By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Adding a 4 percent tax to the sale of new car tires in Oregon could generate up to $20 million a year for […]
By CONRAD SWANSON/The Seattle Times Chaos over the Trump administration’s firing of federal government workers has even permeated a little-known agency at the center of the Pacific Northwest’s largest source of […]
By DAMIAN MANN/Rogue Valley Times Tribes from southern Oregon and northern California plan to appeal a federal judge’s second ruling in favor of a Medford casino. U.S. District Judge Amit […]
By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek wants to see thousands more duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters and townhomes built throughout the state. The governor is urging […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Lawmakers got a three-hour crash course last week on fixes that are needed to Oregon’s education funding formula to improve student learning and […]
By PHILOMATH NEWS MILLERSBURG — Six months after announcing Millersburg as the site of a new cross-laminated timber manufacturing facility, Timberlab and its partners along with a list of dignitaries […]
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The agency that issues warnings for floods, ice storms and wildfire danger in Oregon is short-staffed by at least 30 percent to 40 percent following […]
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 […]
