By JEFF MANNING/Oregon Journalism Project After a series of low-profile meetings with Salem power brokers and utility officials, Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland confirms to the Oregon Journalism Project that she […]
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project A fundamental question lawmakers should ask about programs is who pays and who benefits. Last week, the Oregon Senate Finance and Revenue Committee got the […]
By MIA MALDONADO/Idaho Capital Sun U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has appointed Tom Schultz of Idaho as the country’s top forestry official. Schultz will serve as the 21st chief […]
By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a state known for protests, demonstrations the last three weeks around Oregon feel different. People at the University of Oregon last week marched against President […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A proposed bill in the 2025 Legislature that would establish minimum wildfire prevention standards for electric utilities in exchange for an annual certificate […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s automatic voter registration program, paused since October after state officials learned more than 1,600 people who might not have been U.S. citizens […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Chaotic federal announcements about taxes, tariffs, mass firings of federal employees and spending cuts haven’t yet affected Oregon’s economic forecast, the state’s chief […]
By JENNIFER SHUTT/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March […]
By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting A few days before members of the legislative committee charged with transportation and economic development were set to talk about how to protect fish in […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon construction firms say an order by Gov. Tina Kotek last year mandating union labor in many state projects amounts to an illegal power grab. […]
