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.

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

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.

Kotek said she''l recommend the Legislature pass a budget that represents a $4.7 billion increase in total spending from the current two-year budget.

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.

Governor Tina Kotek’s 2025-27 budget proposal is receiving pushback from Oregon Republicans who say there are no new ideas or vision. The Governor’s budget plan titled ‘Building on Progress’ calls for building upon the priorities from her previous plans.

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,