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Guest Column: Governor reflects on a year of progress — and a few misses
A broken aircraft rained on Gov. Tina Kotek’s anniversary celebration. Only a couple of TV crews joined the…
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Guest Column: Oregon must repeal Measure 110
Oregon is facing a five-alarm fire of drug abuse, addiction and death. Instead of dousing the flames, politicians…
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Guest Column: Project could be boon for youth mental health crisis
Last year saw a stream of dismal headlines about kids’ mental health. Children and teens in the U.S.…
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Guest Column: How a partisan fight over chickens united a local community
It took two years in a fight over chickens — yes, chickens! — to show how partisan divides…
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Guest Column: Lawmakers are talking past each other on Measure 110
One curiosity about Gov. Tina Kotek is her current hands-off approach to revising Measure 110, the drug-decriminalizing and…
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Guest Column: Smith was relied on for his wisdom
Albert Carlton Smith was the kind of person one rarely comes across these days: completely authentic, extremely honest…
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Guest Column: Recriminalizing drugs would be a bad choice
Experts — and editorials — have recently claimed that no one has been imprisoned for drug use for…
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Guest Column: Ask not what Oregon can do for you …
As 2023 concludes, let me paraphrase and localize President John F. Kennedy’s memorable words from his 1961 inaugural…
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Guest Column: Kotek growing into the role as governor
Gov. Tina Kotek’s tour of Oregon’s 36 counties fascinated me. It was an audacious commitment to accomplish within…
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Publisher’s Notebook: A challenge to bring home the spirit of Christmas
There are few things about the holidays that bring me joy. For years, the holidays have been a…
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