Two Republican political consultants filed campaign finance complaints against a liberal political action committee running radio ads.

Despite Senate President Rob Wagner and Gov. Tina Kotek continuing to express hope that the session can be salvaged, some lawmakers and Capitol insiders say it is effectively over and are preparing to reconvene in a special session this summer to craft the two-year budget.

Oregon Senate Republicans on Tuesday declared they’re willing to return to pass bipartisan legislation and budget bills on June 25.

The GOP-led Senate walkout is the first round of a fight that likely will continue in court when the session concludes by June 25.

Senators who are barred from re-election will not be allowed to file for re-election in 2024 when the window for candidates opens Sept. 14, according to the Oregon Secretary of

The political divide affecting the United States is hitting Oregon hard.

One third of all Oregon senators are now ineligible for another term following the 13th day of a Republican walkout in the Senate.

All but three Republicans in the Oregon state Senate have now made themselves ineligible to serve another term.

Pharmaceutical companies spent nearly $2 million on lobbying during Oregon’s legislative session this year, as the drug industry worked to block lawmakers’ proposal to create a board empowered to set price limits for the costliest medicines. It would have put Oregon at the forefront nationally in addressing prescription drug costs.

This year the legislative session needed to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, which meant closing the Capitol to the public.

Oregon's high-spending session, which ended Saturday evening, was made possible by an unexpectedly robust rebound in Oregon’s economy and an infusion of billions of dollars in federal recovery funds. Sweeping police accountability reforms passed thanks to lawmakers’ heightened awareness of racial inequities and desire to address them, but leaders from communities of color cited several major proposals legislators failed to pass.

Here's what you need to know as lawmakers prepare to wrap things up in Salem

The Oregon Republican senators who've walked out on #HB2020 and a cap-and-trade vote say they're representing their constituents. Taken together, their campaigns have been funded by one primary constituent: Corporate America. pic.twitter.com/i29Ul714bB— Rob Davis (@robwdavis) June 24, 2019

Despite widespread support among voters—and a Democratic supermajority in the capitol—opponents of the state’s cap-and-trade legislation opted for anarchy instead.

McMinnville child welfare worker claims that Senate absences and fundraising activities are unlawful — and she wants the state to investigate.