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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Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that was co-sponsored by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden. -
The region is experiencing unusually warm and dry conditions, scientists find, and snowpack is at record lows for this time of year -
More than 600 teachers and school staff are expected to attend training sessions in Bend, Eugene and Oregon City over the weekend -
Oregon, California and more than 20 other states argue the USDA misinterpreted changes to SNAP eligibility, blocking refugees and asylees from getting benefits even after obtaining residency -
The nonprofit Energy Trust of Oregon is encouraging residents to invest in heating and cooling pumps, solar panels, before federal money goes away. -
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027. -
Oregon has two reserve funds meant to ensure state agencies and services remain whole and public school budgets aren’t throttled. -
Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees. -
Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to reverse a recent decision in District Court in Oregon that blocked Trump’s deployment. -
Nuclear is mostly absent from a new energy strategy outlining how the state will meet growing power demand, reduce greenhouse gas pollution. -
Federal lawyers claimed a surge of 115 federal police were needed over the summer to quell protests, but Oregon alleges fewer than 31 were ever on the ground at any given time. -
Despite delivering in past shutdowns, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was unable to provide the September jobs report because of the government shutdown.
