Among other things, House Bill (HB) 3226, heard by the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on April 30th, would radically revise by statute the private forest management standards of the Oregon Forest Practices Act (FPA). The requirements [...]
AOC and seven other stakeholder organizations joined ranks to urge the Joint Ways & Means Committee to restore the state share of funding to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services (WLS) through the budgets [...]
On March 22, AOC Executive Director Mike McArthur attended a work session of the Curry County Board of Commissioners. The Board received a report from the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee of Curry County. The Board [...]
As is often the case in times of difficult budgets, there have been efforts to impose or expand unfunded mandates on local governments, including counties. AOC has been monitoring those items of legislation, and reminding [...]
In light of the recent decision of the Oregon Supreme Court decision in *Johnson v Gibson*, 358 OR 624 (March 3, 2016), which held that agents and employees of landowners are not covered by the recreational [...]
The Senate Workforce Committee wrapped up hearings on the various proposals to reform the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) yet again, with an eye toward reducing some of the $22 billion in Unfunded Actuarial Liability [...]
On Monday, March 27, 2017, the Senate Business and Transportation Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 867, which would establish a task force to study the maritime sector in Oregon for workforce development purposes. The [...]
There is a lot of support for consolidating the licensing of marijuana businesses into one state agency. It seems like a simple concept, but the devil has been in the details. Referred to as the [...]
A small work group representing a diverse set of interests worked during the last interim on legislation to remove marijuana from the state Controlled Substances Act (CSA), and completely rewrite the marijuana offense code, as well as clean [...]
Accepting Inquiry Applications from March 15 – April 19, 2017 at 5pm Meyer invites proposals that will further our vision of nurturing a resilient natural environment, while simultaneously supporting the well-being of Oregon’s diverse cultures and [...]