Julia Shumway
Oregon Capital ChronicleJulia Shumway has reported on government and politics in Iowa and Nebraska, spent time at the Bend Bulletin and was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix. Julia is an award-winning journalist who reported on the tangled efforts to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona.
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Oregon, the first state to adopt universal mail voting, is one of more than 20 states suing to block the order -
More than 350 Oregonians, veteran elected officials and newcomers alike, filed to run for statewide, congressional and legislative offices by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline. -
The Wednesday call with election officials featured a prominent election conspiracist urging states to add voter data to a national database. -
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. -
A federal judge tentatively ruled Wednesday that Oregon does not have to hand over personally identifiable data of more than 3 million Oregon voters to the federal government. -
The two northwestern states were the first to vote entirely by mail -
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read previously called for Christy McCormick to resign. -
Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees. -
For the first time in years, Oregon landlords governed by the state’s rent stabilization law can’t hand out double-digit rent increases. -
Oregon and the city of Portland are suing President Donald Trump to block the federal government from deploying hundreds of Oregon National Guard members in an unprecedented crackdown in Oregon’s largest city. -
The U.S. Department of Justice demanded personal information, including birthdays and driver’s license numbers, for all Oregon voters. -
A last-minute effort to delay Oregon’s campaign contribution limits from taking effect for another four years won’t move forward, Secretary of State Tobias Read confirmed Friday.
