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Our View: Draft a wish list for your state legislators

We’d like you to draft a multimillion-dollar wish list and send it off to your Oregon state senator…

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Our View: Council should share how it was advised

Light is the best disinfectant, and transparency is vital to establishing trust. That is why it’s concerning that…

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Our view: Call to investigate Joseph council is correct

The abrupt resignation of Joseph City Administrator Larry Braden late last week comes as a shocking blow to…

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Our view: Elected leaders work for the voter

Oregon lawmakers did something good recently when they approved Senate Bill 513, a measure that requires high school…

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Our view: Voters need to remain engaged in legislative activity

The Oregon Legislature is poised to approve yet another gun mandate, and while the battle lines over such…

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Our View: Legislators should clearly state what bills would do

State Senate President Peter Courtney held a news conference before the 2021 legislative session to announce steps to…

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Our view: Solutions for child care recovery

Rural Oregon is facing a difficult post-COVID economic recovery. The $1.9 trillion federal coronavirus relief package will undoubtedly…

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Our View: Across the aisle in the Capitol

Policy disagreements, partisanship and the walkouts can give Oregonians a distorted picture of what their Oregon Legislature is…

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Our view: Legislature shouldn’t let patient safety program expire

Jessica Barnett died when she was 17. She had started fainting when she was 12. It looked like…

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Our View: Walkout may result in changing Oregon’s quorum rules

Do you think Gov. Kate Brown should do more to get schools to reopen? Do you think the…

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