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Capital Chatter: Public deserves to know what’s happening in their government

Why did Gov. Tina Kotek’s office hide the names of her staff and their contact information from the ...

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Capital Chatter: On ‘political medicine’ in Oregon

Halfway through its 2025 session, the Oregon Legislature has me thinking about the late Dr.  Abraham Bergman. A ...

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Capital Chatter: Oregon broke the Legislature this week

Oregonians broke the Legislature this week. OK, not the Legislature per se, just its public online system – ...

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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 ...

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Capital Chatter: Happy Sunshine Week — Thank a journalist

Halfway through Sunshine Week, two influential Democratic legislators from Portland sat down with journalists to discuss the upcoming ...

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Capital Chatter: Four ways federal turmoil can impact Oregon

Oregon legislators, be forewarned. Don’t be tempted to open the state’s checkbook again and again. The state, national ...

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Capital Chatter: A visit to Peter Courtney’s hometown

Where did Oregon’s longest-serving legislator play Little League as a kid? It was an odd question. But the ...

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Capital chatter: Readers respond to plea for civility

You can be a powerful, tenacious advocate for a political cause without acting like a jerk. That was ...

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Capital Chatter: Oregon is 166 years old, and we’re still figuring out our way

Despite the cold outside, action inside the Oregon Capital was warming up. Almost four weeks into the 2025 ...

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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 the Legislature: “That supermajority means ...

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