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Tualatin's lobby team briefs council on state special session, budget pressures and federal funding outlook
Summary
Thorn Run Partners updated the Tualatin City Council on 2025 state legislative themes, an imminent special session transportation fix (LC 2) and federal appropriation uncertainty; city staff and lobbyists flagged a $1.75 million state award and several potential impacts for local projects.
Thorn Run Partners representatives briefed the Tualatin City Council on state and federal activity on Aug. 25, saying shrinking revenue forecasts and an imminent special legislative session make transportation and Medicaid priorities to watch.
Deputy City Manager Megan George introduced Thorn Run and said the firm was retained to represent Tualatin in Salem and Washington, D.C. Tyler Janzen, vice president with Thorn Run Partners, summarized the long 2025 Oregon legislative session and the shift in the capital’s tone as revenue forecasts tightened. “This was the first session since 2011 where we saw the quarterly revenue estimate that comes out in May actually decrease from the quarterly revenue estimate that comes out in March,” Janzen said.
The presentation laid out several items of immediate…
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