Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s decades-old mail voting law, swamping the Legislature’s website on Monday. Three people who said they were Gales Creek residents submitted testimony.
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Oregon election officials ask justice department to investigate three noncitizen voters
Three people who were mistakenly registered to vote at Oregon’s Motor Vehicle Services Division could face a criminal investigation for voting despite not being U.S. citizens.
Oregon joins lawsuit while state officials scramble to respond to Trump order freezing federal funds
Oregon leaders were scrambling Tuesday morning after an announcement from the Trump administration that it was at least temporarily freezing many federal funds.
State budgets rely heavily on federal funding: In Oregon, they make up about 30% of the two-year budget — nearly $40 billion — with certain big-ticket programs, like Medicaid, receiving the biggest chunks of the funding.
New Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield takes office early
Oregon’s new attorney general took office a few days early on New Year’s Eve, repeating his oath of office before the same federal judge who presided over his criminal mischief and reckless endangerment case nearly three decades earlier.
Oregon Legislature approves $218 million in additional wildfire funding in emergency session
The state spent more than $350 million responding to more than 2,000 wildfires in 2024, far exceeding projected costs and leaving some contractors unpaid.
Oregon officials call for audit as number of noncitizens registered to vote increases
The DMV says it identified 302 more voters who shouldn’t have been registered, bringing the total to 1,561.
Oregon DMV data error registered 1,259 noncitizens to vote, nine voted
Oregon erroneously added more than 1,200 people without documented proof of citizenship to its voter rolls in the past few years and nine of those people voted, state officials announced Monday.
Feds sending Oregon almost $43 million for roads damaged by winter storms, floods
Oregon will receive nearly $43 million from the federal government to repair roads damaged by recent natural disasters, the state’s two U.S. senators announced Monday.
Oregon election officials say data entry error added 306 noncitizens to voter rolls, two voted
State election officials and Gov. Tina Kotek stressed that the error was caught and won’t affect the 2024 election.
Oregon Democrats praise Biden, welcome his decision to drop out
Minutes within the announcement that President Joe Biden was withdrawing from the presidential campaign, Democratic leaders in Oregon reacted to the news.
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