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Capital Chatter: PERS task force is almost done
Watching Gov. Kate Brown‘s PERS task force has been an odd experience. The group met only four times.…
Opinion
Capital Chatter: What’s up at Education Department?
Salam Noor is out as Oregon’s top education official – although it’s not clear anymore whose education job…
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Capital Chatter: Courtney takes on football
Peter Courtney was on a roll. The Oregon Senate president had fretted over the Gov. Kate Brown‘s administration…
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Capital Chatter: No surprise that Brown is running
To no one’s surprise, Democratic Gov. Kate Brown this week announced that she would seek re-election next year.…
Opinion
Capital Chatter: Eastern Oregon greets its governor
Among the Oregon legislators from east of the Cascades, none is a Democrat. Yet a large crowd turned…
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Capital Chatter: Why all the wildfires?
Two of the nation’s highest-priority wildfires are burning almost unchecked in Oregon – the Chetco Bar and Eagle…
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Capital Chatter: Oregon readies for elusive election
Oregon is preparing for an election that might never happen, which led to an odd legislative hearing this…
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Capital Chatter: State institutions could go up for sale
Should state government raid its workers’ compensation fund to pay for PERS? How about selling off a state…
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Capital Chatter: If you pay taxes, the state will keep paying you
Oregon’s unique personal income-tax kicker — beloved by taxpayers, detested by some politicians and interest groups — is…
Opinion
Capital Chatter: What if we had an eclipse and nobody came?
Extra ambulance crews are stationed throughout Oregon in the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse. Fire departments are…