Oregon – Page 189

At the last minute, Oregon legislative leaders close Capitol amid snowstorm

February 13, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Julia Shumway and Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 13, 2025 Snow and ice closed state government offices and the Oregon Capitol on Thursday — but lawmakers, staff, lobbyists and Oregonians prepared to testify on […]

Oregon GOP leader cites false examples of government waste from parody X account

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 12, 2025 Oregon’s Senate Republican leader shared debunked claims from a social media parody account about federal government spending in a state-issued email newsletter decrying “fear-mongering and misinformation.” Sen. […]

NW Natural pushes back on bill that would require notifying customers about use of hydrogen

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 12, 2025 Last summer, a Democratic state senator heard from hundreds of constituents in southeast Portland who were concerned about NW Natural secretly supplying residents with natural gas blended […]

Construction and Property Management Companies and Company Owners Plead Guilty to Asbestos Violations

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

PORTLAND, Ore.–A construction company operating in Hood River, Oregon, and a property management company operating in The Dalles, Oregon, together with the owners, pleaded guilty Friday to violating asbestos work standards and negligent endangerment by discharging a […]

Oregon legislator seeks stricter lobbying limits for former lawmakers representing state agencies

February 11, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 11, 2025 An Oregon Republican is pushing to tighten the state’s anti-revolving-door law, saying the law unfairly discriminates between former lawmakers who lobby for private industries and those who […]