The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is bicameral,consisting of an upper and lower house:the Senate,whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms;and the House of Representatives,with 60 members elected to two-year terms. There are no term limits for either house in the Legislative Assembly.
Alis volat propriis is a Latin phrase used as the motto of the U.S. state of Oregon.
Grattan Kerans was an American politician from Oregon,who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1974 through 1984,and in the Oregon State Senate from 1986 to 1993. He held the position of Speaker of the House during the 1983 legislative session.
Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat,Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000 and reelected in 2004,after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the Oregon State Treasury from 1992–1996,and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
Nancy Skinner is an American politician and a member of the California State Senate. A Democrat,she represents California's 9th State Senatorial district,encompassing parts of the East Bay.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the current Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 27 from 2007–2017,which comprises parts of Beaverton,southwest Portland,and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore and was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip.
Charles Starr is an American politician and farmer in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years,serving in both houses. A native of Texas,Starr served in the Oregon State Senate with his son Bruce Starr,the first time in Oregon's history a father and son served in the Senate together.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate. Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council,and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010,but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
Frank Morse is an American politician served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 8th district from 2003 until 2012. He was first elected in 2002,defeating Democrat Barbara Ross,and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. In September 2012,Morse resigned his office,stating that it was "time for new energy" in the position.
The Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2007 to 2008. There was a regular session in 2007,and a shorter special session in 2008.
The 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on January 12,2009,for its biennial regular session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and half of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2008;the general election for those seats took place on November 4.
Chuck Riley is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 15th district,which includes Hillsboro,Forest Grove,and Cornelius in western Washington County. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Mark Scheffel is an American politician and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. First elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2008,Scheffel represented Senate District 4 in Douglas County,which encompasses Castle Rock,Larkspur,Parker,Franktown,and Castle Pines. Term limited,he did not run for re-election in the 2016 elections,so his term ended in January,2017.
Mary Alice Ford was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of California,the moderate and pro-choice Republican served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 15 consecutive years representing Washington County.
Electoral reform in Oregon refers to efforts to change election and voting laws in the West Coast state of Oregon.
John Chadwick "Chad" Barefoot is a former Republican member of the North Carolina Senate,representing North Carolina's 18th Senate district from 2013 to 2018. Senate District 18 covers Franklin County and parts of eastern and southern Wake County.
Nancie Peacocke Fadeley is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing portions of Springfield and Eugene,in Lane County,Oregon,United States,from 1971 to January 1981. Elected in November 1970,she first took office in January 1971,holding one of five seats in House District 13. With the implementation in 1972 of a reapportionment plan that replaced all existing Oregon House districts with new single-member districts,Fadeley represented new District 42 starting with the 1973 legislative session.
The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission is a volunteer state board established in 2011 in the U.S. state of Oregon,with responsibilities for advising the governor,the legislature and the Chief Education Office on statewide postsecondary education policies and funding. The fifteen-member commission has authorities for "development of biennial budget recommendations for public postsecondary education in Oregon,making funding allocations to Oregon's public community colleges and public universities,approving new academic programs for the public institutions,allocating Oregon Opportunity Grants,authorizing degrees that are proposed by private and out-of-state (distance) providers,licensing private career and trade schools,overseeing programs for veterans,and additional legislative directives".
The Oregon Chief Education Office was a government agency created by statute in 2014 by the state of Oregon. Its stated mission was "to build and coordinate a seamless system of education that meets the diverse learning needs of Oregonians from birth through college and career," through the efforts of five subsidiary divisions also created or relocated from elsewhere in the state government's organizational hierarchy to come under its leadership by the same statute:
The 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 11,2021 and adjourned June 26th. Its even-year short session of 35 days convened on February 1,2022 and adjourned sine die on March 4,2022.
