Paula Pena prepares to testify at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 4, about the need to control rent increases in Oregon. (Portland Tribune/Paris Achen) Salem resident Paula Pena often slips cash into her father’s wallet when he’s not looking. The money is to help pay rent on a duplex in[Read More…]

State Sen. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, is among Republicans at the Legislature worried that key environmental legislation is being rushed. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) SALEM – Just a week into the 2019 Legislature, unrest between Democratic and Republican legislators has surfaced over landmark legislation to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions. Legislators have[Read More…]

State Rep. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, joins other representatives in the opening session of the House on Tuesday, Jan. 22. (Salem Reporter/Aubrey Wieber) As state Rep. Cheri Helt, a freshman Republican legislator from Bend, left the floor of the Oregon House Tuesday, she introduced herself to two pages stationed at the[Read More…]