Legislature

Sue Rieke Smith has been appointed as the new state representative for Oregon House District 26, following a 10-1 vote by county commissions, filling the vacancy left by former Rep. Courtney Neron, who was appointed in early May to the Oregon Senate after the death of state Sen. Aaron Woods.

If the tribe and state’s petition is then approved by the federal government, it would return to a pre-1953 jurisdictional arrangement, giving criminal jurisdiction to the federal government and empowering tribal courts to exercise jurisdiction over civil disputes between tribal citizens.

More than 3,200 bills were proposed this year, a new record. House Bill 2006 would make it so lawmakers can only propose 25 bills in a long legislative session.

Following the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2014 in Oregon, concerns about illegal cannabis operations surged. In response, lawmakers established the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant in 2017. But is the multi-million dollar effort to tackle the illegal market working?

An internal investigation from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services released earlier this month found that the Oregon Youth Authority, which is part of the state juvenile justice system, had a severe backlog of abuse reports.

Senate Bill 1038 would tie Oregon's temporal fate to Washington and California.

Senate Bill 555 could ensure that data lawmakers use when crafting bills is kept under wraps.

Catlin Gabel junior Vishaka Priyan joins us to talk about how show she came to write a bill to help foster youth that's making its way through the Oregon state legislature.

But Rep. Strom Peterson’s bill could get left hanging in the breeze, with Republicans against it and Democrats focused on other priorities.

New legislation could require the Bible to be read every morning in public school classrooms across Idaho. One of the bill’s goals is for schools to read the Bible in its entirety over 10 school years.