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Oregon's governor backtracked less than a week following the release of thousands of pages of emails that illustrated strong concerns among her top staffers regarding the growing role of the first lady.
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Emails released Friday confirm that senior members of the governor's team had questioned Aimee Kotek Wilson's expanding role.
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Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan will resign next week, she announced Tuesday, a stunning fall from grace for a top Democrat who once looked like a good bet to climb to higher office.
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In a meeting with reporters, Fagan struck a far more contrite tone than she had when news of the contract broke last week.
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Oregon legislators have tapped a Vermont human rights attorney to handle workplace harassment complaints and training at the state Capitol, almost two years after the position created in the wake of sexual harassment scandals went vacant.
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An email from a state division director asking customers to advocate for the agency’s budget raised eyebrows among business owners and legislators.
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Craig Prins has served as an internal watchdog within the Department of Corrections since 2016. He will take over an agency in flux after a recent scandal.
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The Governor is asking OLCC to replace all the managers and executive leadership accused in an internal investigation of using their access to benefit themselves and their friends.
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Legal ethics experts had previously said while Ginni Thomas is an outspoken conservative activist, her husband is able to act as an independent judge of matters that come before the court.
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After a year-long wait, the state’s campaign finance watchdog has a proposal to require elected officials to provide more information on special interest donations to their nonprofits.
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The case involves a conservative nonprofit with ties to a Koch brothers-founded group that gave at least $1 million to fund a campaign to win Senate confirmation of her Supreme Court nomination.
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"Vote with your dollars" is a common phrase, meaning support businesses you agree with by buying their products (and vote against other companies by NOT…