Oregon lawmakers want to cut off the cash from Oregon’s wildfire relief fund
The state legislature is poised to cut $3.2 million from the wildfire relief funds allocated to the state's firefighters and other emergency personnel, leaving more than $100 million in the pot, according to a bill introduced Wednesday.The measure by state Rep. John Wieseman, R-Wash., would bar any state funding from going to the Oregon Emergency Management Agency, a disaster relief fund created...