Lucille McNamara

The majority of Oregon Senators came out in favor on Monday of new legislation that will prohibit insurers from classifying non-opioid pain medication differently from prescribed drugs. The Senate has passed Senate Bill 598 with a 23-6…

In a far-reaching move to resolve the shortage of healthcare providers, particularly in primary care, in Oregon and elsewhere in the country, Senate Bill 476 will allow physicians from other countries to obtain provisional licenses to work…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has thrown her support behind proposed legislation that would impose a range of taxes on products to raise money to combat wildfires. House Bill 3940 has passed the House of Representatives and will now pass to…

The Wilderness Society has come out in a scathing attack of Senate Republicans for their ‘poisonous version’ of a bill calling for the sale of between 200 to 300 million acres of land in 11 states, including Oregon, managed by the Bureau of…

As nervous Americans watch the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s airstrikes on Iran unfold, Oregon lawmakers reacted swiftly and angrily, calling his action unconstitutional and reckless. Reckless Attack Without Congressional…

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s actions in Los Angeles, where he deployed the National Guard to contain protesters, lawmakers from the Oregon House of Representatives have passed a bill to stop him from ordering the state’s National…

Oregon motorists face $14.6 billion in tax and fees to upgrade the state’s dilapidated transport network. House Bill 2025 has raised concerns with many lawmakers, including members of the legislative transportation committee, but was…

The man who threw traffic cones and boards with protruding nails into lanes of traffic on a 1-5 north of the North Failing Street pedestrian bridge on 14 June, and who was believed to have a bomb in his possession, has been booked into the…

Oregon lawmakers have passed new legislation that requires utilities to use grid-enhancing technology on transmission lines to increase the efficiency, reliability, and capacity of power supplies. According to the Department of Energy…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has expressed concern that Multnomah County’s Preschool for All tax may be the reason why high-income residents are leaving the Portland area. Multnomah Chair Argues Concerns Rely on Old Data However,…