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Capital Chatter: Public deserves to know what’s happening in their government
Why did Gov. Tina Kotek’s office hide the names of her staff and their contact information from the ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
The Oregon Health Authority director, Dr. Sejal Hathi, is on parental leave. That’s why Kristine Kautz was acting ...
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Capital Chatter: On ‘political medicine’ in Oregon
Halfway through its 2025 session, the Oregon Legislature has me thinking about the late Dr. Abraham Bergman. A ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Longtime Oregon political insider Fred VanNatta died March 29 in Salem. He was 86. He founded and guided ...
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Saturday’s protests may not change policy — but that’s not the point
After thousands of protesters filled streets nationwide to challenge the Trump administration’s agenda on Saturday, one big question ...
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OHSU pushes back against Gov. Kotek’s call to close down primate research center
As Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek presses Oregon Health & Science University to shutter its primate research center in ...
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EPA withholds $85 million meant to fund environmental justice projects in Oregon
A new community center and “climate resilience hub” in the southern Oregon town of Chiloquin should be months ...
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Oregon, Washington sue Trump over sweeping elections order
Oregon, the first state in the nation to adopt mail voting and automatic voter registration, is suing President ...
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Capital Chatter: Oregon broke the Legislature this week
Oregonians broke the Legislature this week. OK, not the Legislature per se, just its public online system – ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Sen. Aaron Woods, D-Wilsonville, periodically has been absent from the Oregon Capitol for medical treatment. In light of ...
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Oregon Democrats unveil $1.9 billion transportation funding plan
Oregonians would pay more at the pump, higher fees when they buy a car or bike and see ...
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After false starts, Oregon wolf compensation reform gains traction
After a couple of false starts, legislation intended to reform Oregon’s compensation policy for wolf killings of livestock ...
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Climate disasters are on the rise. These states want to make oil companies pay.
For many California residents, the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year were the latest and most searing example ...
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State updates hazardous substances list to include harmful forever chemicals
Oregon’s list of regulated hazardous substances is getting its first update in nearly two decades with the addition ...
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Oregon AG Rayfield will host town halls about federal oversight in Eugene, Portland, Bend
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield plans to travel the state throughout the spring and summer hosting town halls ...
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Thousands of Oregonians slam Republican senator’s attempt to end mail ballots
Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the ...
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Capital Chatter: Oregon budget writers can’t please ’em all
The Oregon Legislature’s budget writers face an impossible task: pleasing everyone in an era of startling political and ...
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Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around state government
Two state prisons have new superintendents. • Joe Woodland heads Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, where he ...
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Oregon moves to ditch Daylight Saving Time, again
A new bill that could end the twice-yearly clock changes has passed the Oregon Senate. Senators approved Senate ...
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U.S. Department of Education reinstates income-driven student loan repayment plans
One month after officials at the U.S. Department of Education abruptly stopped accepting new applications for income-driven student ...
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Senate votes to outlaw discrimination against tenants based on immigration status
Calling it a “moral imperative,” the Oregon Senate voted Monday to ban landlords from asking about or disclosing ...
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Gov. Kotek seeks answers from state utility commission amid public outcry over rising utility rates
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has heard from thousands of Oregonians concerned with utility rate increases that have ...
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Judge blocks Gov. Kotek’s union labor mandate for state construction
A Marion County judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Tina Kotek’s executive order requiring union labor ...
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to revive landmark climate suit, ending decade-long fight led by 11 young Oregonians
The nation’s highest court declined to hear a petition that would have revived a landmark climate change lawsuit ...
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Trump wants more logging. He’ll need help from states like Oregon
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to increase logging in national forests ...