Oregon lawmakers approve $218M in emergency wildfire funding in special session
Oregon lawmakers were convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid ...
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Oregon isn’t paying its wildfire bills on time. Now legislators must act
The company has worked on wildfires for decades, and Miller says the state routinely pays its bills within 45 days. But this ...
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Oregon Legislature approves $218M in emergency wildfire funding
early Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Oregon Department of Transportation via AP) SALEM, Ore. (CN) — Following a record-setting wildfire season, Oregon lawmakers met in a special session on Thursday to ...
Feds sue PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire
The suit is yet another wildfire liability challenge for Oregon's second-largest electricity provider, which is part of ...
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Federal government sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire, as the costs of fires to the company climb
The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire ...
Daily on Energy: Oregon eyes wildfire funding, solar industry lays out agenda, and Democrats want investigation into alleged Exxon hacking operation
Good afternoon and happy Thursday, readers! In today’s edition of Daily on Energy, Callie and Maydeen take a look at the ...
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Explaining Oregon’s problem paying for wildfire work
Oregon lawmakers will convene Thursday for a brief emergency session related to this year’s record-setting wildfire season. At the heart of the session are hundreds of millions of dollars in ...
Judge rules for insurgent firms in PacifiCorp wildfire legal clash
Lead counsel in the big PacifiCorp wildfire case in Portland are at war with an insurgent group of law firms they accuse of ...
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Oregon approves $218M in emergency wildfire funding
The state spent more than $350 million responding to more than 2,000 wildfires in 2024, far exceeding projected costs and ...
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Wildfire Bills Being Paid
(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Department of Forestry is working to pay past-due bills for the summer's wildfire season. The record setting wildfire season depleted funds for fighting the fires. The ...