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A day before Minnesota shootings, Oregon Legislature passed bill to conceal Oregon lawmakers’ addresses
Less than 12 hours before a gunman wearing an eerie disguise showed up at the homes of two Minnesota lawmakers Saturday, the ...
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Gov. Kotek proposes using $160 million from Oregon’s ‘rainy day fund’ for one-time wildfire funding
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs ...
‘Take what I can get’: Kotek signals long-term wildfire funding solution unlikely in 2025
Kotek favors the idea of using the interest generated by the state's Rainy Day Fund to pay for wildfire mitigation and ...
How will state fund fighting Oregon wildfires? Kicker, rainy day fund among proposals
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said June 16 she doesn't think lawmakers have the votes this session to use the kicker to fund ...
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Oregon Proposal Would Create Billion-Dollar Fund for Wildfires
A bill would direct a majority of funds in the state’s tax rebate program to an account that would generate interest for efforts to combat wildfires.
After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials' personal information
Officials in several states took precautions Saturday to remove legislators' personal information from online directories.
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In new proposal, 60% of kicker would go to wildfire, rest to Oregonians making less than $95k
A late-in-the-session Hail Mary proposal to redirect the bulk of the state’s “kicker” tax rebate to fund statewide wildfire work would still kick some of the rebate back to most Oregonians.