Today, Secretary of State Dennis Richardson announced an historic decision to live-stream the January 23 Special Election preliminary results first on Facebook before they are officially posted on state election sites. “Nearly 70% of Americans use one or more social media platforms to...

Oregon’s rising generation makes me optimistic about our future! We all can agree that there is a growing need for Oregon students to know more about our government. To that end, I promised to enhance the Archives Division’s civics education curriculum.

Today, Secretary of State Dennis Richardson called on legislative leaders to conclusively codify into Oregon statutes two recently released administrative rules that clarify and streamline the rights of Oregon voters who use the initiative process. 

Today, Oregons Kid Governor Dom Peters was inaugurated in the Oregon State Capitol’s Senate Chamber. “Thank you so much for electing me Oregon’s first Kid Governor,” said Dom in his first public address to Oregonians. “It has been an amazing experience so far, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the year.”

Does it concern you that issues such as Oregon’s failing education system, wasteful spending, and abuses of the PERS system are frequently discussed, but never solved? One reason is that Oregon’s political system favors wealthy and powerful special interest groups and not you.

The audit found a significant backlog in air quality permits. Untimely permits, combined with a current backlog of inspections, endanger the health of Oregonians and the state’s environment. DEQ should evaluate staffing and workloads among air quality permit writers and provide better guidance to...

The Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet for the January 23, 2018 Special Election was mailed statewide for delivery between December 27 and 29. I encourage you to study the arguments on both sides. If you need to register to vote or update your voter information, you can do so on our website. The registration deadline for this election is...

I’ll never forget the many Christmas eves where, with excitement in my young daughters’ eyes and hushed, gleeful whispers, we would quietly approach the front steps of a local family’s house. Each daughter helped carry a gift, and after arranging the packages on the front porch, there was a quick knock on the door and a race to our family van parked a block away.

Oregon’s high school graduation rates were an embarrassingly low 75% in 2015-16. Sadly, Oregon is almost 10% below the national average and has ranked among the worst five states for five years in a row. This is unacceptable. We are failing our children and grandchildren.

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has not focused on improving education for at-risk students in alternative and online schools and programs, though these programs account for nearly half the state’s high school dropouts, according to an audit released today by the Secretary of State’s office.