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Other views: Lawmakers must address flaws with Measure 110

Three years ago, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure that would have dire consequences for the health and…

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Other views: Progress on groundwater requires coordination, leadership

Solving a challenge as complex and enduring as nitrate in groundwater requires understanding, agreement and commitment — understanding…

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Capital chatter: Oregon has too many committees and not enough action

After listening to speaker after speaker discuss Oregon’s substance abuse crisis, state Rep. Kevin Mannix had a logical…

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Other views: Don’t blame hatcheries for the declines in wild fish

The article about changing salmon management caught my attention. I grew up on salmon hatcheries in the Columbia…

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Capital chatter: Governor reflects on a year of progress — and a few misses

A broken aircraft rained on Gov. Tina Kotek’s anniversary celebration.

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Strop: Former president cares only about himself

I’m a 69-year-old retired schoolteacher and an independent voter. I have voted both Republican and Democrat in the…

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Flowers: Not even the death of a mother is off limits in today’s politics

There are two things that should be completely off limits: a person’s children and a person’s grief. You…

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Capital chatter: Lawmakers are talking past each other on Measure 110

One curiosity about Gov. Tina Kotek is her current hands-off approach to revising Measure 110, the drug-decriminalizing and…

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Other views: 2023 brought unique challenges but was a great year for GRH

We talk a lot about the future here at Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics. Perhaps it’s because we’ve…

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Capital chatter: Ask not what Oregon can do for you …

As 2023 concludes, let me paraphrase and localize President John F. Kennedy’s memorable words from his 1961 inaugural…

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