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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Sixteen Republican lawmakers and legislative candidates from Oregon plan to visit the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday, arguing that lax security around the southern border exacerbates the drug crisis in Oregon, 1,000 miles north. -
Nate Monson alleged top lawmakers and legislative staff retaliated against him by publicizing discrepancies in his résumé after he raised concerns. -
A super PAC that focuses on electing Democrats to the U.S. House reserved nearly $10 million worth of broadcast ad time in Oregon as Democrats try to flip Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and keep Democratic incumbents in two swing districts in Oregon and Washington. -
Wallowa County commissioners asked the Oregon and Idaho legislatures and governors to start talking in earnest about moving the states’ borders as eastern Oregon counties continue pushing to move to Idaho. -
A Curry County Republican state senator in a hotly contested primary race on Monday threatened to sue a House candidate and a former conservative radio host over statements suggesting he’s connected to the Chinese Communist Party. -
They say they plan to file a new lawsuit if she wins the May 21 primary. -
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Josephine County Circuit Court, alleges that Goodwin’s listed address is actually a wine tasting room.
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As the legislature debated campaign finance limits last month, Oregon’s richest man quietly gave another $2 million to a political action committee that tries to elect Republicans to the statehouse. Such a contribution would be barred under a just-passed bill that Gov. Kotek has said she'll sign. -
The appeals court’s decision follows an earlier Oregon Supreme Court decision barring senators from running for reelection. -
The proposal includes money for infrastructure and shelters, as well as a one-time exemption to state land use laws. -
Respondents also supported opening primaries to voters who aren’t registered Democrats or Republicans. -
A bill that resulted from a student coming within seconds of being struck by an aggressive driver is one step closer to becoming law in Oregon.
