Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital ChronicleAlex Baumhardt is a JPR content partner from the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Before that Alex was a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media. She has reported from the Arctic to the Antarctic for national and international media, and from Minnesota and Oregon for The Washington Post.
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As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.5 million eligible voters had cast their ballots in Oregon, and election officials said turnout could reach historic highs by Tuesday night. -
In a county-by-county mail delivery test, Oregon’s secretary of state found rural areas received slow USPS service and urged voters to send mail ballots by Oct. 27 or find a ballot box. -
A few competitive legislative races will decide if Oregon voters more frustrated with Trump or SalemOregon Democrats are banking on voters’ frustration with President Trump, while Republicans are counting on voters’ dissatisfaction with Democratic lawmakers in Salem. -
The watchdog Citizens’ Utility Board called the agreement with Pacific Power “the strongest from a for-profit electric utility yet” under Oregon’s POWER Act. -
The committee posted a 20-page report of “preliminary learnings and questions” the public can comment on through Oct. 24. -
A coalition of environmental, farm and social advocacy groups want Kotek to issue a multi-year moratorium on data centers in Oregon. -
International students hoping to be on an Oregon campus by the end of September to start classes have reported difficulty getting paperwork processed in time. -
The decision to rescind the 25-year-old "roadless rule" was made without officials hosting any public meetings -
The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging the grazing would harm imperiled species across the West. -
In the final hours of work before members of Congress went on recess for five weeks, a bill backed by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden to relieve natural disaster survivors from paying federal income taxes on their recovery settlements and lawyers fees passed against unexpected odds. -
Oregon would join 15 other states that have proposed data center pauses in the last year. -
‘Oregon asks for the Utah clock,’ Gov. Tina Kotek wrote in a letter for immediate and robust aid to Oregon farmers and ranchers hit by wildfires.
