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Government

Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging federal Job Corps to train more firefighters

To combat chronic and growing shortages of wildland firefighters, Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging an existing federal jobs ... Read more

Government

Federal chaos leaves Oregon’s economic outlook sluggish, uncertain, short hundreds of millions

Oregon lawmakers will have nearly $756 million less than they anticipated to spend in next two years, according ... Read more

Business

Environmentalists argue PacifiCorp’s wildfire liability burden is fueled by coal-protecting bills 

When Berkshire Hathaway bought PacifiCorp — Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company — in 2005, stakeholders didn’t consider the ... Read more

Business

Oregon joins suit against federal transportation agencies for withholding EV charger funding

Oregon’s attorney general is joining a lawsuit against the heads of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the ... Read more

Government

Bills to regulate private utilities, curb gas and electric costs for Oregonians at a standstill

Oregon lawmakers are considering at least six bills that would limit private electric and gas rate hikes   ... Read more

Government

Democratic attorneys general, including Oregon’s Dan Rayfield, sue RFK Jr., Trump administration to keep public health programs

Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in ... Read more

Business

State to offer rebates on electric vehicle purchases again

Oregonians hoping to buy an electric vehicle this spring could get thousands of dollars from the state to ... Read more

Education

Oregon responds to U.S. Dept. of Education demands for evidence of student privacy law compliance

The Dear Colleague Letter demanding privacy law compliance was one of several recent attempts the education agency has ... Read more

Business

Oregon bill would implement protections for Uber, Lyft drivers

Senate Bill 1166 would implement fair pay, deactivation protections for transportation network drivers Read more

Environment

Proposal to raise lodging tax by 1% could bring in $30 million annually for wildlife protection

House Bill 2977 would increase the state’s transient lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.5% and direct additional funding ... Read more

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