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Capital Chatter: How to engage the Legislature — and how the Legislature should engage itself
Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, outraged Republicans last year by publicly stating the obvious after Democrats won supermajorities in ... Read more
Author: DICK HUGHESFor the Oregon Capital Insider | Oregon Capital Insider
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Longtime Oregon journalist Andrew Cutler is returning to La Grande and starting a new job Monday as Democratic ... Read more
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Hundreds rally in Salem, Portland against Trump, Musk moves against funding, agencies
Hundreds of people crowded the streets of downtown Salem and northeast Portland on Wednesday in separate protests against ... Read more
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Large crowd opposes bill that would require farmers to report fertilizer use to protect water
A bill that would require thousands of farmers to report their fertilizer use to the Oregon Department of ... Read more
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Senate Republican leader pitches increased state scrutiny of Oregon Food Bank
For years, legislative Republicans have argued that the Oregon Food Bank strayed from its mission of eliminating hunger ... Read more
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Amid mounting scrutiny, Oregon Department of Corrections shakes up health care division
The Oregon Department of Corrections has fired two leading health care managers who oversaw a division responsible for ... Read more
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Merkley, Democrats press EPA head on ‘illegal’ pause of approved green energy funds
Among the slew of executive orders President Donald Trump issued on his first day in office was one ... Read more
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Oregon judge issues 14-day temporary order halting Grants Pass homeless ordinance
A Josephine County judge on Monday issued a 14-day temporary restraining order that blocks the city of Grants ... Read more
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Looming homeless camp closures on federal land presents uncertainties
Law enforcement officers with the U.S. Forest Service rolled through China Hat Road in the Deschutes National Forest ... Read more
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White House halt of weekly report stalls bird flu studies
The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak ... Read more