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OTHER VIEWS: Revenue forecast alters economic game plan

Surprise! Oregon has nearly $2 billion extra to spend during the next six weeks. A stunning state revenue…

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GUEST COLUMN: Timber commercials don’t see the forest for the trees

I grew up with a great respect for the value of nature. The wealth of the natural world…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon isn’t immune to book-banning cases

If you read about school or public library book banning in some places — Idaho or Texas, for…

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OTHER VIEWS: Klamath water usage a tough knot to untangle

Finally, a judge who pays attention to the experts in charge of managing the Klamath Project. As a…

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OTHER VIEWS: Ensuring access to life-saving medicines in Oregon

Millions of Americans have recently shared a common feeling when paying for their prescriptions: Sticker shock. And Americans…

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OTHER VIEWS: Hyperbole is in the eye of the beholder

A Southern Oregon senator posed a pungent question this week: “What the #*%@! is happening in Salem these…

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OTHER VIEWS: State shouldn’t reward anyone for Fagan’s failures

The ignominious end to Shemia Fagan’s tenure as Oregon Secretary of State has prompted state lawmakers to consider…

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Editorial: Oregon tried to cap health care costs and the cap is cracking

The Oregon Legislature put a lid on health care costs in 2019. It set a target for the…

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OTHER VIEWS: A reminder for citizens — Democracy a two-way street

A controversial bill on guns. A walkout by a group of Republicans from the Oregon Senate, denying a…

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OTHER VIEWS: Bill summary for abortion bill is not that complicated

Governments work in a world of their own lingo and acronyms, bureaucratese and legalese. Documents are written in…

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