The Oregon Legislature will again have a record number of people of color next year after voters elected five Vietnamese-Americans and a second Indigenous woman. In January 2021, there were 13 people of color in the Legislature. That number will rise to 17 this year, and lawmakers celebrated the step toward greater diversity while acknowledging […]
Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Julia Shumway has reported on government and politics in Iowa and Nebraska, spent time at the Bend Bulletin and most recently was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix. An award-winning journalist, Julia most recently reported on the tangled efforts to audit the presidential results in Arizona.
