Julia Shumway
Editor-in-Chief at Oregon Capital Chronicle
Editor @ORCapChronicle, Capitol press corps president, @spjoregon board member. Past reporting in AZ, NE, IA. Bookworm, cat mom, national park geek.
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Randy Stapilus |Julia Shumway
The 2000 report on hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center showed five hate groups active in Oregon. Its 2024 counterpart report just released this month found 24. The difference is a matter of apples and oranges between these reports, which reflects a changing landscape in the area of extremism and hate groups.
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theworldlink.com | Julia Shumway
Oregonians will go hungry if congressional Republicans plow forward with plans to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and shift costs to states, senators and Gov. Tina Kotek warned on Tuesday. Kotek and Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined a press call Tuesday with three other Democratic senators and the head of a Vermont anti-hunger group to discuss proposed cuts to SNAP, the food benefits used by 42 million Americans and more than 700,000 Oregonians.
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salemreporter.com | Julia Shumway
As Oregon lawmakers scrounge for ways to pay for hundreds of millions in transportation needs, they’ve dug up a new twist on an old plan: allowing polluters to buy and trade carbon credits. In a memo to House and Senate caucus leaders on Thursday, transportation committee co-chairs Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Troutdale and Rep.
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Julia Shumway
by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle May 22, 2025 This is a developing story and will be updated. As Oregon lawmakers scrounge for ways to pay for hundreds of millions in transportation needs, they’ve dug up a new twist on an old plan: allowing polluters to buy and trade carbon credits. In a memo to House and Senate caucus leaders on Thursday, transportation committee co-chairs Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Troutdale and Rep.
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bendbulletin.com | Julia Shumway
U.S. House Republicans push through massive tax and spending bill slashing MedicaidPublished 8:32 am Thursday, May 22, 2025WASHINGTON - The U.S. House early Thursday approved the "big, beautiful bill" that Republican leaders spent months negotiating with centrists and far-right members of the party - two distinct factions that hold vastly different policy goals - over intense opposition from Democrats.
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Longtime journalist @DickHughes writes about troubling #orpol transparency trends. After Dick's column, a Kotek spox responded to me to claim the simple staff list was removed because of "threats of violence" and deferred questions to state police. https://t.co/VvJxFMh6pD
As he prepares to step down from a "dysfunctional" Congress after a political career that spanned five decades, Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer is ever more certain he made the right choice. https://t.co/J7Qc82oq3L #orpol
I think most of the people who care about #orleg livetweets are already on bluesky, but if you're not yet, I'm prioritizing posting over there for this special session and the 2025 session in the interest of not having to use multiple sites. https://t.co/RnKTerjZfT