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2 days ago · Oregon Capital Chronicle focuses on deep and useful reporting on Oregon state government, politics and policy. We help readers understand how those in government are using their power, what’s happening to taxpayer dollars, and how citizens can stake a …
Oregon likely faces battle with next Trump administration
1 day ago · During the just-concluded campaign for attorney general, Republican Will Lathrop dodged a question about whether he supported his party’s presidential candidate by saying he was “ laser focused” on public safety issues in Oregon and not on national politics. National issues, he suggested, were not a major part of the job for an Oregon attorney general.
New Oregon economic forecaster predicts higher revenue, higher …
3 days ago · Oregon’s new chief state economist estimates the state will have about $37.8 billion available to spend in the next two-year budget cycle after reworking how the state calculates its economic forecast. The state’s also on track to pay out a $1.8 billion kicker to taxpayers in 2026. But new chief ...
Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program …
2 days ago · Oregon’s keystone plan to regulate fossil fuel companies and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution will be reinstated in early 2025 after being derailed for nearly a year by a gas industry lawsuit. The Environmental Quality Commission, which oversees the Department of Environmental ...
Oregon school attendance inches up and ninth graders on track to ...
2 days ago · Education; Oregon school attendance inches up and ninth graders on track to graduate, new data reveals The percentage of ninth graders on track to graduate has returned to pre-pandemic levels, and the number of students attending school regularly is up nearly 4 percentage points from last year
Oregon Democrats have 34-vote edge in quest for House …
Nov 15, 2024 · Updated at 6:10 p.m. Friday with new ballot totals, responses from candidates. With a potential Democratic supermajority on the line, a Republican state representative losing by fewer than three dozen votes said Friday evening that she has hired a …
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Nov 14, 2024 · Oregon Democrats have 34-vote edge in quest for House supermajority BY: Julia Shumway - November 15, 2024 Updated at 6:10 p.m. Friday with new ballot totals, responses from candidates With a potential Democratic supermajority on the line, a Republican state representative losing by fewer than three dozen votes said Friday evening that she has hired a …
Latest Oregon economic forecast shows steady growth, uncertain …
May 29, 2024 · Oregon’s economy continues to grow steadily, if at a slower pace than it has in recent years, state economists told lawmakers on Wednesday. That includes April personal income tax collections coming in higher than expected, leaving a “fifty-fifty proposition” that Oregonians will receive a $582 million kicker tax credit in 2026, two years after the state paid …
A look inside the Oregon Capitol under construction
Jul 25, 2024 · Julia Shumway is the Capital Chronicle's deputy editor and lead political reporter. Before joining the Capital Chronicle in 2021, she was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in …
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The Oregon Capital Chronicle, founded in 2021, is a professional, nonprofit news organization. We focus on deep and useful reporting on Oregon state government, politics and policy. Staffed by experienced journalists, the Capital Chronicle helps readers understand how those in government are using – or abusing – their power, what’s happening to taxpayer dollars, and […]