For the next two years, Oregon has about $32 billion it can spend on different priorities. But as we’ll explain, most of that money is already spoken for.
SALEM, Ore. — Some aspects of state government are vitally important, but extraordinarily dense — even boring. Nonetheless, it’s necessary for the public to have a decent understanding of them. And nothing fits that description better than the state’s biennial budget.
Oregon’s budget is so big that it’s easy to get confused about how the money comes in and goes out. That said, it’s fundamentally no different than the average family budget: there’s income and expenditures.
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