Lack of foster parents

‘Just not enough homes’: Oregon faces shortage of foster parents (KGW, 10/15/2019)

Foster care in Oregon : chronic management failures and high caseloads jeopardize the safety of some of the state’s most vulnerable children (2018) Oregon Audits Division

Agriculture and water quality

Pesticide levels drop in key Oregon waterways (Capital Press, 10/16/2019)

Pesticide stewardship partnerships in Oregon (2019) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Property tax rates

Oregon property tax statements are in the mail. Did your bill go up? Here’s why (Oregonian, 10/18/2019)

Oregon property tax statistics (annual) Oregon Department of Revenue

Oregon Saves

State treasurer: Helping people save helps them and Oregon (Beaverton Valley Times, 10/16/19)

Oregon Saves annual report (annual) Oregon State Treasury

September employment statistics

Oregon jobless rate holds steady, despite hiring slowdown (KTVZ, 10/15/19)

Is Oregon’s economy cooling? (Portland Tribune, 10/15/19)

Oregon employment situation (monthly) Oregon Employment Department

Tri-state wildfire plan

Proposed wildfire fuel breaks plan released for 3 states (Statesman Journal, 10/14/19)

Tri-state fuel breaks project draft environmental impact statement (2019) United States Bureau of Land Management

Changes in cannabis supply

What glut? Cannabis prices rise as oversupply worries ease (Mail Tribune, 10/14/2019)

Recreational marijuana supply and demand legislative report (2019) Oregon Liquor Control Commission