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Capital chatter: Bills, bluster and burrito bowls

Oregon legislators celebrated Presidents Day … by going to work.

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Capital chatter: Hyperactivity and deadlines are the vibe

With only three weeks left in the 2024 Oregon Legislature, lawmakers need to hear from you.

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Other views: Arresting Forest Service burn boss threatens effort to curb wildfires

Destructive wildfires have resulted in the devastating loss of communities, loss of life, impacts on human health, untold…

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Capital chatter: Legislators seek answers on Measure 110

“Did tonight’s testimony change your mind about any of the proposed changes to Measure 110?”

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Thinking out loud: For expectant Oregon mothers, joining Idaho opens whole new issues

Our neighboring state of Idaho has passed laws which make abortion illegal except for pregnancies resulting from rape…

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Other views: The gift of the snag forest

Across the West, politicians, agency personnel, and far too many conservation organizations mistakenly categorize high-severity wildfires (where the…

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Other views: Old growth is burning up in wildfires. This calls for better land management

In December, the Biden Administration announced its long-awaited policy to conserve old growth forests on lands managed by…

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From the editor’s desk: Deadline for endorsement letters

Elections typically generate plenty of opinions and rhetoric, but this year the annual exercise in democracy is already…

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Other views: Oregon’s tax system is fundamentally unfair, but we can fix it

If you were designing a tax system from scratch, who would you tax at a higher rate: a…

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Capital chatter: Measure 110 redux is underway

Proposed revisions to much-maligned Measure 110 are a failure. So say groups on opposing sides of the drug…

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