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Lawmakers call for oversight of Travel Oregon after reporting on executive retirement deal
Summary
Multiple members raised concerns about transparency and accountability for Travel Oregon, the state tourism agency, after media reporting about the agency’s CEO retirement package; several lawmakers urged oversight hearings and statutory review of semi-independent agencies that receive public lodging-tax funds.
Lawmakers on the Oregon House floor raised repeated concerns on June 18, 2025, about transparency and oversight at Travel Oregon, the state’s tourism commission, following media reporting about a retirement agreement for the agency’s long-time CEO.
Representative Walters opened the remonstrance, noting that Travel Oregon is a semi-independent agency funded by lodging taxes and telling members that withholding the CEO’s offer letter from the public "undermines…
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