In this episode, we discuss two state lawmakers who have been accused of creating an unsafe work environment in the Oregon capitol. Separate investigations have been launched. Lawmakers are reviewing the findings and considering possible punishments.

After a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, Oregon leaders made ambitious promises to change the state’s criminal justice system and policing standards. On this week’s episode of "OPB Politics Now", we examine whether leaders have delivered on those promises and how policing and racial justice have changed in the state.

On this week's episode of OPB Politics Now, editor Anna Griffin talks to reporters Dirk VanderHart and Sam Stites about Oregon's surprisingly rosy financial outlook. State economists had predicted big budget problems because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, lawmakers are looking at a fight over the state kicker rule and how to spend a surprisingly large amount of tax revenue.

While Oregon is still in the dramatic throes of a legislative session, our neighbors to the north are all finished with their work. In this episode, we talk through some of the highlights of Washington’s most memorable legislative session in years. And we’ll check in on Oregon’s session, where progress has been halting.

The new census numbers are in. And as expected, Oregon will receive a new congressional seat for the first time in 40 years. We talk about what the addition of the sixth seat could mean for the state’s political maps.

It was a big week at the Oregon Legislature with some familiar themes: yet another lawmaker was accused of sexual harassment, there were more cases of the coronavirus and House floor sessions were once again delayed.

On the new episode, we examine the deal reached this week to speed up the legislative process.

On this week's show, OPB reporters dissect a new deal to reduce gun violence in the city of Portland.

Oregon House Republicans have been slowing legislative progress in that chamber down to a crawl. Early this week, House Republicans gave their first list of demands they wanted met, possibly kicking off negotiations. But by the afternoon, their list was an afterthought, pushed aside by a much more pressing matter: a COVID-19 exposure in the chamber.

It's time for a legislative update. Democrats kicked off a big housing push this week. We’ll talk about their plans for easing the state’s ongoing crisis, and how some controversial ideas to tamp down diesel emissions could generate backlash.