Tag Archives: Sen. Kathleen Taylor

Kathleen Taylor elected as new Oregon Senate majority leader

Oregon Senate Democrats on Monday elected Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Portland, as their next Senate majority leader. Taylor will begin her role on July 15, the same day former Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber will begin her role as the new co-chair of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, which is charged with helping draft […]
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Oregon Senate Democrats elect Kathleen Taylor new caucus leader

Oregon Senate Democrats elected Sen. Kathleen Taylor, a second-term senator from Southeast Portland, as Senate majority leader in a closed-door meeting Monday. Taylor will step into the role on July 15, according to a press release, replacing Kate Lieber of Beaverton, who is stepping down to serve as co-chair of the powerful budget writing committee. […]
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Milwaukie’s Kathleen Taylor is Senate majority leader

Sen. Kathleen Taylor, a Democrat from Milwaukie who played a behind-the-scenes role in resolving the 6-week walkout by Senate Republicans in 2023, is the new majority leader of the Oregon Senate. Taylor is seeking a third term in the Nov. 5 election from District 21, which covers Milwaukie, Oak Grove and part of Portland. She […]
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Oregon Senate Democrats tap Portland’s Kathleen Taylor as new caucus leader

Oregon Senate Democrats on Monday picked Portland Sen. Kathleen Taylor, who played a key role in negotiations to end the 2023 Republican walkout, as their next caucus leader. Taylor will succeed Sen. Kate Lieber, a Beaverton Democrat who is leaving the top caucus role to become the new Senate co-chair of the budget-writing Joint Ways […]
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Oregon lawmaker floats proposal to allow further delays of state’s long-awaited paid leave

An Oregon lawmaker wants to give the state Employment Department flexibility to further delay the state’s long-awaited paid family and medical leave program if the agency is unable to collect enough money by September to adequately fund it. Sen. Kathleen Taylor, a Democrat from Southeast Portland who chairs the Senate Committee on Labor and Business, […]
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Lawmakers, unions reach compromise on ending reimbursements for state employees living outside Oregon 

Public employee unions and state lawmakers have struck a deal on a proposal to stop state employees who moved out of state earlier in the pandemic from being reimbursed for traveling back to Oregon. Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, introduced Senate Bill 853 to ban the state from paying for travel costs for employees who live […]
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Many Oregon Residents Will Get $600 Stimulus Checks in the Mail

House Democrats in Oregon passed a bill this week that would issue a one-time $600 stimulus check to low-income households with family members who worked during the first year of the ongoing pandemic. Per KOIN in Portland, Oregon, the legislation easily passed both the House and the Senate. KOIN added that eligible Oregon residents will […]
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‘Tourist tax:’ Oregon State Park campsites to cost 25% more for out-of-state RV travelers

Tourists from outside the state will pay 25% more to camp in RV sites at 56 campgrounds from the Oregon Coast to Wallowa Mountains. Source: ‘Tourist tax:’ Oregon State Park campsites to cost 25% more for out-of-state RV travelers

Supporters rally for farmworker overtime pay in Oregon

Oregon lawmakers during the upcoming session will again consider whether employers must pay overtime wages to farmworkers. Rep. Andrea Salinas, a Democrat from Lake Oswego, plans to reintroduce legislation that would gradually phase in overtime pay for Oregon’s estimated 174,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers. House Bill 2358, sponsored by Salinas in the 2021 Legislature, died […]
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Citing Uncertainty, Oregon Lawmakers Delay Retaliation Case Involving Senator

The case has called into question whether the legislative rules sufficiently protects victims of harassment in the Capitol. Source: Citing Uncertainty, Oregon Lawmakers Delay Retaliation Case Involving Senator