Why lawmakers are seeking to kill Oregon wildfire risk map for second time
Republicans touted different pieces of legislation — such as Senate Bill 678 — that would eliminate the map. If ...
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Lawmakers and Gov. Tina Kotek Try to Control Damage From Fire Maps
On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...
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Bend Democratic lawmakers Anthony Broadman, Emerson Levy join GOP in calling for repeal of state’s wildfire hazard map
Democratic state Senator Anthony Broadman of Bend on Thursday joined a recent call by Republican lawmakers to repeal the ...
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Oregon Gov. Kotek pauses referrals for appealing wildfire hazard map as state lawmakers call for repeal
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...
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Oregon lawmakers seek repeal of wildfire hazard maps citing property value insurance concerns
There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property risk maps which are intended to ...
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Oregon lawmaker proposes changing revised state wildfire risk map to curb anger and rumors
(KTVZ) -- Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, ...
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Oregon senator proposes changing state wildfire map to curb anger, rumors
The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about ...
Oregon lawmakers agree fighting wildfires requires more money. The hard question: How to pay for it
Gov. Tina Kotek urged lawmakers this week to buckle down and make “hard decisions” about how to increase state funding for ...