Lauren Dake
Oregon Public BroadcastingLauren Dake is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Lauren spent nearly a decade working as a print reporter. She鈥檚 covered politics and rural issues in Oregon and Washington.
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The leaders of both parties met for the first time behind closed doors early Wednesday morning. They managed to agree on one thing: releasing a bland statement with a promise to say nothing more. -
GOP senators have been threatening in recent weeks to deny Democrats a quorum. Their effort could be tested by new voter-approved rules. -
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan will resign next week, she announced Tuesday, a stunning fall from grace for a top Democrat who once looked like a good bet to climb to higher office. -
Oregon鈥檚 current law limits rent hikes to 7% plus inflation. In some recent cases, that鈥檚 resulted in 14% increases. -
Oregon Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Tina Kotek to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal surrounding top executives and managers at the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, who diverted specialty bourbons away from public consumption for their own personal use. -
The Oregon Legislature鈥檚 marquee housing package cleared a key legislative hurdle on Friday, paving the way for what supporters hope will be a new approach to building homes in the state while also making a dent in the homelessness crisis. -
The idea of the bill is straightforward: turn empty, boarded-up commercial or office buildings, many vacated during the COVID-19 pandemic, into much-needed housing units. -
Gov. Tina Kotek鈥檚 housing goal and the homelessness crisis have changed the political calculus in Salem when it comes to housing and development. -
Oregon鈥檚 convoluted regulatory system helps explain how this scandal happened. -
The Governor is asking OLCC to replace all the managers and executive leadership accused in an internal investigation of using their access to benefit themselves and their friends.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has rolled out her first budget plan. She's focused, not surprisingly, on big investments in housing, education and behavioral health. -
The governor believes the money should be spent to stave off homelessness for about 9,000 people and to expand shelter capacity by 600 beds within one year, among other things.
