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Oregon Senate Democrats Will Waive Fines For AWOL Republicans But Will Seek to Reduce Quorum Requirement

Truckers and Loggers Started a Rebellion in Oregon. Political Insiders Took It Over.

Timber Unity started out organic and grassrootsy. Then the pros took over.

Governor’s Proposed Vetoes Include a Bill Enviros Hate and Money For a Dam Study in District of Dem Who Voted Against Cap and Trade Bill

Gov. Kate Brown says she may veto four pieces of legislation passed in 2019.

Oregon’s Ban on Single-Family Zoning Could Combat Global Warming—If Democrats Don’t Let Sprawl Win

Metro lobbyist Randy Tucker says Realtors want “to rig the land use system in ways that turn Portland into Houston.”

How Oregon Democrats Kept a Tax Increase Away From Voters

They outfoxed Republicans to pass a series of end-of-session bills to make a ballot initiative to overturn the tax increase more difficult.

Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek Touts Legislative Session as Success, But Says Lawmakers Must Press for a Carbon Cap

“We are facing a shrinking time window to do our part to fight climate destruction. All these other things don’t make sense if we don’t have a planet.”

Despite Mockery, Oregon Officials Are Poised to Investigate the Health Effects of WiFi on Schoolkids

A Wi-Fi safety study made it through the Oregon Legislature. Other bills didn’t survive.

Oregon Business Group Decides Not to Refer School-Funding Corporate Tax to Voters

“We’re extremely disappointed that lawmakers went to such great lengths to hamstring our referral efforts, but the reality is that they have rigged the system so far in their favor that our chances of success at this point are very remote.”

President Trump Invited Oregon Loggers Who Protested Carbon Cap Bill to White House

Last month, news of Senate Republicans fleeing the Capitol to block passage of climate change legislation dominated headlines, both locally and nationally.

Sen. Brian Boquist Must Give 12 Hours’ Notice Before Entering the Capitol, So Oregon State Troopers Can Prepare

Boquist has sued for records of his disciplinary investigation, and says his family is getting death threats.

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