A structure destroyed by the 2020 Oregon wildfires. (Courtesy U.S. Forest Service.) Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly called ...
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. This story was originally published by ...
Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Miller: This is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. After the ...
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Bootleg Fire Incident Command / AP Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter ...
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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
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This story was originally published by ProPublica. This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season on record in 2020, state lawmakers ...
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