Politics

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announces vetoes to help fund wildfire response

By Dirk VanderHart (OPB)
Sept. 15, 2020 12:59 a.m. Updated: Sept. 15, 2020 2:24 p.m.

With the vetoes, Brown will block more than $18 million in planned cuts to state agencies. She’ll also snatch back $100 million legislators had earmarked for emergency spending on the pandemic.