By Salem Reporter
Boquist derides session-ending politics, explains his threat to police
State Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, discusses his actions in the closing days of the 2019 Legislature from his Capitol office. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) Over the past two years, a Republican legislator once an ally of Democrats has become a one-man…
Audit: Oregon still struggles with cyber security needs
SALEM — Auditors say Oregon’s central administrative agency lacks basic controls to protect its information and systems from a cyber attack. That means the Department of Administrative Services’ information and systems are at risk for “unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification,”…
At migrant high school, Salem-Keizer students explore firefighting
Amy Froylan laughs as she breaths through a firefighter’s regulator for the first time during Salem-Keizer’s migrant high school program on the Chemeketa Community College Brooks campus (Anna CK Smith/Special to Salem Reporter) Ted Farr addressed a room of about…
Timber Unity movement gets presidential invite
Timber Unity supporters and other opponents rally against House Bill 2020 on June 27. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Two members of a quickly rising political activist community of Oregon loggers have been invited to the White House to attend…
Logging community Timber Unity gets White House invite
Timber Unity and other groups protest House Bill 2020. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Two members of a quickly rising political activist community of loggers have been invited to the White House for an afternoon talk on environmental policy by President Donald…
We’re now the award-winning Salem Reporter
Rachel Alexander, a journalist with Salem Reporter. The Society of Professional Journalists on Monday cited Rachel Alexander of Salem Reporter for her work last fall on a story about Salem’s efforts to care for the homeless. The professional organization awarded…
Oregon’s ‘Christmas tree bill’ pumps out more than a billion to local projects
SALEM — Christmas has come to Oregon’s legislators. In one of the final steps of the 2019 Legislature, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a massive bill to deliver about $1.32 billion to projects across the state, from Clackamas to Harney counties. One…
Brown, Democrats tout successful legislative session despite cap and trade’s death
Gov. Brown does a ceremonial signing of the Student Success Act. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) SALEM — The highly public downfall of a legislative plan to cap the state’s greenhouse gas emissions cast a long shadow over the last two weeks…
Festival draws thousands for far away tastes and tunes
Dancers at the World Beat Festival. (Mary Louise VanNatta/ Salem Reporter) Kathleen Fish’s cell phone buzzes again and she’s off to check on one of the sponsors. As the executive director of the Salem Multicultural Institute, she’s the one who…
Governor threatens to do by rule what she couldn’t by legislation
Gov. Brown riles up advocates for cap and trade after Senate President Peter Courtney declared House Bill 2020 dead. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) Less than 24 hours after the 2019 Legislature closed, Gov. Kate Brown renewed the fight for a…