Oregon’s six-week-long walkout is over as Republican members rejoin the Oregon Senate on Thursday and come to a compromising agreement on stalled bills relating to abortion, transgender health care, and gun safety. The walkout happened after Republicans opposed measures on abortion and gender-affirming care that Republicans claimed went too far as the measure would allow doctors to provide abortions regardless of a patient’s…

Oregon Senate Republicans Dennis Linthicum and Daniel Bonham, along with former Republican turned independent Brian Boquist, were all disqualified on Monday from reelection under a new constitutional amendment aimed at stopping walkouts from the chamber. This decision comes as the senators reached the 10-day boycotting limit, as they attempt to stall and block voting on bills pushing…

Republican state senators in Oregon filed a lawsuit against Democrats in a Marion County court on Wednesday, seeking to block the Democratic legislators from passing a controversial bill relating to abortion. In the lawsuit (pdf), state Sen. Suzanne Weber and state Rep. Emily McIntire, both Republicans, joined the pro-life advocacy group Oregon Right To Life to…

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan will resign next week and officially step down on May 8, the secretary announced on Tuesday. The resignation comes after it was revealed that Fagan had accepted a lucrative side job as a consultant to a cannabis company. Her deputy, Cheryl Myers, will step into the position until Gov….

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan on May 1 released details about the compensation she received and was promised for a consulting contract she took with a troubled cannabis company. Under the contract, Fagan was paid $10,000 a month to help an affiliate of pot chain La Mota expand into other states.  That compensation was…

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is under fire since news broke on April 27 that she had been moonlighting as a cannabis industry consultant while her office was conducting an audit that proved favorable to that industry. The audit results essentially call to loosen regulation of the cannabis industry and encourage the state to…