SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon State Senate has voted to override a governor's veto for the first time in more than 10 years, passing a measure that aims to strengthen legal protections for foster youth.

The Senate overrode Kotek’s veto of the bill, which is the first time this has happened in the Oregon Legislature since 2011.

The bill allows physicians from other countries to get a provisional license in Oregon under the supervision of a local doctor.

A bill requiring tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay local newsrooms for using their content to support local journalism failed to advance out of the Oregon Senate on June 24 and was re ...

The Oregon Department of Human Services is in Salem. The agency would gain more power and oversight over Oregon's long-term and memory care facilities under a new bill passed by the Oregon Senate ...

Oregon Senate passes bill to prevent evictions of families with newborns due to non-payment of rent if approved for rental assistance.

Oregon House Bill 2138 is meant to expedite construction of more duplexes, triplexes, cottages clusters and townhouses. It now heads to the Senate.

The Oregon Senate overrode Gov. Tina Kotek’s veto of a bill expanding legal rights for foster youth.

The Oregon Senate passed a bill on Monday to put new safeguards in place in an effort to reduce workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 537 would require violence-prevention ...

A novel proposal that would mandate tech companies to pay local journalism outlets for using their news content failed to gain steam in its first floor vote in the Oregon ...

In a rare legislative move Wednesday, the state Senate voted to override one of Gov. Tina Kotek’s vetoes and re-approve a measure aiming to protect the rights of children placed in the state’s ...

State-funded preschool programs would lose millions under an early childhood education budget given a “reluctant yes” vote by the Oregon Senate. Senate Bill 5514, the 2025-27 budget for the ...