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Capital Chatter: How to engage the Legislature — and how the Legislature should engage itself
Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, outraged Republicans last year by publicly stating the obvious after Democrats won supermajorities in ... Read more
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Looming homeless camp closures on federal land presents uncertainties
Law enforcement officers with the U.S. Forest Service rolled through China Hat Road in the Deschutes National Forest ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon celebrates the legacy of Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney was a lifelong prankster. As a new law clerk working in the Oregon Supreme Court Building, ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Governing begins with inauguration, pledges of accountability
“The devil,” the sages have said, “is in the details.” Or, in a newer version of the idiom, ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Curtain rises on 2025 Legislature
The 2025 Oregon Legislature got off to a glorious start this week, full of promise for collaboration, productivity ... Read more
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Oregon lawmaker wants to expand emergency housing program for people with addictions
In southern Oregon, an emergency housing program shelters people while they are waiting to enter residential addiction treatment. ... Read more
Opinion
Capital Chatter: A plea for kindness across the divide
This is not the column I planned to write, the one for which I interviewed legislators this week. ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: 2025 is off to a chatty start
To whet your political appetite for 2025, here is a spicy goulash of quotations, anecdotes and other recent ... Read more
Opinion
Capital Chatter: A journalism inspiration and Myrtle’s memorial
In a small but very personal way, Elmer C. Fricke changed the course of Oregon journalism. This is ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: In Oregon Senate, new faces from different places
Eastern and Central Oregon are losing much of their influence in the state Senate. Among the senators exiting ... Read more