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Capitol Chatter: Masking issue is a matter of trusting the messenger
Gov. Kate Brown threw Oregon’s county commissioners under the COVID-19 bus this week. Their inaction is to blame ... Read more
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Capitol Chatter: Sen. Peter Courtney reflects on changing government
Want to improve Oregon government? Elect some Democratic legislators in Eastern Oregon. Elect more Republicans in the Portland ... Read more
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Capitol Chatter: Congressman Peter DeFazio is not giving up.
Congressman Peter DeFazio is not giving up. The Democrat from Springfield doesn’t quit. And whereas the U.S. House ... Read more
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Gov. Brown: Oregon leads push for carbon-free power
Gov. Kate Brown says Oregon is the first state in the nation to require its largest utilities to ... Read more
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Merkley: States will aid push for U.S. plastics recycling
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says he is counting on state efforts, like those in Oregon and Maine, to ... Read more
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Capitol Chatter: On the race for Oregon governor
The craziness known as Oregon politics took another twist this week. An Oregon-bred national journalist jumped into next ... Read more
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Recall effort against Sen. Findley gets official signal to collect signatures
A recall effort against Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, has been officially approved to begin circulating petitions, the Secretary ... Read more
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Capitol Chatter: Unvaccinated Oregonians don’t trust Gov. Kate Brown’s advice
Unvaccinated Oregonians don’t trust Gov. Kate Brown’s advice. But new research shows they also lack faith in COVID-19 ... Read more
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Capitol Chatter: Oregon knows this well — technology is fallible
Oregon doesn’t have traffic crashes. But it does have computer crashes. A routine bill in the 2021 Legislature ... Read more
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More than a dozen police reform bills passed in Oregon this year. Here’s what they do
Oregon lawmakers continued during their recently concluded session to build on the measures they passed a year ago ... Read more