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WASHINGTON -- Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith said Friday that Democrat Jeff Merkley is breaking the law by continuing to appear in campaign ads paid for by the state Democratic Party.
PORTLAND — Oregon's new domestic-partnership law could stand, or it could be back in the hands of a lower federal court, depending on how three federal appeals judges weigh arguments they heard Tuesday.
PORTLAND — Oregon charter schools activist Rob Kremer has impeccable conservative bona fides.
The city council meets tonight to debate what recommendation to give the Oregon Liquor Control Commission regarding a bar that plans to feature nude dancers near a school.
Sen. Gordon Smith is an endangered species, the last Republican senator from the West Coast, and vulnerable despite his piles of campaign cash, thanks to Oregon's increasingly Democratic tilt.
Oregon Justice officials are determining whether the secretary of state has the authority to prevent Jeff Duyck from running as the Republican nominee for House District 29 in November.
SALEM -- Ten citizen initiatives appear to have qualified for the November ballot -- almost all of them sponsored by familiar conservative activists who have come to dominate Oregon's initiative system.
The arguments that a federal appeals court will hear Tuesday are largely legal in nature, but the decision by the three-judge panel will have real effects for supporters and opponents of Oregon's domestic-partnership law.
Petitioners for an open Oregon primary today were set to submit another 27,000 signatures, confident that this would be enough to get their initiative on the ballot this fall.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregonians could be voting on 10 ballot measures in November, and a handful of legislative referrals, on topics from federal taxation and bilingual education.
PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld damages assessed against an organization founded by anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore.
