By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update The Special Session is set to continue on Monday, although it is unclear whether it will proceed or be delayed again based on Senator Gorsek’s ongoing health issue. The Special Session is also scheduled over the top of next week’s Legislative Days, […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, City officials in Sisters, Ore., are being accused of trying to ban construction of a bronze cowboy statue over fears that it will draw conservatives to town, according to the UK Daily Mail. The proposal to erect a bronze statue rodeo star Lane Frost […]

Welcome to the next chapter: Cultivate Northwest! By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Since the 1990s, OFS has partnered with the Northwest Food and Forest Education Foundation to provide education and resources for agriculture, forestry, and natural resource communities. Today, with a refreshed mission and vision, the Foundation launches under […]

By Oregon Small Business Association of Oregon, A 25-year-old Guatemalan man living in Woodburn, Ore., is challenging his detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrested four of seven workers during a raid on an Oregon blueberry farm. Before dawn on Aug. 7, ICE agents in unmarked SUVs stopped […]

Make America Healthy Again Commission Publishes Strategy Recommendations By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last week, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its Make Our Children Healthy Again: Recommendations of the MAHA Commission to President Trump, detailing its strategy to address childhood chronic disease through Federal Government restructuring. […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon The Trump administration has picked Republican Tootie Smith, former Clackamas County Commission chair, to serve as director of the Oregon Farm Service Agency in a move expected to advance the president’s less-regulation/more accountability agenda.  Democrat Craig Robers, former Clackamas County sheriff, defeated Smith, who served […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, They don’t call it The Beaver State without reason, and Oregon’s lawmakers are doing what they can to protect the furry dam-makers from hunting, in part to safeguard drinking water, inhibit wildfires and help salmon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. House Bill 3464 recently passed […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A team of biologists conducting research along the California-Oregon border is experimenting with some unconventional methods to deter apex predators from cattle. By using AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips, and even live human voices, they aim to keep wolves at bay. The wolf population has […]

Lane County Watershed Bill of Rights Initiative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, the Lane county clerk’s office announced that the initiative petition that would give rights to the “watershed” and allow private citizens to sue businesses and local government entities for violating those rights has qualified […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Emphasizes Local Solutions in Harney Basin Groundwater Rulemaking By Oregon Farm Bureau,   On August 13, 2025, Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) submitted comments to the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) regarding the proposed Division 512 Rulemaking for the Harney Basin Critical Groundwater Area.   OFB highlights the importance […]