
Sami Edge
Higher Education and Politics Reporter at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)
Higher ed & politics reporter @Oregonian. Email me: [email protected] Previously: @IdahoEdNews, @thenewmexican, @dailyemerald
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1 day ago |
oregonlive.com | Sami Edge |Betsy Hammond
Less than 12 hours after lawmakers ended their five-month long session without passing any new transportation funding, Gov. Tina Kotek hinted Saturday that she might summon them back to a special session to keep the state transportation agency fully functioning.
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6 days ago |
military.com | Aimee Green |Sami Edge
Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald Trump — or any of his successors — from ordering the Oregon National Guard to act as law enforcement.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Aimee Green |Sami Edge
Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald Trump — or any of his successors — from ordering the Oregon National Guard to act as law enforcement.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Sami Edge
Two Democratic lawmakers unveiled a proposal Tuesday to pay for wildfire mitigation using a tax on oral nicotine products and some of the interest on Oregon’s rainy day savings account. The proposal was unveiled in an amendment to House Bill 3940. A hearing on that bill is scheduled for Wednesday. The proposal aims to raise about $60million over the coming two-year budget for wildfire mitigation.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Sami Edge
Gov. Tina Kotek, who has been one of the loudest voices urging lawmakers to set aside a dedicated funding stream to mitigate against and fight wildfires, on Monday said she’ll take what she can get from legislative budget writers while that conversation continues. That was the clearest signal to date that lawmakers are unlikely to deliver a large and sustainable source of long-term fire funding this session.
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