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covering state lege and social justice for @Salem_Statesman • former Angeleno • Biologist, Journalist, Videogame nerd • She/Her/Hers | signal: diannel.07
Salem, OR
Joined June 2016
RT @danielpetty: .@propublica has published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador….
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On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been...
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An Oregon Secretary of State investigation revealed millions of dollars in wasteful and improper payments to Oregon Preschool Promise program providers. More info:
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The auditors said they found evidence $1.4 million was paid out to providers that did not enroll many children or weren't even open.
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House and Senate are preparing for the sine die resolution. House Republicans declined to waive rules allowing consideration of the latest version of the transportation bill. Senate voting on the resolution now. Looks like session will end without trans. funding package #orleg.
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Follow along in the final hours of the 2025 Legislative Session, and the efforts from lawmakers to pass a stopgap transportation bill after House Bill 2025 failed to make it to the floor. #orleg
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An amended placeholder bill that would have raised $2 billion over the next 10 years failed to get the required votes to move it to a final reading.
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Memo sent this morning appointed Rep. John Lively, D-Springfield, to replace Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, on the transportation committee. Evans told me earlier this week that he asked to be removed, frustrated with not being invited to participate in latest negotiations. #orleg.
A public hearing and work session on the latest iteration of House Bill 2025 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. @AnastasiaCMason with details of what has changed since the transportation funding package was sent back to the committee on Monday. #orleg
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It was a late night in the Oregon House last night. Two gun bills were scheduled for a vote. One of them, Senate Bill 243, was passed and sent back to the Senate for concurrence. The second, House Bill 3076, was killed. #orleg More details:
statesmanjournal.com
Senate Bill 243 would criminalize possession of rapid-fire activators and returns to the Senate for another vote because it was amended in the House.
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A public hearing and work session on the latest iteration of House Bill 2025 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. @AnastasiaCMason with details of what has changed since the transportation funding package was sent back to the committee on Monday. #orleg
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Oregon House Bill 2025 would fund the Oregon Department of Transportation, cities and counties and projects from a 2017 transportation package.
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This story has been updated to reflect that Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, said he was also resigning from the joint committee. Evans told me he was frustrated because he had not been invited to participate in weekend negotiations on the bill. #orleg
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Nine Republicans boycotted the June 23 floor debate in the House in protest an exchange Sen. Chris Gorsek had on June 20 with a GOP co-vice chair.
It's Monday, and transportation bill HB2025 is heading back to committee. But the committee will look different after Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, resigned as co-chair. Several House Republicans boycotted today's floor session after Friday's meeting. #orleg.
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And for some more background about Friday's work session:
statesmanjournal.com
Minutes after a work session on the $14.5 billion bill was scheduled to begin, the Senate president removed a Democrat from the committee.
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House Republicans were protesting an exchange on Friday between Gorsek and co-vice chair Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany. She filed a formal complaint Friday evening, she said. What we know #orleg
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Nine Republicans boycotted the June 23 floor debate in the House in protest an exchange Sen. Chris Gorsek had on June 20 with a GOP co-vice chair.
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It's Monday, and transportation bill HB2025 is heading back to committee. But the committee will look different after Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, resigned as co-chair. Several House Republicans boycotted today's floor session after Friday's meeting. #orleg.
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After an hour and a half delay, the work session on House Bill 2025 has begun. #orleg.
Waiting for the Joint Committee on Transportation meeting to start. Notice that Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, was removed from the committee was sent out a few minutes ago. He expressed his frustration about the transportation bill earlier this week. #orleg.
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Waiting for the Joint Committee on Transportation meeting to start. Notice that Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, was removed from the committee was sent out a few minutes ago. He expressed his frustration about the transportation bill earlier this week. #orleg.
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RT @jarrid_denney: Some personal news:. This week is my first in a new role with @registerguard & @USATODAY. I’ll be covering prep sports a….
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RT @Salem_Statesman: 11 people stabbed at Union Gospel Mission of Salem: What we know
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Salem Police responded to a stabbing incident involving 12 people at Union Gospel Mission of Salem on the evening of June 1. A suspected was arrested.
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SB243 has passed in the Oregon Senate with a vote of 17-12. Updated story TK.
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For some more background on the bill:
statesmanjournal.com
If passed, rapid-fire devices would be outlawed and local governments could ban concealed gun licensees from possessing guns within certain buildings.
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Today in the #orleg: the Oregon Senate is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 243 this morning, which would prohibit rapid-fire devices and enable local governments to ban firearms from buildings where official meetings are held.
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Lawmakers in the #orleg are currently receiving the latest revenue and economic outlook. They'll use it to draft the next two-year state budget with less revenue than economists predicted in March.
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State economists said revenue collections have slowed significantly in the last three months and will impact the current budget that ends June 30.
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