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Capital Chatter: Democrats pull the plug
“The Twilight Zone,” also known as the 2020 Oregon Legislature, has gone off the air. Democrats pulled the…
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Capital Chatter: Are big issues for short sessions?
This is the craziest legislative session that Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer, has seen. And that was before he…
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Capital Chatter: This is already outdated
By the time you read this sentence, it will be outdated. That’s how fast things are moving, or…
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Capital Chatter: Quick work on big issues
Oregon lawmakers are acting on a climate bill without knowing its economic impact. The Legislature’s 12 Republican senators…
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Capital Chatter: Will rally sway lawmakers?
At 5:30 a.m. Thursday, the Oregon Capitol was eerily quiet. My arrival was so early that the city…
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Capital Chatter: Session will be a doozy
Get ready for a doozy of an Oregon Legislature. The 2020 “short” session begins Monday and could last…
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Capital Chatter: A Democrat’s town hall
One of the Oregon Senate Democrats’ negotiators on climate change legislation made her position clear to constituents at…
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Capital Chatter: Will the GOP walkout?
The plot thickened this week in the Oregon Capitol. Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr., R-Grants Pass, confirmed…
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Capital Chatter: Four questions control session’s fate
Four questions will determine the fate of the 2020 Oregon Legislature. Several days of legislative committee meetings next…
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Capital Chatter: 5 New Year’s proposals
I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions or annual predictions. Instead, in the interest of stirring…