Mateusz Perkowski

Proponents argue that House Bill 2950 is needed to overhaul “stale” and “outdated” citizen involvement rules that haven’t been revised in a half-century.

Under House Bill 2988, state agencies would be directed to “reduce barriers” and expand the practice of recharging aquifers, which included “storage and recovery” projects in which the groundwater is withdrawn for irrigation.

Under Senate Bill 769, voters could exclude their counties from the 30-year-old prohibition through ballot initiatives, though they’d still be subject to cougar management decisions from state wildlife officials.

House Bill 2169 would direct state regulators focused on the environment, water, public health and fish and wildlife to work together to “expand opportunities for water reuse by overcoming institutional and regulatory barriers.”

The Oregon grass seed industry is still working through problems related to oversupply. Demand for grass seed rose sharply during the COVID outbreak in 2020 as people were forced to […]

Farmland preservation advocates claim House Bill 3013 merely closes a legal loophole under which proposed construction can go forward even if the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals has determined it has been approved unlawfully.

Legislation requiring Oregon farms to report fertilizer use is meant to protect groundwater from pollution but critics say it’d only burden growers while generating useless data.

Octopus farming would be banned in Oregon under a bill that animal welfare advocates claim is necessary to protect the ocean dwellers from inhumane treatment.

Opponents of Oregon’s electric truck mandate want lawmakers to delay the rule by two years, which supporters claim is a “trojan horse” meant to dismantle the regulation.

A federal appeals court has halted deliberations in a lawsuit over Klamath basin water rights while considering whether to refer it to the Oregon Supreme Court. Last June, the 9th […]