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  1. Governor’s budget promising first step in affordable housing

    One hundred million dollars: It’s an impressive number. Indeed, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed budget is in some ways a milestone of public commitment to funding affordable housing for the state’s impoverished families. For the first time, the state is co ...

    6 Dec 2014 - SR editorial board

  2. Unexpected revenue could be used to fix struggling services

    We are now well past the halfway point of the Oregon Legislative Session. These final six weeks will be primarily focused on budgets and a few outstanding policy items. On Thursday, May 16, the Legislature received the final revenue forecast of the sessio ...

    5 Jun 2013 - Alison McIntosh

  3. Creating an Oregon where we all have the chance to succeed

    By Andy Smith and Alison McIntosh, Contributing Columnist On Monday, March 4, the co-chairs of the Ways and Means Committee in the State Legislature presented their budget for Oregon for the next two years.  This is the beginning of the second step in the ...

    22 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  4. Lawmakers have opportunity to flatline prison growth

    By David Rogers, Contributing Columnist On Nov. 30, Gov. John Kitzhaber released his proposed budget for 2013-15. The budget included no money for prison expansion — despite the fact that the state projects it will need more than 2,000 new prison beds at ...

    23 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  5. Call out to save vital support for Oregon’s poorest families

    Call out to save vital support for Oregon’s poorest families Oregon State Capitol in Salem More than 30,000 Oregonian families, nearly all with no income, are able to survive difficult and catastrophic economic conditions with the help of Temporary Assist ...

    4 Apr 2011 - Street Roots

  6. Hard rain’s gonna fall: What we’re losing in the state’s latest financial fallout

    Hard rain’s gonna fall: What we’re losing in the state’s latest financial fallout By Israel Bayer, Amanda Waldroupe and Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writers Only weeks after Gov. Ted Kulongoski released his budget — the leveling off a $577 million deficit — the Dea ...

    22 Jul 2010 - Street Roots

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