Dennis Richardson
Oregon’s 90 state legislators were sworn in on Monday, Jan. 12.
Meanwhile, the process to craft, refine, and adopt Oregon’s 2015-2017 State Budget has been under way for months.
Oregon’s budget process begins with dozens of state agencies presenting budget requests to the governor in September. The governor and Oregon’s Chief Financial Office consider these requests and set forth the chief executive’s priorities in the Governor’s Recommended Budget, released in December.
Then, working…