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Ethics Complaint Alleges Funding Republicans Senators’ Walkout Violates Oregon Ethics, Campaign Law

McMinnville child welfare worker claims that Senate absences and fundraising activities are unlawful — and she wants the state to investigate.

Murmurs: Governor Underlines Need for Campaign Finance Reform

In other news: Oregon Republican Party again dealing with internal dissension.

Sam Carpenter’s New Book Charts a Course for GOP Domination of Oregon. We Read It So You Won’t Have To.

Former GOP candidate for governor Sam Carpenter’s written a new book about how to make Oregon Great Again (spoiler alert: it involves putting him in charge)

WW’s 10 Most Read Stories of 2018

The most read stories on wweek.com show a year of comeuppances, closures and clobberings.

Nothing Feels Better Than Complaining! We’ve Got Gripes About Scooter Vandals, Food Carts and Knute Buehler’s Goatee.

Portland, we’ve got a bone to pick with you.

More Than a Week After Oregon Election, Gov. Kate Brown Tops 50 Percent

Kate Brown’s share of the total Nov. 6 vote inches over 50 percent as late ballots are counted.

With the Election Past, Redistricting is Next. Kevin Mannix Has a Ballot Measure For That.

Ballot measure maven and longtime GOP politician Kevin Mannix wants to change the way Oregon handles redistricting.

Multnomah County Voters Crushed Knute Buehler in the Oregon Governor’s Race

Despite record spending and an emphasis on Portland issues, Buehler performed worse in Multnomah County than two decades of Republican nominees.

Murmurs: Bank Whistleblower Strikes Again

In other news: A new job for a watchdog.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Triumphs Over Republican Knute Buehler

Governor’s race looking good for incumbent Gov. Kate Brown.