Julia Shumway
Oregon Capital ChronicleJulia Shumway has reported on government and politics in Iowa and Nebraska, spent time at the Bend Bulletin and most recently was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix. An award-winning journalist, Julia most recently reported on the tangled efforts to audit the presidential results in Arizona.
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The report resulted from anonymous complaints received last year
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Kayse Jama arrived in Portland in 1998 as a refugee from war-torn Somalia, with no job, few prospects and the phone number of one other Somali immigrant who let him couch-surf while he found his way in a new country.
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Oregon’s state elections office has shut down its phone lines for the day because of a deluge of calls from out-of-state callers sharing misinformation about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who chose not to submit a statement to the state-issued Voters’ Pamphlet.
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Buoyed by Lane County, Oregon is on track to meet Gov. Tina Kotek’s January goal of moving 650 formerly homeless people into permanent housing before the state’s latest homelessness emergency declaration expires in January.
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The counties’ report comes as lawmakers try to craft a transportation funding plan
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National Republicans will provide more support to congressional candidate Monique DeSpain in her campaign against first-term Democratic incumbent Val Hoyle.
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The winner, Democrat Doyle Canning, can’t accept the nomination because she lost her primary race.
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Rep. Charlie Conrad said primary election results, Trump’s dominance drove him from the party
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U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, joined with two other vulnerable Republicans to introduce a resolution saying Congress supports in vitro fertilization, though their proposal wouldn’t actually do anything to protect access to the fertility treatment.
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House Majority Leader Julie Fahey will likely be the next speaker of the Oregon House following a private vote among Democratic lawmakers on Monday evening.