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Visiting Oregon? You may soon have to pay a tax to protect its wildlife.
Amal Ahmed, High Country News
A bill in the legislature would increase the state’s hotel and lodging taxes by 1.25 percent.
EnvironmentEconomy & Finance
Feb 1, 2026, 2:00 PM

Top Interior Department official has ties to Thacker Pass lithium mine
Jimmy Tobias, High Country News, Chris D'Angelo, High Country News
Karen Budd-Falen’s family ranching operation agreed to sell water rights to the company developing the controversial Nevada lithium project.
EnvironmentEnergy
Dec 13, 2025, 2:00 PM