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ODOT says 10 percent of state road workers will be out of a job by August.
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Operators of mental health support lines are laying off staff and ceasing or curtailing services due to California budget cuts and a 2024 ballot measure.
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Layoffs appear certain. But a lot more could happen, too.
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The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales.
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Democratic lawmakers were scrambling Friday to come up with a modest alternative to its multi-billion dollar road funding bill.
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The budget deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature forgoes or delays many of Newsom’s proposed cuts but the deficit is only likely to grow.
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Humboldt County Supervisors approved a budget Tuesday with a $12 million deficit. But that's an improvement from last year.
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House Bill 5011 funnels large sums of money toward homeless shelters while reducing eviction prevention funds by more than $100 million.
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House Speaker Julie Fahey spent the weekend negotiating with skeptical members of her party.
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“The budget that’s being proposed and likely to be adopted will effectively be a reduction in resources available to [institutions],” said Kevin Neely, interim executive director of the Oregon Council of Presidents.
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A Democratic senator’s removal from a key committee Friday inspired backlash from some in the party.
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Southern Oregon University’s Board of Trustees adopted a new budget on Friday. It includes a sobering $5 million budget deficit the university has to address within a year.
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Senate Bill 110 authorizes $800 million in bonds to help fund the construction of a professional baseball stadium on Portland’s South Waterfront.
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Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing to skim some money off of the state’s “rainy day fund.”