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Lane County Senators Can Limit PAC Money in Elections

Get big money out of politics

OpinionViewpoint 6 years ago

Many of us are excited about the Oregon House of Representatives blocking billionaires from buying our elections and I want to thank most of our … Continue reading →

Of Grand Bargains and Granfalloons

PERS, politics and the grand bargain in Salem

Viewpoint 6 years ago

Remember back in 2013 when then Gov. John Kitzhaber, House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney held a three-day special session of the … Continue reading →

Oregon’s State Forests Under Fire

Oregon’s Department of Forestry sprays herbicides in protected drinking watershed

Viewpoint 6 years ago

By Laurie Bernstein and Lisa Arkin  Most Oregonians think of our state forests as places to camp, fish, hike and picnic with family and friends. … Continue reading →

Asylum Seekers

Community to commemorate 3rd annual World Refugee Day with a focus on asylum seekers

Viewpoint 6 years ago

In my travels to Tijuana, Mexico, three times in the last four months, I met many asylum seekers. Each morning I arrived at El Chaparral, … Continue reading →

Oregon’s Land Use Program on a Slippery Slope

Bills would promote special interests

Viewpoint 6 years ago

More than 50 years ago it was evident to those concerned about the loss of Oregon’s farm and forestland, natural areas and open space that … Continue reading →

PeaceHealth Shouldn’t Own Birth

Don’t close the Birth Center

Viewpoint 6 years ago

PeaceHealth dislikes solving Nurse Midwifery Birth Center problems. Unless this changes, the birth center will close. It almost closed in 2007 when PeaceHealth forgot to … Continue reading →

70 Ain’t Old (If You Are a Tree)

Is age-ism woke, less woke or un-woke?

Viewpoint 6 years ago

I finally made it up to the state Capitol in mid-May for the first time this session. I even found Magoo’s Sports Bar, my favorite … Continue reading →

Green New Deal is a Must

Climate change is a dire emergency

Viewpoint 6 years ago

Americans are waking-up to the existential threat posed by climate change. Polling shows concern about global warming spiking among Americans while Democrats push the ambitious … Continue reading →

Killing the Initiative

Time to change the tax break

Viewpoint 6 years ago

“We did not lock in the design of the building… We didn’t know that what [Capstone] proposed would be so different from what they built. … Continue reading →

A Step Forward

Educators stand up for school funding

Viewpoint 6 years ago

Last week, less than a week after the historic statewide teacher walkout, the state Legislature approved the Student Success Act. The law will provide an … Continue reading →

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