Local leaders urge legislators to back new public safety building

Keizer fire officials and their supporters should get an answer within days whether legislators will fund work on a new public safety building for the area.

Action on state budget items is expected to begin in earnest next week as the 2026 session moves towards adjournment Sunday, March 8.

State Rep. Kevin Mannix, a Republican who represents Keizer, has asked the budget committee for $778,000 to buy land and start design of the new facility.…