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FILE - Democratic Sen. Jeff Golden speaks during a news conference and rally against the Republican Senate walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., June 6, 2023. Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon — a state where 60% of third graders are not reading at grade level — could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and ground the Legislature to a partisan halt for over a month.

Political collateral? Oregon GOP walkout on ‘culture war’ bill threatens billions in school funds

FILE - Democratic Sen. Jeff Golden speaks during a news conference and rally against the Republican Senate walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., June 6, 2023. Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon — a state where 60% of third graders are not reading at grade level — could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and ground the Legislature to a partisan halt for over a month.

June 12, 2023, 8:09am Latest News

Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon — a state where 60% of third graders can't read at grade level — could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six weeks. Read story

The desks of Republican senators are vacant on May 31, 2023, as the GOP-led walkout prevents the Senate from conducting business for the 19th day.

Kotek quits negotiations as Oregon Senate GOP walkout hits fourth week

The desks of Republican senators are vacant on May 31, 2023, as the GOP-led walkout prevents the Senate from conducting business for the 19th day.

May 31, 2023, 1:20pm Latest News Free

Gov. Tina Kotek is done negotiating with Senate Republicans as their quorum-denying walkout stalls the chamber for a fourth week, she told the Capital Chronicle on Wednesday. Read story

FILE - A desk in the Senate chambers belonging to Independent Sen. Brian Boquist is seen prior to a Senate session at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., May 5, 2023. Sen. Boquist, along with four Republican senators, had unexcused absences for two prior days, preventing a quorum. Republicans and an independent senator in the Oregon Senate stretched a walkout Monday to 10 days, triggering a new constitutional provision that prohibits lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from being reelected. The walkout that began May 3 has stalled action on hundreds of bills, including on gun control, gender-affirming care and abortion rights, as a deadline threatened to disqualify them from being reelected.

Extended boycott disqualifies 2 GOP senators, 1 independent in Oregon Senate from being reelected

FILE - A desk in the Senate chambers belonging to Independent Sen. Brian Boquist is seen prior to a Senate session at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., May 5, 2023. Sen. Boquist, along with four Republican senators, had unexcused absences for two prior days, preventing a quorum. Republicans and an independent senator in the Oregon Senate stretched a walkout Monday to 10 days, triggering a new constitutional provision that prohibits lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from being reelected. The walkout that began May 3 has stalled action on hundreds of bills, including on gun control, gender-affirming care and abortion rights, as a deadline threatened to disqualify them from being reelected.

May 15, 2023, 3:25pm Latest News

Two Republicans and an Independent taking part in a boycott that has stalled hundreds of bills in the Oregon Senate, incuding measures on abortion and gender-affirming care, were disqualified Monday from reelection under a new constitutional amendment aimed at stopping such walkouts. Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Oregon Legislature’s I-5 Bridge funding plan comes with cost cap of $6.3B

The Interstate 5 Bridge crosses the Columbia River on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

April 13, 2023, 1:04pm Clark County News

Legislators in Salem are working to match the $1 billion Washington allocated last year to fund the Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement. Read story

FILE - Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek, left, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders acknowledge the crowd during a visit to the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Progressive Democrat Tina Kotek will be sworn in as Oregon's new governor and make her inaugural address at the State Capitol in Salem on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Kotek says her priorities include homelessness, mental health and addiction treatment, and education.

Oregon’s new governor sworn in, declares homeless emergency

FILE - Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek, left, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders acknowledge the crowd during a visit to the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Progressive Democrat Tina Kotek will be sworn in as Oregon's new governor and make her inaugural address at the State Capitol in Salem on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Kotek says her priorities include homelessness, mental health and addiction treatment, and education.

January 9, 2023, 1:38pm Latest News

Oregon’s newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said Monday at her inauguration that her first order of business will be tackling homelessness, as she unveiled several measures intended to address one of the state’s most pressing issues. Read story

FILE - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks in San Francisco, on Oct. 6, 2022. Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness, street fights between police, racial justice protesters and right-wing extremists.

Outgoing Oregon governor reflects on turbulent final term

FILE - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks in San Francisco, on Oct. 6, 2022. Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness, street fights between police, racial justice protesters and right-wing extremists.

January 7, 2023, 6:02am Latest News

Oregon's Democratic Gov. Kate Brown faced unprecedented challenges in her final term: COVID-19, a surge in homelessness and street battles between police, racial justice protesters and right-wing extremists. Read story

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN - Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek at a canvass kickoff on Thursday, Nov3, 2022 in Portland.(Tom McKenzie/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign )

Oregon governor’s race on knife’s edge, too early to call

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN - Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek at a canvass kickoff on Thursday, Nov3, 2022 in Portland.(Tom McKenzie/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign )

November 9, 2022, 1:40pm Election

Oregon’s gubernatorial election hung on a knife’s edge Wednesday, with the race too early to call in a state that has voted in Democratic governors since 1986. Read story

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

Oregon Health & Science University performs brain surgery in clinical trial for epilepsy

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

November 5, 2022, 1:28pm Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

Oregon Health & Science University recently became the second center in the nation to perform a new type of brain procedure to treat epilepsy that is not controllable with medication. Read story

Oregon governor candidates, seated from left, Betsy Johnson, Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan prepare for a debate at Oregon State University- Cascades Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Bend, Ore.

Oregon gubernatorial candidates clash over guns, abortion

Oregon governor candidates, seated from left, Betsy Johnson, Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan prepare for a debate at Oregon State University- Cascades Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Bend, Ore.

September 28, 2022, 7:50am Election

The three women who want to be Oregon’s next governor clashed Tuesday over gun control, abortions and other hot-button issues at an in-person debate, just six weeks before election day. Read story

A view of Brownsville, Ore., circa 1890.

WSU Vancouver historian explores Oregon pioneers’ legacy of violence

A view of Brownsville, Ore., circa 1890.

July 1, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

On Nov. 18, 1895, an impoverished farmer named John Montgomery slapped his 18-year-old son, Loyd, across the face and told him to get back to the chores left undone when Loyd had unexpectedly disappeared overnight to go hunting. Loyd Montgomery exploded in rage. He retrieved that same hunting rifle and… Read story