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OTHER VIEWS: Legislature walkout problem requires constitutional fix

It’s time to acknowledge, after watching this year’s Oregon legislative session, that Plan B didn’t work, and Oregon…

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OTHER VIEWS: Republicans are the winners of this legislative session

It is the Republicans and one independent in the Oregon Senate who have won this legislative session. Not…

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GUEST COLUMN: Opportunity Grant program needs legislative support

The Oregon Legislature needs to fully fund the Oregon Opportunity Grant. Growing up in the Rogue Valley, I…

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OTHER VIEWS: Vital firefighting tool can still be used — for now

As wildfire season heats up, communities across the West owe a debt of gratitude to U.S. District Judge…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon Legislature appears headed to a bad ending

A minority of legislators shutting the Legislature down is no way to run state government. Backroom deals are…

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OTHER VIEWS: Greater Idaho about more than moving a border

United States Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, was correct last week when he said the Greater Idaho movement probably…

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OTHER VIEWS: Measure 110’s negative impact on law enforcement

Researchers at Portland State University have issued an initial report about Oregon’s shift to decriminalizing most possession of…

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OTHER VIEWS: Allow Eastern Oregon to move away from home

Do you want Oregon to hold Eastern Oregon communities captive in a state they don’t wish to remain…

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OTHER VIEWS: Do Oregonians really long to give the boot to the kicker?

State Sen. Lew Frederick, D-Portland, sees Oregon’s kicker law as a problem. The kicker is that only in…

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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: It wasn’t easy to tell Bobbie’s story

After 28 years in community journalism, I always feel a sense of gratitude when somebody trusts me with…

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