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Capital Chatter: It’s deadly quiet in Salem
It’s deadly quiet for a legislative session. Things are moving quickly. Lawmakers are playing nicely. There will be…
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Capital Chatter: Specter of harassment hangs over Capitol
The specter of sexual harassment hung over the Oregon Capitol on Monday as the 2019 Legislature convened for…
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Capital Chatter: Val Hoyle takes over BOLI
Oregon is the only state in which an elected labor commissioner oversees civil rights and fair housing as…
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Capital Chatter: Brown wants state to clean federal restrooms
Gov. Kate Brown wants to ensure Oregonians have their needs taken care of, so she’s asking whether the…
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Capital Chatter: Couple fights for ‘Kaylee’s Law’
What the Sawyer family has endured is beyond comprehension. A community college security officer kidnapped, assaulted and murdered…
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Capital Chatter: Richardson begins 2020 re-election effort
Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson is fundraising for his 2020 re-election campaign, despite battling brain cancer that…
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Capital Chatter: Vet program cash causes conundrum
Some Oregon counties had difficulty spending the money they received for veterans services after voters passed Measure 96…
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Capital Chatter: Merkley White House run could cost him Senate
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley might run for president in 2020. Or he might seek re-election to the U.S.…
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Capital Chatter: Brown proposes, but will legislators accept?
Gov. Kate Brown’s budget presentation this week was part budget and part State of the State address. My…
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Capital Chatter: Kate Brown discusses her 2019 priorities
Gov. Kate Brown had a wide-ranging discussion via telephone last week with two other journalists and me. As…