Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, discusses the 2020 legislative session with reporters. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Democrats scoffed Thursday morning at a Republican offer to end the stalemate at the Capitol by returning on Sunday, the last day of the 2020 legislative session. Republicans have been absent from[Read More…]
Uncategorized Activists pack the steps of the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, to show support for a cap and trade bill being considered by lawmakers. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — Activists seeking to clean Oregon’s environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions turned out by the hundreds at Capitol[Read More…]
Julie Parrish, a former state legislator now working with Timber Unity, speaks at group’s Capitol rally on Thursday, Feb. 6. (Jaime Valdez/Pamplin Media) SALEM — An Oregon activist group that opposes a state plan to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions presented Gov. Kate Brown Thursday with its own ideas[Read More…]
A woman holds a sign that reads: “Stop the climate change commies,” during a rally against cap and trade legislation. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) SALEM — They are blue-collar workers but they carried views from the “red” parts of Oregon Thursday. They were raising their voices in protest against legislative proposals[Read More…]
