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Capital chatter: Kotek picks up the pace in final weeks of legislative session
Back in January, before the 2025 Legislature convened, I asked Gov. Tina Kotek what she had learned from…
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Capital Chatter: Prudence over partisanship
State economists on Wednesday released their quarterly economic and revenue forecast that will form the basis for Oregon’s…
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Capital Chatter: The calm before the political storm in the Oregon Legislature
Parking spaces are opening up around the Oregon Capitol. Legislative committees are canceling unneeded meetings. The 2025 Oregon…
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Capital Chatter: Certainty is rare in Oregon politics
Rarely does true certainty exist at the Oregon Capitol, despite whatever bills the Legislature passes and whatever actions…
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Capital Chatter: Remembering Sen. Aaron Woods
It might be easy, even convenient, for Oregonians to forget our politicians are real people. People who strive…
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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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Opinion: Oregon Senate bill will protect patients and reduce opioid dependence
The opioid epidemic continues to devastate Oregon, with overdose deaths reaching 1,833 in 2023 alone. That’s 450 more…
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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…