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Kotek calls special session to address funding for Oregon's historic wildfire season
Lawmakers will meet in a special session Dec. 12 to address costs of Oregon's 2024 wildfire season that saw 1.9 million acres burned.
Kotek calls special legislative session to pay outstanding bills from record Oregon wildfire season
The 2024 fire season cost Oregon emergency response agencies nearly $350 million, and the state leaders are struggling to find a way to cover outstanding bills. Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday following reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting that she’ll call a special session of the Legislature on Dec.
Gov. Kotek calls special session to address Oregon's record wildfire season costs
Gov. Tina Kotek is calling on the Oregon legislature to convene a special session in order to allocate funds to cover the costs of the 2024 wildfire season.
Gov. Kotek calls lawmakers into special session to address $350 million cost of record wildfire season
Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session of the Oregon Legislature, to begin on Thursday, December 12, for lawmakers to appropriate funds to pay for the historic 2024 wildfire season.
Oregon lawmakers will hold emergency session to pay wildfire bills
State agencies say they don’t have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month.
Kotek calls legislative special session to fund Oregon wildfire costs
Tina Kotek said Tuesday that she’ll call lawmakers back to work in December for a special session to address the costs of Oregon’s record wildfire season. Kotek will ask lawmakers to approve $218 million to help the Department of Forestry and state fire marshal cover bills after 1.
Oregon to hold Special Legislative Session regarding historic wildfire costs
SALEM, Ore.-The Oregon State Legislature will convene a special session to determine how to fund firefighting efforts stemming from the historic wildfire season the Beaver State experienced in 2024.
Governor calls for special session to cover wildfire season costs
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session of the Oregon Legislature, to begin on Thursday, December 12, for lawmakers to appropriate
Kotek calls special legislative session to pay wildfire bills
The 2024 fire season cost Oregon emergency response agencies nearly $350 million, and state leaders are struggling to find a way to cover outstanding bills.
Unpaid Bills at Department of Forestry Lead Kotek to Call Special Session
Tina Kotek today said she’s calling the Legislature into a special session Dec. 12 to deal with a stack of unpaid bills that accumulated at the Oregon Department of Forestry this summer. “The unprecedented 2024 wildfire season required all of us to work together to protect life,
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Senators announce $5.4 million in federal funds for Oregon hazardous fuels transportation projects to cut wildfire risk
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday that more than $5.4 million is coming to Oregon from ...
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Oregon Department of Forestry replants trees in Santiam State Forest lost to Beachie Creek wildfire
The news comes as ODF tries to pay off the bills from the expensive 2024 wildfire season, where a record 1.9 million ...
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Oregon’s record-breaking wildfire season ends with more than 1.9 million acres burned
“This season proved that wildfire in Oregon is not just one agency’s issue but affects (sic) ALL Oregonians from government agencies to private landowners to Oregon residents,” Williams said.
How collecting pine cones is helping regenerate Oregon forests destroyed by wildfires
Conservationists are teaming up with the U.S. Forest Service and logging companies to clear scorched land and make room for ...
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Environmental groups sue to stop timber sale in Southern Oregon
A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against federal land managers for a timber sale in ...