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Capital Chatter: Likely no action from Legislature before election
Oregon legislators will gather by video conference next week to hear the latest word on the state’s worsening ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon mourns
This has been the summer of awfulness in Oregon. Pandemic. Shuttered businesses. Lost jobs. Drought. Unemployment fiascos. Chaos ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Gov. Brown has hands full with two crises
Over breakfast recently, a longtime Oregon Democrat and political observer mused that Gov. Kate Brown’s muddled response to ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon’s ironic pandemic response
Local officials across Oregon got a verbal spanking from the governor last week. It didn’t sit well. County ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Good news for Oregonians
Good news for Oregonians! Well, for some Oregonians. Depending on where you live and how patient you are. ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Who killed statesmanship in Oregon?
If this week’s legislative session were a murder-mystery game, it might be called “The Case of the Oregon ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon Employment Department’s terrible, no good, very bad pandemic
This has been a week of bad news, worse news and occasional good news in Oregon government. But ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Negotiations over federal officers in Portland may affect Brown’s political stock
Gov. Kate Brown’s public stock may rise from her negotiations with Vice President Mike Pence and others in ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon rock fest 50 years ago holds lessons for today
Amid the simmering chaos in Oregon’s largest city, let’s look back 50 years to how a governor took ... Read more
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Capital Chatter: Oregon finally has a candidate for governor
The only surprise about Dr. Knute Buehler’s running for Oregon governor is the timing and manner of his ... Read more