Governor Tina Kotek's proposed two-year budget includes almost $16 billion for education, which is about the cost of buying both the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets.

Gov. Tina Kotek said Monday she will recommend the Oregon Legislature pass a $39.3 billion budget that directs millions of additional dollars toward housing, homelessness, behavioral health and education, and represents a $4.7 billion increase in total ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek released her plans Monday for the state's two-year budget, and her priorities struck a familiar tone: reducing homelessness, bolstering the state's mental health programs, and improving education.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek proposes a budget focusing on homelessness, housing, health services, and education without cutting services.

This is a developing story and will be updated. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants the state to spend more than $2 billion on homelessness and housing and send a record $11.4 billion to public schools as part of a budget focused on maintaining existing programs with little cash to spare for new initiatives.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says her efforts to ease a housing and homeless crisis, boost lagging educational achievement, and better help people with mental health and addiction challenges are bearing fruit.

Tracy Kennedy, chairwoman of the Burns Paiute tribe in eastern Oregon, said it was especially meaningful for Kotek to join tribal youth — who her tribe calls “future elders” — to make duck decoys as their ancestors have done for at least the past 2,000 years.