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CHILDREN'S FUNDING PROJECT: OREGON ELECTED OFFICIALS THREATEN TO OVERTURN WILL OF VOTERS, ROB CHILDREN OF OPPORTUNITY
- On Friday night, Oregon lawmakers concluded the 2025 session after passing record $11.36 billion K-12 funding and failing to complete a major transportation package.
- Driven by a record high of over 3,400 bills and dwindling federal COVID relief funds, Oregon lawmakers faced intense debates over priorities.
- A small GOP boycott halted House work after a committee clash and a revenue decline warning from Speaker Fahey, illustrating partisan tensions.
- The Oregon Legislature concluded with record $11.36 billion K-12 funding, utility rate reforms, and $45 million wildfire funds from nicotine taxes.
- While the immediate threat to Preschool for All has been neutralized, ongoing efforts to override voter mandates reflect a broader national trend questioning voter trust and democracy.
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Aspen Daily News
CHILDREN'S FUNDING PROJECT: OREGON ELECTED OFFICIALS THREATEN TO OVERTURN WILL OF VOTERS, ROB CHILDREN OF OPPORTUNITY
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the 2025 session of the Oregon State Legislature comes to a close, Children's Funding Project is relieved that recent attempts to undermine the will of Multnomah County voters—and kill Multnomah County's Preschool for…
Oregon Legislature Wraps for 2025 Amid Last Minute Strife, Historic Funding Shortfall - The Corvallis Advocate
Oregon lawmakers closed the 2025 legislative period with an ill-fated race to finish a gutted major transportation package, bringing an unsatisfactory end to a session that has strained lawmakers’ political capital and dashed their hopes to compromise with one another. As the clock ran out for adjournment Friday night, Democrats were dealt a whopping high-profile loss after they failed to secure enough House floor votes to fund a dramatically wa…
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