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Capital Chatter: Starting on a bipartisan note – sort of
• A cry for bipartisanship carries a partisan tone: On the first day of a new legislative year,…
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Capital Chatter: How much should legislators be paid?
• Are legislators underpaid or overpaid? Two Bend Republicans – Rep. Knute Buehler and Sen. Tim Knopp –…
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Capital Chatter: Kate Brown and the quality of mercy
• Brown practices forgiveness: Gov. Kate Brown granted clemency — which can be full or partial legal forgiveness…
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Capital Chatter: All sides waiting for Brown to lead
• Looking for the governor to lead: After her first legislative session as governor, Kate Brown conceded that…
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Capital Chatter: Brown, biz aren’t on chummy terms
• Not-so-chummy relationship? Gov. Kate Brown didn’t make it to the Democratic Governors Association meeting in Louisiana last…
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Capital Chatter: Richardson says endorsements helped
• Dennis Richardson thanks newspapers: Dennis Richardson credits Oregon’s newspapers with helping him break the Democrats’ stranglehold on…