Tag: Dan Rayfield
State Revenue Forecast Shows Stable Economy, Low Jobless Rate
By Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon state revenues are stable with low inflation and unemployment in the economy, according to the December revenue forecast released on Wednesday...
Efforts for Ranked-Choice Voting, STAR Voting Gaining Progress
By Julia Shumway
Efforts to change Oregon’s voting system are on the move in the state Legislature and among citizen groups trying to write laws...
Lawmakers Seek to Boost Semiconductor Businesses in Oregon
By Julia Shumway
Eight months after Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, a $280 billion boost to the U.S. semiconductor industry, a panel of...
Lawmakers: No New Water Rights Permits Until State Audits Resources
By Alex Baumhardt
Oregon’s water basins are being overdrawn year after year, and a strategy to protect them for future generations is desperately overdue, according...
Overtime Pay for Farmworkers Will Start Phasing In Next Year
By Lynne Terry
Farmworkers in Oregon will get overtime pay next year with the adoption of the contentious farmworker bill.
Gov. Kate Brown signed Oregon House...