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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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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…
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Capital Chatter: Oregon celebrates the legacy of Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building, he…
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Capital Chatter: Oregon celebrates the legacy of Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building,…
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Capital Chatter: Governing begins with inauguration, pledges of accountability
“The devil,” the sages have said, “is in the details.” Or, in a newer version of the idiom,…