Dianne Lugo
@DianneLugo
covering state lege and social justice for @Salem_Statesman • former Angeleno • Biologist, Journalist, Videogame nerd • She/Her/Hers | signal: diannel.07
Some personal news: This week is my first in a new role with @registerguard & @USATODAY. I’ll be covering prep sports and occasionally helping @AlecDietz & @chansen_RG on Ducks coverage. Couldn’t be more excited! It’s a dream come true getting to work at my hometown paper.
.@propublica has published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. With @TexasTribune and a team of Venezuelan journalists, we've spent the past 4 months reporting on the men’s lives and backgrounds propub.li/3IJaIdg
An Oregon Secretary of State investigation revealed millions of dollars in wasteful and improper payments to Oregon Preschool Promise program providers. More info: statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
House and Senate are preparing for the sine die resolution. House Republicans declined to waive rules allowing consideration of the latest version of the transportation bill. Senate voting on the resolution now. Looks like session will end without trans. funding package #orleg
Follow along in the final hours of the 2025 Legislative Session, and the efforts from lawmakers to pass a stopgap transportation bill after House Bill 2025 failed to make it to the floor. #orleg statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
Memo sent this morning appointed Rep. John Lively, D-Springfield, to replace Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, on the transportation committee. Evans told me earlier this week that he asked to be removed, frustrated with not being invited to participate in latest negotiations. #orleg
A public hearing and work session on the latest iteration of House Bill 2025 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. @AnastasiaCMason with details of what has changed since the transportation funding package was sent back to the committee on Monday. #orleg statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
It was a late night in the Oregon House last night. Two gun bills were scheduled for a vote. One of them, Senate Bill 243, was passed and sent back to the Senate for concurrence. The second, House Bill 3076, was killed. #orleg More details: statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
A public hearing and work session on the latest iteration of House Bill 2025 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. @AnastasiaCMason with details of what has changed since the transportation funding package was sent back to the committee on Monday. #orleg statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
This story has been updated to reflect that Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, said he was also resigning from the joint committee. Evans told me he was frustrated because he had not been invited to participate in weekend negotiations on the bill. #orleg statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
It's Monday, and transportation bill HB2025 is heading back to committee. But the committee will look different after Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, resigned as co-chair. Several House Republicans boycotted today's floor session after Friday's meeting. #orleg
After an hour and a half delay, the work session on House Bill 2025 has begun. #orleg
Waiting for the Joint Committee on Transportation meeting to start. Notice that Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, was removed from the committee was sent out a few minutes ago. He expressed his frustration about the transportation bill earlier this week. #orleg
11 people stabbed at Union Gospel Mission of Salem: What we know statesmanjournal.com/story/news/202…
Lawmakers in the #orleg are currently receiving the latest revenue and economic outlook. They'll use it to draft the next two-year state budget with less revenue than economists predicted in March. statesmanjournal.com/story/news/pol…
