Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital ChronicleAlex Baumhardt covers education and the environment for the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Before that she was a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media for four years. 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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The Jewell School District in the Clatsop State Forest predicts it could lose nearly $1 million in revenue if a plan to scale back logging is implemented.
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During the summer of 2021, half of coastal waters from northern California to the Canadian border had oxygen levels too low to support marine life.
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Four tribes opposed to a proposed tribal casino in Medford are asking U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to stop the project from moving forward.
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The Public Utilities Commission rejected all three plans, saying they were ‘unreasonably optimistic’ about future gas demand.
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During the next year, the Department of Environmental Quality will work on a new program to limit climate emissions and help vulnerable communities.
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Three proposals to boost wildfire funding this session have died though one bill, to protect wildfire survivor settlements, is on its way to Gov. Kotek.
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A little more than a week after announcing he would run for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer, Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, has reversed course.
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The Oregon Senate on Monday narrowly passed a proposal to switch the state from daylight saving time to standard time – but only if Washington and California do so first.
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The federal government has allocated $38 million in wildfire funding to three areas of high risk in Oregon.
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Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort.
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The Democratic primary for Oregon state treasurer is growing increasingly competitive with the addition Thursday of a third candidate, state Sen. Jeff Golden of Ashland.
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Oregon’s nearly $94 billion public employee pension system could one day be carbon neutral, according to a new plan from the state Treasury. But getting there depends largely on whether corporation and private investment funds stick to their own commitments to do the same.