Moving Forward Needed Management of Federal Forests By Oregon State Senator David Brock Smith   As you know, I have long pushed for more proactive forest management from our federal agencies on their federal managed lands to bring timber resources to market, creating jobs, while protecting our communities from wildfire. […]

By Samantha Bayer Oregon Property Owners Association The 2024 Legislative Session has finally finished and OPOA is thrilled to announce a banner year. This Session, OPOA’s Dave Hunnicutt was at the Capitol daily working to help pass legislation that supports private property rights, and amend or kill any bill that […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation We are not far away from having liberal groups issue at least one official lawsuit against every single favorite Oregon brand in our State. Oregon’s highest court will hear arguments in March on the appeal of a five-year-old lawsuit against the Tillamook County Creamery […]

AFRC-AOCC Reply Brief Counters Claims on O&C Act, Monument Expansion in Supreme Court Case By American Forest Resource Council Today, the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) and the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC), along with a coalition, filed a reply brief in AFRC et al. vs. United States of America […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update The 2024 Legislative Session adjourned on Thursday evening, with major accomplishments outside of our sector including packages addressing housing, drugs, and campaign spending.   Overall, OFS ended strong on our issues. HB 4059 on canola passed yesterday in amended form. While we averted […]

  Oregon Legislative Republicans Urge for Immediate Reconsideration of the Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan By Oregon State Senate Republican Caucus and Oregon House Republican Caucus The full Senate and House Republican Caucuses sent a letter to Governor Tina Kotek urging for the immediate reconsideration of ODF’s proposed Habitat Conservation Plan […]

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon A friend who lives in Calico Rock, Arkansas wrote me, “Calico Rock has been preparing for the TOTAL ECLIPSE on April 8, 2024—we are in the direct totality path. Since all of this ‘just happened,’ we are hoping it does not get […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Things are beginning to wind down in the Capitol as we move into the final week of the 2024 session. The major drug and housing bills appear to be headed for bi-partisan passage, and the final budget allocations will be revealed early next week as […]

By Oregon State Representative Jami Cate, Press Release, One of the highlights this week was having the opportunity to testify on one of my bills, HB 4007, which we covered in an earlier. This bill protects the settlements of wildfire lawsuits from being taxed at rates of up to 70%—helping […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter   The 2024 Legislative Session crossed the halfway point this week and jettisoned a number of bills after passing the first significant deadline. Legislative leadership continues to wrangle over Measure 110, housing, the budget, and potentially campaign finance reform, all of which will require […]