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New Oregon economic forecaster predicts higher revenue, higher …
Nov 20, 2024 · Julia Shumway is the Capital Chronicle's deputy editor and lead political reporter. Before joining the Capital Chronicle in 2021, she was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix and reported on local and state government and politics in …
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U.S. Senate confirms final two Biden judges, adding to diversity records BY: Ashley Murray - December 20, 2024 President Joe Biden’s number of lifetime appointments to the federal bench surpassed the first Trump administration’s Friday and set records as the most diverse selection of judges by any president in U.S. history, according to federal judiciary observers.
Oregon advocates see overreach in local camping restrictions for ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Bristol, whose four-year term ends this year, said the public concerns are understandable, given the requirements to move every seven days. “A lot of them have a lot of stuff that even an able-bodied person would have trouble moving around and from a practical standpoint I don’t blame them because this is their entire life,” Bristol said.
State regulators approve more electricity rate hikes for Oregonians …
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State government has more money, and more challenges, than …
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After statewide tour, health authority director plans to improve …
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Oregon stays Democratic and even appears to flip a district in …
Nov 14, 2024 · Although Oregon mostly held to its usual political patterns this election, that doesn’t mean nothing changed. The pre-eminent example of that is Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, where the parties flipped control and the vote changed a little.
Lawmakers preview housing bills as many Oregonians face …
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Oregon election results follow usual pattern
Nov 5, 2024 · Oregon had few surprises in the general election results that changed the political landscape very little. Tracking closely with similar kinds of results in Washington state, the light blue Beaver state stuck with its usual voting patterns, careful to rarely edge over into landslides.