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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Oregon lawmakers forced by the threat of a citizen-led ballot measure to adopt a sweeping law limiting campaign contributions in 2024 are once again trying to delay key portions of the law before it takes effect. -
Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil. -
Lawmakers will consider more than 250 bills in a five-week session meant to balance the state’s budget and tackle urgent issues -
The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, comes at a time of rising property insurance premiums and policy cancellations or non-renewals across the country and much of the West. -
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.
