OPB Politics Now

On this week's episode, OPB political reporter Lauren Dake and editor Anna Griffin review new Gov. Tina Kotek's first week in office, including her big push to end homelessness.

On this week's show, we bring you two conversations about a very newsy week in Pacific Northwest Politics: Lauren Dake discusses outgoing Gov. Kate Brown's legacy and Jonathan Levinson explains what's next for Measure 114.

On this episode, OPB editor Anna Griffin and political reporter Lauren Dake explain and analyze Gov. Kate Brown's decision to commute the sentences of everyone awaiting execution in Oregon.

On this week's show, we hear from Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield and Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp about their plans for the 2023 Legislative session.

Once again, Republicans in Oregon failed to capture the governor’s office, either chamber of the state legislature or any statewide office. Yet coming out of the November election, GOP leaders say they feel surprisingly optimistic. On this week's show OPB reporter Lauren Dake and editor Anna Griffin debate the future of the GOP in Oregon.

On this special election results editor, OPB reporters Dirk VanderHart and Lauren Dake and OPB editor Anna Griffin break down what we do and don't know about the 2022 election.

On this week's show, OPB reporter Rebecca Ellis and editor Anna Griffin dive deep on the Portland City Council's new approach to homelessness -- and the political firestorm it's generating.

On this special election preview episode, OPB reporter Rebecca Ellis explains the decision Portland voters must make on the city's form of government and how city leaders are selected.

The OPB Politics Now team talk through the 2022 campaigns in front of a live audience at Beaverton's Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.

On this special election preview episode, OPB reporters Joni Auden Land, April Ehrlich and Troy Brynelson break down three Pacific Northwest Congressional races that will help decide who controls the U.S. House next year.