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.

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 doubled down Monday on her calls to devote more state money to reduce Oregon’s homelessness and housing crises, bolster mental health care and improve outcomes for children, priority areas she’s flagged repeatedly during her first two years in office.

Governor Tina Kotek released her recommended budget on Monday, with continued focus on addressing the homelessness and housing crises, bolstering behavioral health, and improving education outcomes.

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.

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,

Now nearly halfway through her first term, Kotek had vowed on her first day in office to add 36,000 housing units per year.

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.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek held a press conference Monday morning to lay out her budget priorities for the 2025-2027 biennium. The governor said her biggest priority would be homelessness, behavioral health,