Hillary Borrud

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Hillary Borrud

Oregon’s housing agency failed to follow basic public contracting requirements on multiple no-bid deals worth nearly $32.3 million that were supposed to help rebuild communities devastated by the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, a state review found. The contract that “raised the most concern” was with the modular housing brokerage that was supposed to deliver 140 homes for wildfire survivors in two hard-hit areas, a top official wrote.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Hillary Borrud

Oregon’s U.S. senators are raising concerns about the “shadowy” closure of a small Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in rural Wallowa County, where veterans now face lengthy drives for in-person care at other VA clinics. In a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Thursday, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley wrote that they were worried Monday’s closure of the VA clinic in Enterprise could create “critical service gaps ...

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Hillary Borrud

Federal funding could be cut off for some rural Oregon library services and a long-running statewide reading competition for elementary, middle and high school students, as President Donald Trump works to eliminate a small federal agency that routed money to states for libraries and museums. Money is also in jeopardy for a state library division that assists libraries at schools and other locations around the state, said Oregon’s State Librarian Wendy Cornelisen.

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Hillary Borrud

Children who are sold for sex in Oregon will continue to face the possibility of being charged with the crime of prostitution, after a Democratic House leader killed a proposal that would have ended criminal liability for kids. Oregon is one of only a small number of states that still allows police and prosecutors to pursue prostitution charges against children.

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Hillary Borrud

In theory, Oregon officials have some 40 billion reasons to be anxious about federal funding from the Trump administration. That’s roughly how much money lawmakers expected from federal funds over the past two years and those same officials now must figure out how to plan state spending into 2027. Across the nation, federal agencies and grant recipients are reeling from President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk rapidly slashing the government workforce and federal spending.