Mia Maldonado
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Oregon has big funding gap for road maintenance (opens the original)
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Oregon has one of the largest gaps in the country between its highway and bridge maintenance needs and what it spends on addressing them, according to a national study. Oregon is falling behind on transportation maintenance, with the state transportation department facing a $200 million shortfall in the 2027-29 budget cycle. A recent study from The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that Oregon also lags most other states in what it needs to invest in its roads and bridges to meet condition targets. Th
Oregon approves funds for fire fight (opens the original)
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Oregon lawmakers approved nearly $123 million to help cover the costs of this year’s wildfire season, sending money to two state agencies responsible for fighting wildfires. The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board agreed to allocate $108 million to the Oregon Department of Forestry and $15 million to the Department of the State Fire Marshal at a morning meeting Thursday, September 10. The 20-member board has the authority to allocate funding when the full Legislature isn’t in session. As
ODOT staff cuts could affect response (opens the original)
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As fires scorched through a record 2.5 million acres this summer, mostly in eastern and central Oregon, many of the state's transportation maintenance crews traded patching potholes and cleaning culverts for wildfire response. Diverting resources to respond to severe weather events is becoming increasingly common for the Oregon Department of Transportation. But as the agency looks to cut nearly 200 maintenance positions to fill a $200 million budget gap in the 2027-29 budget cycle, agency offici
How Oregon agencies use drones (opens the original)
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When Oregon lawmakers in 2013 passed a law establishing some of the state's earliest guidelines for public drone usage, not a single state or local agency was using drones. The law prohibited the use of armed drones and restricted their use in law enforcement surveillance to cases involving a search warrant or life-threatening emergencies, such as search and rescue situations. It also required the Oregon Department of Aviation in 2016 to establish a registry of every public agency's drone. Orego
Initiative Petition 28 may not make ballot (opens the original)
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A controversial initiative petition to ban killing or harming animals in Oregon with almost no exceptions may not qualify for the November ballot. The petition failed the first round of the signature verification process, a spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office told the Capital Chronicle. However, it could still reach the ballot if it passes a second, larger review. Framed as an anti-animal cruelty petition, Initiative Petition 28 is an effort led by Portland-based vegan advocates to
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