Oregon anti-smoking advocates tout big cigarette tax hike on the fall ballot
Oregon would have the highest tax on a pack of cigarettes on the West Coast if a ballot measure passes in November. Anti-smoking advocates are hoping…
Continue ReadingOregon would have the highest tax on a pack of cigarettes on the West Coast if a ballot measure passes in November. Anti-smoking advocates are hoping…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Secretary of State’s office confirmed on its website that the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act has enough valid signatures to…
Continue Reading– Megan Perkins, local activist and co-founder of Embrace Bend, announced Monday her run for City Council in the November 2020 election for Position…
Continue ReadingThe filing period has begun for Bend residents interested in running for the City Council. There’s a new option this year of a $25 filing fee, rather…
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Notice is hereby given that a general election will be held on November 3 for three positions on the Sisters City Council.…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Republican Secretary of State Bev Clarno alerted Twitter and Facebook to what she said were falsehoods being shared on their…
Continue ReadingAlex Spenser has won the Democratic primary in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District race, while Shemia Fagan, a state senator from Portland, has won…
Continue ReadingIt appeared on Tuesday night that state Senator Mark Hass had edged fellow state Senator Shemia Fagan for the Democratic nomination for secretary of…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, voters said ‘no’ to a local option levy that would help fund the La Pine Park and Recreation District. 42% voted in favor, but 58% of…
Continue ReadingNancy Blankenship, the Deschutes County clerk, said Wednesday 2020’s primary election was unlike any other. Tuesday night’s election results trickled…
Continue ReadingA measure to tax the wealthiest residents and the biggest businesses in the Portland area to raise $2.5 billion over a decade to address homelessness…
Continue ReadingFormer state Sen. Cliff Bentz of Ontario Tuesday night won the high-profile, high-spending four-way race for the Republican nomination to succeed…
Continue ReadingOregon’s relatively long history with voting by mail fit the tenor of the COVID-19 quarantine times, as ballots were counted Tuesday night in a year,…
Continue ReadingVoters in the three Portland metropolitan counties are being asked in Tuesday’s election to approve taxes on personal income and business profits…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is holding an entirely mail-in primary for the first time as the state works to slow the spread of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingTuesday, May 12, is the last day for Deschutes County voters to safely mail their ballot for the May 19 Primary Election. Ballots must be received…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Clerk’s Office held a pre-election test of its ballot-counting equipment on…
Continue ReadingSome Deschutes County voters say they found the wrong party affiliation listed on their ballots in the mail.…
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