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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Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1507 to help the state preserve $291 million in tax revenue during the next 18 months -
State Rep. Boomer Wright, a Republican from Reedsport who has represented Oregon’s southern coast since 2020, will not run for a fourth term. -
A roundup of Oregonians who played an outsized role in the protests, policies and major tax cut and spending packages that made headlines this year -
USDA officials notified states that funding for SNAP benefits would be frozen in November due to the government shutdown -
By the fall of next year, Oregon State University’s new wave-energy testing facility off the coast of Newport could be kicking out its first volts of electricity as companies begin testing devices capable of harnessing the powerful wave energy. -
Between April and July, Oregon experienced its fourth driest period since record keeping began in 1895, according to the state’s climatologist -
The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors claim the Recycling Modernization Act passed in 2021 and implemented in July is unconstitutional. -
The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region Headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would be moved to Fort Collins, Colorado -
Bills from Gov. Tina Kotek and a bipartisan duo of representatives would streamline water rights transfers and impose new environmental reviews -
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.
