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Capital Chatter: Stunning revenue forecast alters conventional wisdom of Oregon economy
Surprise! Oregon has nearly $2 billion extra to spend during the next six weeks. A stunning state revenue…
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Pam Marsh and Dick Anderson: Governor’s goal requires workforce housing
In Tillamook County, the lack of workforce housing is a major stressor for Heather Zwald Taksdal. As a…
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John Hillock: Here’s why I wrote House Bill 3317
I’m responsible for the creation of House Bill 3317, not the other Wallowa County commissioners. I take all…
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Writers on the Range: Guns have changed everything, especially childhood
I learned to shoot on the family ranch, as ranch kids are wont to do. My gun education…
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Tim Nesbitt: Fagan fails the ‘any damn fool’ test
There’s something called the “any damn fool” rule in politics. It’s an unwritten rule because, well, any damn…
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Roger Hockett: It’s time to confront our wasteful ways
My mother on Prairie Creek never wasted anything, except lawnmowers; they ended up in the old bunkhouse when…
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Nils Christoffersen: Rural challenges require new thinking
The Greater Idaho Movement stirs mixed reactions in me. Its implausibility, and my appreciation for Oregon, leaves me…
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Writers on the Range: Killing fish to save frogs
Shortly after World War II, California fish managers had a brainstorm: They loaded juvenile trout into airplanes and…
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Other Views: Should we worry about Oregon’s population decline?
State economists sounded the alarm recently about a slight but sudden decline in Oregon’s population, warning of a…
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Other Views: Second Amendment doesn’t preclude reasonable restrictions
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t read about another tragic shooting. Often the perpetrators target family,…
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