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 […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon needs more veterinarians. This is especially true for large animal veterinarians in regions of the state that are sparsely populated. While this bill would have benefits for cattle producers statewide, it is important to note that cattle ranching operations are typically found where urban pressures […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Week two of the 2026 Legislative session is ending with action on several significant bills against the first deadlines of the lightning-fast session. The newly created “Joint Special Committee On Referendum Petition 2026-302“ completed its sole task: sending SB 1599 out of committee on […]

By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting research on fisher, a forest-dwelling carnivore that once occupied forests across the Cascade and Klamath-Siskiyou regions. Today, Oregon’s remaining fisher persist as a small, isolated population in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains. And ODFW researchers want […]