Challenge to anti-walkout law could go straight to Oregon Supreme Court
GOP senators and state attorneys disagree on what Measure 113 does, but they agree the matter needs to be answered soon.
Republican senators sue Oregon secretary of state, saying walkout doesn’t block them from seeking reelection
The senators say Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade cannot bar them from seeking another term because of a constitutional loophole
Oregon lawmakers would be able to remove the governor under a measure headed to voters
Oregon's constitution has no impeachment process for statewide elected officials. That could change next year.
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.
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.
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With impasse deepening, 2023 Oregon legislative session is on edge of collapse
Lawmakers have fewer than three weeks left to work through their differences.
Oregon Democratic senators say they will fine Republicans $325 a day for walkout
On Thursday, Senate Democrats did not say how they plan to bill their colleagues, what would happen if Republicans don’t pay nor where the money would go.
Boycotting Oregon senators believe loophole will allow them to win another term
Conservative lawmakers have hired a prominent attorney to argue that the wording of Ballot Measure 113 does not do what voters thought it did when they passed it last year.