By Oregon Association of Nurseries,   Great news: The Oregon nursery industry scored two big wins last week: The Oregon Legislature passed a budget reconciliation bill that contained $1.8 million to resurrect the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Japanese beetle eradication program. The funding bill awaits Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature. Additionally, […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, OFS sent a coalition letter to the Oregon Department of Energy, requesting an extension on the comment period for their proposed Oregon Greenhouse Gas Reduction Gap Measures. With no notice about this proposal and significant impacts to Oregon’s natural resource and manufacturing […]

By Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Press Release, ROSEBURG, Ore. – ODFW is hosting turkey hunting workshops around the state in April for both youth and adults. If you’re a new hunter, or new to turkey hunting, consider joining us for a day of learning more about turkey hunting. […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Amazon has offered $83 million to buy solar energy and storage in Eastern Oregon to power its data centers, but a state council needs to sign off on the deal before it’s finalized. The Sunstone project sold to Amazon in the Pine Gate Renewables […]

By Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, Press Release, Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led their colleagues—including Senator Ron Wyden, Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Val Hoyle (OR-04)—in reintroducing the Soil Conservation And Regeneration Education (Soil CARE) Act. Their bicameral bill would create a […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   The Legislature managed to rebalance the biennial budget, albeit raising revenue by disallowing $311 million in new tax deductions for Oregon tax payers. They then limited the very tax credit they supported earlier in the month.   Democratic leadership also managed […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation A federal judge has rolled back the Trump administration’s plans for hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers that he says would have greatly harmed salmon already struggling to survive. According to The Oregonian/OregonLive, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon sided with Oregon, Native […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   The 2026 Legislative Session is entering its final week. It seems the legislature has figured out how it will dispense with the major (and most contentious) issues, paving the way for the final few days of floor votes followed by adjournment […]

AFRC Supports O&C Renewal Act to Restore Management of Western Oregon BLM Timberlands By American Forest Resource Council,   The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) today announced strong support for legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) to reaffirm the original intent of the federal O&C Act and restore […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, With temperatures dropping outside this week, the heat was rising in the Capitol during the third week of the Oregon Legislative Session. With the first and most significant deadline last Monday to get bills voted out of their original committee, more bills headed towards […]