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 […]

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host Oregon desperately needs new housing. Government created this problem so more government seems unlikely to fix it. Two things made it happen. For more than 50 years, the government artificially and unnecessarily locked up land with Senate Bill 100 and Urban Growth […]

Please join us in opposing HB 4059 with the -7 amendment to restrict GE crops! By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, HB 4059 was supposed to implement solutions for coexistence between specialty seed and canola growers based on a workgroup that was initiated by legislation last session. The -7 amendment would […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Oregon State University has received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study ways to keep organic potatoes from spoiling, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting’s KLCC. The Pacific Northwest has a $2.2 billion potato industry, and nationwide, organic food sales topped $60 billion […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   The Capitol was bustling with activity during the first week of the legislative session. Bills were just introduced on Monday, and all of them will need to be ready for a vote next week. The ones that don’t make it through policy committee […]

By Dave Hunnicutt Oregon Property Owners Association In the wake of a series of devastating wildfires across the western United States, several states have made significant changes to their state wildfire programs. After the 2020 Labor Day Fires, Oregon joined suit.  In 2021, the Oregon Legislature adopted SB 762, which […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The 2024 Legislative Session Kicks off this Monday, February 5th. Bills were published earlier this week and OFS has combed through the 300 or so to identify those of greatest concern to our members. We continue to meet with legislators regarding HB 4059 to […]

By Oregon State Representative Cyrus Javadi, and Oregon State Senator Suzanne Weber, Press Release, Last week, a massive fire destroyed hundreds of crab pots at the Bornstein Foods seafood plant in Ilwaco, Washington, right across the mouth of the Columbia River from Astoria. The loss of property threatens the Northwest […]