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Oregon budget writers offer up a spending framework — and a lot of uncertainty

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Oregon’s top budget writers attempted to answer an impossible question Wednesday.In unveiling a high-level spending framework, the co-chairs of the Legislature’s budget committee offered a picture of what priorities the state may be able to fund over the next two years.The only problem: Much of that framework relies on money from the federal government, which is highly unreliable as President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans look to sl…

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Oregon lawmakers share $38 billion budget framework amid federal uncertainty - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News

Proposed federal cuts could blow a multi-billion-dollar hole in the state’s budget By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is in a better financial position than other states but could see its budget devastated by federal spending cuts, a framework released Wednesday by the Legislature’s top budget writers shows. Tell lawmakers your thoughts on the budgetThe Joint Ways and Means Committee will travel the state over the next few weeks …

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Oregon budget writers offer up a spending framework — and a lot of uncertainty

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Oregon lawmakers share $38 billion budget framework amid federal uncertainty - Salem Reporter

Oregon is in a better financial position than other states but could see its budget devastated by federal spending cuts, a framework released Wednesday by the Legislature’s top budget writers shows. The framework, an early step toward adopting the state’s next two-year budget, comes against a backdrop of federal uncertainty. Many of the federal grants Oregon and other states use to stretch local dollars are disappearing under the new administra…

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