Mia Maldonado
Mia Maldonado began working at the Oregon Capital Chronicle in 2025 to cover the Oregon Legislature and state agencies with a focus on social services. She began her journalism career with the Capital Chronicle's sister outlet in Idaho, the Idaho Capital Sun, where she received multiple awards for her coverage of the environment and Latino affairs. She has a bachelor's degree in Spanish and international political economy from the College of Idaho.
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Pending court approval, settlement would allow Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to move forward with their controversial merger. -
Oregon has one of the largest gaps in the country between its highway and bridge maintenance needs and what it spends on addressing them, according to a national study. -
Federal cuts and unstable state funding have set back Oregon’s greenhouse gas reduction goals in transportation sector -
The 2026 wildfire season has been the state’s most expensive to date. -
Federal agents arrested more than 1,800 people in Oregon in 2025, data shows. In 2026, as of Aug. 6, they had arrested more than 700. -
As the Oregon Department of Transportation faces potential staff cuts, some raise concerns about the state’s ability to respond to severe weather and a growing backlog of maintenance projects -
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new rules to enforce vessel monitoring system and to begin testing pop-up gear in state’s Dungeness crab fishery. -
The group tasked with developing recommendations on how to maintain Oregon’s transportation system wants to hear from Oregonians about what they think the state’s transportation priorities should be in a new survey. -
New federal rules exempt national banks and federal savings associations from state interest-on-escrow laws -
Governor's workgroup spent fourth meeting hearing how other states fund transportation -
Department of Transportation leaders say without more revenue they’ll need to eliminate 11% of the agency’s workforce -
Trump administration threatened to withhold millions in transportation funds if states didn’t comply with new commercial driver’s license rule.
