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Public weighs in on redistricting — will it matter?
A video diaspora of lawmakers, an alphabet soup of proposals, echoing audio, dead air and a buzzer that…
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Brown: Curtailing school activities could speed drop in COVID-19 cases
Schools should cancel or curtail some extracurricular activities to help Oregon maintain what appears to be the beginning…
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Indigenous practice could be key to taming wildfires
For Indigenous tribes in the Pacific Northwest, fire has always been a part of the landscape. Klamath Tribal…
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Labor Day kicks off the 2022 electioneering season
Ready or not, Oregon, the 2022 election season is here. Labor Day weekend of odd-numbered years is the…
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Partisan plans for redistricting make consensus a long shot
Legislative leaders on Friday released competing plans for new political districts to be used beginning with the 2022…
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Wyden pushing his agenda as election clock ticking
As a former college basketball player, Ron Wyden knows all about shot clocks. In basketball, the clocks hang…
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COVID-19 wave could peak by Labor Day but not end until near Halloween
The steep rise in COVID-19 cases that began in July could peak on Labor Day and begin a…
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Masks now required at outdoor events as COVID-19 swamps Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown has expanded a mandatory mask order to include large outdoor gatherings as well well as…
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Do-it-yourself political redistricting now in Oregon
It’s a new video game that comes with a big prize. It’s not streaming on Twitch or play…
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Teachers and health care workers required to get COVID-19 vaccination, Brown orders
Facing a sharp surge in COVID-19 infections driven by the delta variant, Gov. Kate Brown Thursday ordered all…
