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2 Jul 2019, 1:40 am by Tom Smith
Nine minority Republicans returned to the Senate on Saturday after Senate President Peter Courtney said the majority Democrats lacked the necessary 16 votes to pass the legislation, a statewide cap on carbon that allows companies to trade pollution credits. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 8:48 am
Here's an odd one out of Salem: Peter Courtney, the Oregon state senate's eternal flame, recently stated that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults, in Oregon suffers from mental illness. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 6:57 am by Howard Friedman
Oregon State Senate President Peter Courtney, (D OR, Jan. 7, 2020), an Oregon federal district court rejected claims by Oregon state senator Brian Boquist that his constitutional rights, including his 1st Amendment rights, were violated when state Senate leaders imposed a requirement that he give 12-hours notice before entering the Capitol building. [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 7:29 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) said in an impassioned speech on the Senate floor, "This is a ten year effort for young people, young people who want a chance. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 10:59 am by Laura Orr
Here's an article that may answer the question, in full or in part:A lot is riding on February session: Senate president says it will be prelude to annual sessions ballot measure, by Peter Wong, Statesman Journal, January 17, 2010:Excerpt: 'Oregon lawmakers gave a test drive to an annual session two years ago, but Senate President Peter Courtney said the February session will be the one on which voters decide whether such sessions are permanent. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 1:00 pm by Elizabeth Cummins, Esq.
Earlier this week, top state leaders, including Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, told Kitzhaber he should resign as details of the scandal began to unfold. [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 12:21 pm by Jack Bogdanski
He claimed the person who had preceded him in the job, Jackie Sandmeyer, ignored complaints, did not keep appropriate records, and slowed active investigations into accusations of harassment by failing to pay the outside attorneys who conduct those reviews....Named in the lawsuit are six legislators — Senate President Peter Courtney, former House Speaker Tina Kotek, and four lawmakers who have overseen the harassment complaint process — along with Labor… [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 3:45 pm
The second is that, given a chance, most people will do the wrong thing for all the right reasons.These are immutable, and legislators will obey them, willingly or not.According to The Oregonian, the House and Senate will attempt to "clean up our act," in the words of the estimable Peter Courtney, after revelations that the Oregon Beer and Wine Distributors Association paid for legislators to go to Hawaii for a little golf. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 11:37 am by Laura Orr
The committee is led by Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, and House co-Speakers Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, and Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay. [read post]
2 May 2021, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
    But instead of sending the bill to the Senate floor for a vote, Senate President Peter Courtney put up a detour, sending SB 719 to the Ways and Means Committee. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 8:37 am
The Senate vote, Courtney said, "wasn't close. [read post]
The letter urged Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Dan Rayfield to attend a summit of all three branches of Oregon’s government to address the growing crisis. [read post]
18 Jan 2022, 12:19 pm by Katherine Pompilio
Without a change in filibuster rules, it is almost certain that the legislation will “die” in the Senate. [read post]
6 May 2009, 7:26 pm
NSSTA's program featured presentations from: NSSTA lobbyist Eric Vaughn; NSSTA marketing consultant Peter Arnold; and NSSTA General Counsel Hogan & Hartson partner Craig Ulman. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 8:43 pm
It's quite a list of Legislature honchos: On the Senate side: Peter Courtney; Kate Brown, who's running for Secretary of State -- the keeper of Oregon's law and protector of the public's access to the law; Ginny Burdick; David Nelson; Jackie Winters; and Floyd Prozanski. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 12:47 pm by Fredrick Vars
  The Senate Appropriations Committee last week announced a $79 million increase to the FY 2014 budget for U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 6:31 am
The Senate hangs by two threads, one in Virginia, one in Montana. [read post]