AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoGovernor’s Race: Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan’s second debate focused on affordability, schools, homelessness and data centers, with taxes emerging as the sharpest divide. A recent poll shows the candidates in a dead heat. Election Watch: Oregon’s voter-registration deadline is Oct. 13, and competitive legislative races could help decide whether voters are more frustrated with Salem or the Trump administration. Eugene Measure: Voters will decide whether to create a clean-energy fund with fees on some large retailers. Supporters say it would finance climate projects; critics warn costs could reach shoppers. Education Funding: Sen. Ron Wyden is challenging a federal tax-credit interpretation he says could steer public money toward private and religious schools. Firefighter Benefits: Sen. Jeff Merkley and Utah Republican John Curtis propose raising federal death benefits for wildland firefighters’ families from $10,000 to $100,000 and extending coverage to state, local and contract crews. Two wildland firefighters died in Oregon this year.
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