Editor’s note: The Capital Chronicle is running an end-of-year fundraising campaign, with a $10,000 goal, to help us continue our first-class coverage next year. A lot is at stake, and there’s a long legislative session in 2025. We’re completely dependent on donor dollars, and they’re tax deductible. Please contribute to us if you can.Once every decade or so, state government gets a big gift from Oregon taxpayers — a surge of revenues that exceeds the cost of maintaining ongoing services. This is one of those times, when the governor and lawmakers get to decide not just how to make ends meet, but how best to use new money to address new challenges.

Once every decade or so, state government gets a big gift from Oregon taxpayers — a surge of revenues that exceeds the cost of maintaining ongoing services. This is one of those times, when the governor and lawmakers get to decide not just how to make ends meet, but how best to use new money […]

Once every decade or so, state government gets a big gift from Oregon taxpayers — a surge of revenues that exceeds the cost of maintaining ongoing services. This is one of those times, when the governor and lawmakers get to decide not just how to make ends meet, but how best to use new money to address new challenges.

Editor’s note: The Capital Chronicle is running an end-of-year fundraising campaign, with a ,000 goal, to help us continue our first-class coverage next year. A lot is at stake, and there’s a long legislative session in 2025. We’re completely dependent on donor dollars, and they’re tax deductible. Please contribute to us if you can.