Kotek signs plan to fund Willamette Falls Trust, despite previous veto consideration

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a plan to allocate $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust to make the waterfalls publicly accessible.

The decision comes one week after she issued a notice that she was considering vetoing the plan, alongside three other bills. Alongside the funding plan for Willamette Falls, Kotek also didn’t veto a bill allowing physical therapists to practice dry needling.

“Following last week’s notice of potential vetoes, I considered all perspectives and gathered additional information before making final decisions, which I believe reflect what is best for the state,” Kotek said in a news release.

Kotek, who signed the funding plan into law on Thursday, said the Willamette Falls Trust provided her office with additional information following her