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Capital Chatter: Impossible to know how many unemployed Oregonians left by the wayside
How many Oregonians are so frustrated with the state’s unemployment system that they have given up seeking benefits? ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon politicians leave mark
Jim Weaver and Bob Smith will go down in Oregon history as having served our state in Congress. ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: 2021 Legislative session could be very different
Will Oregon legislators start their 2021 session and then disappear for several months? That rumor has been spreading ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: 2020 has been hard on Oregon’s image
“2020 has been, I think, a little bit rough on Oregon’s image,” State Economist Mark McMullen said this ... Read more
News
Survey: Most voters disapprove of Portland protests
Most Oregon and tri-county voters have negative views of the ongoing political protests in violence, according to a ... Read more
News
Poll: Oregon not going ‘in the right direction,’ needs police reform
Only a third of Oregonians believe the state is “going in the right direction,” and the majority support ... Read more
Opinion
Rob Wagner chosen as new majority leader of the Oregon Senate
State Sen. Rob Wagner of Lake Oswego is the new majority leader of the Oregon Senate. Wagner will ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: CRC lives again, sort of
The ill-fated Columbia River Crossing rises again! Well, sort of. Oregon legislative leaders have created a Joint Interim ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Local school control vs. state accountability
Five minutes into listening to state schools chief Colt Gill, Sen. Betsy Johnson was already pressing for specifics. ... Read more