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 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.
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The vote comes amid legal arguments over Trump’s authority to federalize the California National Guard. -
The lawsuit is the 12th Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed against the Trump administration since he took office in December. -
Before they ever sign a lease, start packing boxes or line up moving day help, Oregonians hoping to move into a new rental home can spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on application fees and deposits. Some Democratic Oregon lawmakers want to cut those costs.
