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3 days ago · From eastern Oregon to the coast, new efforts spring up to combat drug addiction. 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 bigger ...
Oregon Democrats have one-vote edge in quest for House …
18 hours ago · By: Julia Shumway - November 15, 2024 11:33 am. Democrat Lesly Muñoz, left, now leads Republican incumbent Tracy Cramer by a single vote. (Campaign photos) Oregon Democrats’ ability to fully enact their legislative agenda and pass a transportation funding package next year may come down to a single state House district, now divided by just ...
Oregon stays Democratic and even appears to flip a district in …
2 days ago · Taken as a whole the district leans slightly Democratic, but not by a lot. Two years ago, in the first election of this newly configured district, Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer defeated Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner by 50.9% to 48.8%. This year, running against Democrat Janelle Bynum, she appears to have lost by a similar margin, 45% to 47% as ...
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4 days ago · BY: Alex Baumhardt - November 12, 2024. Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming and ranching, but in the future it could provide fruitful ground for a whole other industry designed to fight climate change. Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of ...
Register to vote in Oregon’s November election by Oct. 15
By: Julia Shumway - October 11, 2024 5:45 am. Oregonians must register to vote by Oct. 15 to receive a ballot for the 2024 general election. (Getty Images) Time is running out to register to vote ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Oregonians have until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, to register to vote and receive a ballot.
Oregon election results follow usual pattern
Nov 5, 2024 · A supporter listens to speeches at the Oregon Democratic Party’s election night event at the Portland Hilton on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Rian Dundon/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Oregon had few surprises in the general election results that changed the political landscape very little. Tracking closely with similar kinds of results in Washington ...
Oregon 2024 election: What we know and what we’re waiting on
Nov 6, 2024 · Election officials in Oregon’s 36 counties are still processing returned ballots, verifying signatures on ballot envelopes and waiting for some ballots that were postmarked Nov. 5 to be delivered. Republicans were victorious nationwide, with Donald Trump winning a second term four years after losing the presidency.
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Nov 7, 2024 · BY: Julia Shumway - November 5, 2024. Democratic state Rep. Janelle Bynum holds a narrow lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the race for Oregon’s closest congressional district. Bynum had a lead of 47.8% over Chavez-DeRemer’s 45.5% in results updated by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office after 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Sharp divide in Oregon over bill to step up logging to prevent ...
Oct 11, 2024 · By: Alex Baumhardt - October 11, 2024 6:00 am. A helicopter carries water to fire behind a ranch near Ukiah as part of the effort against the Battle Mountain Complex of blazes in Umatilla County. About 75% of the acres scorched in this year’s wildfire season were in grass and shrub lands, mostly in southern and eastern Oregon.
Latest Oregon economic forecast shows up to $1.7 billion …
Feb 7, 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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