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Capital Chatter: Oregon budget writers can’t please ’em all
The Oregon Legislature’s budget writers face an impossible task: pleasing everyone in an era of startling political and economic upheaval. Oregon has survived tumult before. ...
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Oregon moves to ditch Daylight Saving Time, again
A new bill that could end the twice-yearly clock changes has passed the Oregon Senate. Senators approved Senate Bill 1038 on Tuesday. If enacted, the ...
by Julie Johnson, Thursday, March 27, 2025 1:55 pm
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Judge blocks Gov. Kotek’s union labor mandate for state construction
A Marion County judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Tina Kotek’s executive order requiring union labor in state construction projects. Kotek signed the ...
by Julie Johnson, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 9:03 am
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Trump wants more logging. He’ll need help from states like Oregon
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to increase logging in national forests and on other federal lands. Trump’s orders ...
by Julie Johnson, Friday, March 21, 2025 4:51 pm
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Wyden constituents in Central Oregon ask how to fight Trump
More than 1,300 people packed the Sisters High School gymnasium Tuesday evening to hear U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden answer questions from constituents under a common ...
by Julie Johnson, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 5:33 pm
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Former national park superintendents say DOGE wiped out a generation of leaders
If Dan Wenk had been fired during his first year in a permanent job with the National Park Service, the agency would’ve lost his many ...
by Julie Johnson, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:13 pm
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National Park Service director from Oregon returns home
PENDLETON — Even when he didn’t know it, Charles “Chuck” Sams always was going to come home. “Salmon do the same thing,” he said. Salmon ...
by Julie Johnson, Thursday, March 13, 2025 7:52 am
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As Oregon lawmakers pan Trump policies, one congressman stands in support
President Donald Trump has been in office for just six weeks but is doing his best to upend the status quo, at home and abroad. ...
by Julie Johnson, Thursday, March 6, 2025 5:39 pm
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Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The office working on that just got slashed.
As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump ...
by Julie Johnson, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 3:49 pm
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Oregon considers independent firefighting action on federal land
SALEM — Oregon forestry officials could initiate firefighting on federal lands, even if it’s not requested by the U.S. government, under a bill that’s raising ...