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Capital Chatter: Sen. Tim Knopp on the 2024 legislative session
Will Oregonians see a legislative session in 2024? Or will Republican lawmakers — at least on the Senate ...
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Writers on the Range: Creative builders get rural housing done
Here’s a statistic to be unhappy about: Colorado and Utah host the fifth and sixth most expensive housing ...
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From the regional editor: Reporting teams will tackle tough topics
Not too long ago, when Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City announced that it planned to close its birth ...
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Other Views: State-based health insurance exchange would protect access to coverage
Gov. Tina Kotek recently signed Senate Bill 972, which will enable Oregon to transition from the federal health ...
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Randy Stapilus: Lawmakers lay groundwork for future sessions
Oregon legislators have been burrowing into newsy topics like housing, road tolling, crime, Measure 110 and the Pac-12 ...
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Ann Bloom: The case against banning books
Last week was “Banned Books Week,” a week not to celebrate banning books, but a week to recognize ...
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Writers on the Range: Are beavers always the answer? It depends
Beavers, through their assiduous dam building, can recharge groundwater and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. In the ...
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Capital Chatter: Journalism makes a big difference
Were it not for newspapers, Oregonians would not know about Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s high-dollar moonlighting for ...
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Capital Chatter: Six observations about Gov. Tina Kotek
As the Oregon Legislature was winding down its 2023 session, Gov. Tina Kotek held a press conference at ...
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From the editor’s desk: Chieftain nabs six awards in statewide contest
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association handed out awards last week in its 2023 Better Newspaper Contest, and I’m ...