Half-Time Report / Oregon Legislature Begins The Sprint to Sine Die
By: Darrell W. Fuller, OVDA/OPSA Lobbyist The Oregon Constitution allows the Legislative Assembly 160 days this year to create a balanced two-year budget. A balanced budget is the Legislature’s only constitutional obligation. But along the way, they will create a lot of new laws, create new taxes, increase existing taxes, and set the course for the ship-of-state for the…