Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek announced today that she will be a candidate for Governor in the 2022 Democratic Primary.
Corvallis Gazette-Times: Oregon lawmakers OK more than $700 million for housing needs
Oregon lawmakers have approved more than $700 million for housing needs that go beyond the emergency prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
OPB: Oregon lawmakers approve bill to turn hotels and motels into housing, shelters
Oregon state lawmakers approved a measure on Wednesday that embodies the times we are living in: The bill would ease the ability to convert hotels and motels — pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic — into long-term affordable housing for people who lost their homes in the wildfires or who are otherwise unhoused.
KGW: ‘We are living in a different world’: House Speaker Tina Kotek looks for bipartisan effort to help Oregon recover
Oregon’s Speaker of the House, Tina Kotek, (D) Portland, reassured Oregonians that state lawmakers are listening to their concerns and fears about the future created by the coronavirus crisis.
The Oregonian: Tina Kotek proposes $40 million investment in homelessness — a first for Oregon
Lake Oswego Review: Kotek says schools, housing among her top priorities
In her final speaking engagement before being sworn in as speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, Rep. Tina Kotek (D-Portland) told a gathering in Lake Oswego last week that the 2019 legislativ
The Oregonian: Tina Kotek makes national history as incoming Oregon House Speaker
Willamette Week: Women Hold More Leadership Positions in the Oregon Legislature Than Do Their Peers in Any Other State
A New York Times story over the Labor Day weekend highlighted the power that women wield in Oregon, holding not just the governor’s office (Kate Brown) and the attorney general’s office (Ellen Rosenblum) but also top spots in the Legislature.