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Statewide vacancies filled by other governors
A summary of governors and vacancies they had to fill in statewide elected offices in the past four…
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Oregon Legislature – Key dates, rules and workarounds (deadline is TBD)
82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly Jan 9: The legislature met for one day to swear-in new members, choose a…
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X-Days, Exit Days, Scandals and plain old politics vie for attention in political halls
Oregon voters will cast ballots on Tuesday in once sedate local elections increasingly fraught with the bitter partisan…
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek puts pause on tolling until 2026, legislators say
Following the bill proposed last week by local legislators calling for a tolling moratorium, Gov. Tina Kotek has…
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May political notebook
The end of the 2023 session of the Legislature is starting to appear over the horizon. The “long…
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Deadlines loom again for Oregon Legislature as hot button bills dominate the clock
No Way Out: Oregon lawmakers have called for the resignation of Secretary of State Shemia Fagan over reports…
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Pendleton backup story
The Semate on Wednesday voted unanimously to remove a deadline for Pendleton to submit a plan for an…
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Guest column: Sen. Wyden should support Medicare for all Americans
Last week, news broke that several federal agencies have determined that the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will…
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Crook school stuff (NOT FOR PUBLICATION AT THIS TIME)
The election for Crook County School Board is usually a boring, nonpartisan, procedural affair, but the campaign for…
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This is the End: 50 years since US combat troops left Vietnam
A half-century ago Wednesday, the last American combat troops left Vietnam, a war that had stretched over two…