Author: ALEX BAUMHARDT, Oregon Capital Chronicle | The Bulletin

Oregon

Bills to help Oregon schools fund years of summer learning await governor’s signature

The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide consistent funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they ... Read more

Wildfires

Proposal to impose penalties on private utilities delaying wildfire lawsuits quietly moves forward

A bipartisan bill moving through the Oregon Senate would prohibit private utilities from recovering wildfire costs from customers ... Read more

Local News

Governor, education director ‘hold the line’ against Trump DEI threats

The Oregon Department of Education will not end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to fit the Trump administration’s ... Read more

Local News

EPA withholds $85 million meant to fund environmental justice projects in Oregon

A new community center and “climate resilience hub” in the southern Oregon town of Chiloquin should be months ... Read more

News

Climate disasters are on the rise. These states want to make oil companies pay.

For many California residents, the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year were the latest and most searing example ... Read more

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