Your Friday evening update on Salem news
Good evening, Salem.
Oregon lawmakers are continuing their special session on transportation as we write this, with clashes along party lines over whether lawmakers should raise taxes to fund road maintenance and avoid layoffs, or divert money from climate change and pedestrian safety initiatives.
We’ll post updates from our colleagues at Oregon Capital Chronicle as lawmakers wrap up their work.
Our team will be off Monday for Labor Day, though we’ll publish a few articles over the long weekend. We hope you get a chance to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer before local schools begin next week.
Here’s some of today’s news. Head to our website anytime for the latest Salem news.
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Around a dozen Oregon State Fair vendors took refunds from the Oregon State Fair due to low sales, which fair management attributed to heat. Only two booths are left in…
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Republicans re-up plan to use road safety, climate money to bail out state transportation department
Oregon Republicans have a counter to Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation plan which would avoid raising taxes by redirecting existing money from pedestrian and bike safety pograms.
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Demonstrations against the Trump administration are planned across the U.S. Monday, including a Salem rally at 1 p.m. near the Oregon Capitol featuring speakers from unions.
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Free haircuts and clothes for the start of the school year, a unique garage sale and 50th anniversary screenings of Jaws are among the Salem events coming up.
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Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule would open up 58 million acres of national forest land across the country to logging and development.
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The Salem area’s largest shelter for women and families is getting space for 40 new residents along with space for child care.
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