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The Cutting

Investigating Industrial Logging in Oregon

The timber industry helped build Oregon, but now, the state has prioritized wealthy corporations over the economy and environment.

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The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.

by Rob Davis

Tax-Funded Forest Institute in Oregon Misled Public, May Have Broken State Law, Audit Finds

by Rob Davis, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon House Moves to Curb Forest Institute’s Power and Budget

by Rob Davis, and Tony Schick, OPB

“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions

by Rob Davis, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry

by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis

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