Alex Baumhardt
Alex Baumhardt is a reporter for Oregon Capital Chronicle. She has been a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media since 2017. She has reported from the Arctic to the Antarctic for national and international media, and from Minnesota and Oregon for The Washington Post
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Oregon lawmakers are considering at least six bills right now that would limit for what, when and for whom private electric and gas companies can raise rates. -
It would be the seventh disaster declaration since 2016 for the state’s coastal salmon fisheries, which have been hit by warming waters and drought from climate change -
Officials from the agency rescinded Biden-era waivers Thursday that had, since 2022 in California and 2023 in Oregon, allowed universities to waive the citizenship requirement for access to federal TRIO programs. -
Efforts to get harmful “forever chemicals” out of firefighting foam used in Oregon are closer to being realized. -
Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration -
A federal judge denied Freres timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire -
Oregon’s Land Board approves ‘precedent setting’ plan to put Elliott State Forest in a carbon marketThe decision, which officials said would fight climate change, makes Oregon the second state after Michigan to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful emissions while selling carbon credits for revenue -
Kotek wants the Biden administration to designate the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon a national monument if Congress won’t vote to protect it -
An assessment of wildfire hazards across Oregon landscapes is getting a new name after drawing the ire of property owners previously identified as high risk. -
Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort
