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SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are contemplating numerous tweaks to state law to discourage “water speculation” while improving the efficiency of water rights transactions and disputes. ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Thursday, March 13, 2025 12:58 pm
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SALEM — Oregon could soon celebrate its inaugural Farmer and Rancher Day, but only if state lawmakers in the Senate get a move on. The ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Wednesday, March 12, 2025 11:45 am
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Public interest considerations couldn’t weigh on water rights transfers under an Oregon House bill, clashing with Senate legislation that would strengthen environmental reviews of such ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 2:49 pm
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SALEM — Farmers recently turned out in force to urge Oregon lawmakers to clamp down on rural lodgings and replacement dwellings they claim are disrupting ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Monday, March 10, 2025 9:10 am
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SALEM — Annual logging targets would be established for Oregon’s state forests under a bill meant to provide more certainty for timber companies and county ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Friday, March 7, 2025 9:06 am
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Oregon land use regulators would study installing solar panels in unused irrigation pivot corners under a bill meant to boost revenues for farmers facing groundwater ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 4:20 pm
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Oregon lawmakers are considering competing proposals intended to protect pollinators from neonicotinoid pesticides by keeping those chemicals out of the hands of home gardeners. The ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 11:08 am
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SALEM — Agriculture groups are urging Oregon lawmakers to alter a bill that would increase landowner liabilities for farmworker housing violations to focus specifically on ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 10:34 am
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SALEM — New requirements would be imposed on Oregon water rights transfers under a bill that environmental advocates claim is overdue but irrigators fear will ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Friday, February 28, 2025 11:01 am
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SALEM — Oregon forestry officials could initiate firefighting on federal lands, even if it’s not requested by the U.S. government, under a bill that’s raising ...
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by Mateusz Perkowski, Thursday, February 27, 2025 12:52 pm
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