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3 days ago
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Oregon Senate President gives update as legislative session nears finish line
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon lawmakers have a lot to decide before the 83rd legislative session ends on June 29. From homeless funding to potential Medicaid cuts to talk of changing Oregon's kicker and more. Oregon Senate President Rob Wagner (D-Lake Oswego) brought an update on this week's Eye on Northwest Politics, detailing how the legislature intends to navigate a shrinking general fund, trade uncertainty, school districts needing help and other issues. Watch the full interview in the video above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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11-05-2025
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Portland City Council President Pirtle-Guiney weighs in on cuts to mayor's proposed budget
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland mayor Keith Wilson released his proposed $8.5 billion budget this week. It showed layoffs, fee increases and program cuts to close a $93 million budget gap, while also adding money for public safety and Portland livability. Now it's up to Portland's new 12-person City Council to approve the budget, including president Elana Pirtle-Guiney from District 2. Councilor Pirtle-Guiney — who represents North and Northeast Portland — has been a union organizer, a policy expert for the state, as well as a member of former Governor Kate Brown's executive team. She joined this week's Eye on Northwest Politics to discuss tackling the proposed budget, her take on the mayor's proposed reductions, city workers' threats to strike and more. Watch the full interview in the video above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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03-05-2025
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Portland mayor delivers State of the City address amid housing crisis, budget shortfall
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Portland Mayor Keith Wilson delivered his first State of the City address Friday afternoon. The speech, held at Franklin High School in Southeast Portland, comes as the city faces a $93 million budget shortfall and a persistent homeless crisis. He's not sugarcoating the situation. Portland woman dies after snorkeling trip in Hawaii Mayor Wilson said he is releasing his budget proposal on Monday, and he says it includes significant layoffs along with increases in fees for some city services. Regarding the housing crisis, the mayor and Gov. Tina Kotek are pushing to suspend system development fees to build 5,000 new housing units over the next three years. Portland man who stabbed woman, set apartment on fire receives 20-year sentence In an interview with KOIN 6 News' Eye on Northwest Politics that will air on Sunday, Wilson said the plan will help solve two of the city's other major problems in addition to housing. 'We have population decline, and we have the worst job creation in the nation,' he said. 'What this will do is to bring good paying jobs back into Portland and start that transformation, or that revitalization that we need, so not only does it address our housing crisis, but it addresses our job creation crisis as well.' Mayor Wilson said the following about the housing crisis in his speech: Last month, Multnomah County released their 'by name' homeless database. It confirms what we've seen on the streets. Our unsheltered homeless population now stands at nearly 7,000 today, far higher than it was just a few short years ago. Emergency sheltering hasn't kept pace, and the shelters we have are effectively full. Legally, logistically, morally… we are the responders. We are responsible for what happens on our streets. If we fail to act, my greatest fear is that we'll see yet another year of record-setting deaths on our streets. That rate was 456 in 2023, the most recent year where we have data. The County Medical Examiner has not yet released numbers for 2024, and 2025 remains unwritten. These are our neighbors, our classmates, and for so many of us, our loved ones. The trend of increasing deaths year over year is clear. If we do nothing, we will let people suffer by the thousands. AS YOUR MAYOR, I CANNOT AND WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS CRISIS AS OUR NEW NORMAL. That's why I ran for Mayor, and why Portland voted for me. We have a moral and political mandate, and we must act. Stay with KOIN 6 News as we continue our coverage for this story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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27-04-2025
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KOIN 6 News Exclusive: One-on-one with Gov. Tina Kotek
Watch the full interview in the video player above. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In a special Eye on Northwest Politics this week, Gov. Tina Kotek discussed everything from how President Trump's tariffs and executive orders affect Oregon to her agenda on homelessness and education in the legislature. The interview took place at her ceremonial office in Salem, near the Capitol building, which is still undergoing renovations. Kotek was elected governor in 2022 after 9 years as the state's longest-serving House Speaker. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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26-04-2025
- Politics
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Kotek: Devastation remains from Harney County flooding
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In a special Eye on Northwest Politics this week, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek discussed everything from how President Trump's tariffs and executive orders affect the state, to her agenda on homelessness and education in the legislature. But the governor also touched on how major flooding inundated Harney County and the Burns Paiute Reservation, prompting her on March 31. The damage from the floods destroyed homes, local businesses and parts of the infrastructure in the city of Burns, with costs estimated to be in the millions. The governor noted that, although evacuation orders have been lifted, there's a lot of devastation left behind. So she discussed how the legislature intends to help these communities moving forward. You can also catch KOIN 6's full exclusive interview with Gov. Kotek airing Sunday, April 27 on KOIN+ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
