path forward in this year's legislative session.

Democrats accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of illegally coordinating with a super PAC to gather signatures for his presidential campaign.

As the cost of fighting wildfires increases, state Sen. Elizabeth Steiner has proposed a bill — developed in consultation with the logging industry — that would shift millions in expenses away from the biggest landowners and onto taxpayers.

Oregon is one of five states that doesn’t regulate the campaign finance money that comes pouring into state and local races.

One complaint filed in Colorado argues the group has failed to file quarterly campaign finance reports, as required under state law.

Gov. Tina Kotek says campaign finance limits will not come up this legislative session.

Several timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn said her court was not accepting the case now and would wait to see what the U.S. Supreme Court does in a related case involving Colorado’s ballot.

The Oregon Supreme Court declined to hear a case on Friday challenging former President Donald Trump’s qualification for the state ballot over his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection &#821…

The court denied a challenge to former President Donald J. Trump’s ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment, saying it would wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in a similar case.

The Oregon Supreme Court announced Friday it will not hear a lawsuit that aims to have former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Oregon ballot. The court says because the U.S. Supreme Cou

The Oregon Supreme Court enabled former President Trump to remain on the state’s primary ballot Friday, declining to take up a challenge to his eligibility, for now. The court said it would instead…

The Oregon Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge seeking to keep Donald Trump off of the Republican primary and general election ballots.

The Oregon Supreme Court cited the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up the issue of former President Donald Trump's eligibility for office.

The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue.

The Oregon Supreme Court will soon decide whether to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballots because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

Oregon delegates to the Republican National Convention must pledge to back the winner of the state’s presidential primary.

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The No Labels Party has secured 12 states so far for being able to run a Presidential candidate under their No Labels party. West Virginian U.S. Senator, Joe Manchin, announced he is not running for re-election in 2024 and will tour the na

Only 75,490 votes were cast nationally for a candidate other than Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. And yet, 1,500 voters have already registered with Oregon's newest party: the No Labels Party.