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Randy Stapilus: GOP staged historic walkout, but didn’t get much for it
The 2023 Oregon legislative session was dominated by a six-week strike, the longest by legislators in the state’s ...
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Writers on the Range: Restoring the land can feel like fun
Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to ...
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From the editor’s desk: A new reporter joins the Chieftain’s staff
I am very pleased to announce a new addition to the staff of the Chieftain: Jillian Hoefer has ...
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Other voices: One-party rule in this state can be solved with a very Oregon reform
In a recent guest column, I laid responsibility for many of Oregon’s political discontents — including the “Greater ...
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Pendleton proves that supporting innovation works
For Oregon’s innovators to positively impact their communities, state support is crucial. I’ve seen this firsthand in the ...
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Roger Hockett: Farm debt and stress
My parents were farmers on Prairie Creek from the 1940s through the 1990s and my mother in particular ...
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Randy Stapilus: Walkout problem requires constitutional fix
It’s time to acknowledge, after watching this year’s Oregon legislative session, that Plan B didn’t work, and Oregon ...
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Writers on the Range: Backcountry heroes always try to bring us back
When I was leading groups into the Wyoming wilderness in the 1990s, once we left a trailhead we ...
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Shannon Wheeler: Addressing a 100-year injustice at Wallowa Lake
The Nez Perce Tribe noted the article on U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s tour of the proposed reconstruction of ...
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Capital Chatter: Four questions about the walkout
Is Oregon’s 2023 legislative session toast? The answers I hear from political insiders range from “yes” to “not ...