Zac Ziegler

Zac Ziegler is a reporter with KLCC. This story comes from the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.

Environment, Energy and Transportation

Oregon utility regulators deny PacifiCorp's temporary rate hike request

Zac Ziegler

The Public Utility Commission said improving a credit score did not meet the high bar for temporary rate hikes.
Labor & Employment

What Oregon’s steady unemployment rate tells us about the economy

Zac Ziegler

For the past year, Oregon's unemployment rate has fluctuated very little as the state — and the nation — has remained in what economists call a low-hire, low-fire environment.
Oregon has the second-highest chronic student absenteeism rate. A UO institute has some research-backed solutions

Zac Ziegler

More than one-third of Oregon students missed at least 17 days of school in the 2024-25 school year. The 33.5% chronic absentee rate is the second highest rate of states that have released such data so far.
Environment, Energy and Transportation

BLM increases timber sales in Oregon, triples nationwide mandated increase

Zac Ziegler

The Bureau of Land Management’s state office in Oregon increased its timber sales in 2025, leading to one of its largest years for sales by board-feet and dollars in decades.