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Proposed reductions could lead to the closure of a prison, cuts to education funding and a 10% tuition increase at community colleges.

Public safety agencies warned that budget cuts may result in fewer police officers and the shuttering of forensic labs.

Health and human services could see hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts, potentially impacting Medicaid eligibility for children and reducing staff.

Filling Oregon's looming budget deficit could mean closing a prison, cutting programs that keep kids on Medicaid and money for the state's already stressed education system, 10% tuition increases at community colleges and cutting more than a thousand jobs, state agencies told lawmakers.

Facing a deficit by the end of the current two-year state budget in 2027, large

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