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qimono/PixabayYou can forgive a few people for losing track of new taxes in Oregon. The current session of the legislature took up, and then broke up, over a plan to… -
Oregon Health AuthorityA proposed bill in the Oregon legislature would boost funding for a new model of behavioral health clinics aimed at treating both the physical and mental…
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Cap-and-trade legislation is among the items topping Oregon’s agenda during this year’s legislative session. But like last year’s bill, which led to…
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Oregon’s 2020 legislative session presents lawmakers with a serious time management challenge.In just 35 days, the Legislature’s leading Democrats are…
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The Oregon Department of Revenue is hosting two town hall meetings in the Rogue Valley this week to discuss a new corporate business tax.The so-called…
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Large parts of rural Josephine County do not have fire districts in the local government sense. They are instead protected by private businesses that…
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Having the Senate Republicans walk out of the Capitol--twice--took up a lot of headlines. But there was more to this year's session of the Oregon…
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It is a rare bill that passes either house of the Oregon legislature without a single no vote. Senate bill 576 is such a bill. "Kaylee's Law," as it is…
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The Oregon Legislature is just getting down to business, and Ashland Rep. Pam Marsh is determined for that business to include manufactured…
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They had to work hard to get elected, but new Oregon legislators face plenty more work once they take office. Rep.-elect Kim Wallan of Medford and…
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Alan DeBoer never really planned on becoming an Oregon state senator. But Sen. Alan Bates died suddenly in the summer of 2016, leaving a big hole and a…
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Southern Oregon stood to lose some clout in the state legislature when Mike McLane opted not to run again for his position as House Republican leader. But…
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Oregon legislators caught a break this week with the passage of Measure 101 (January 23). It ratified an earlier legislative decision on new taxes to fund…
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State Senator Alan DeBoer arrived in Oregon's capitol along with a big issue: not enough money to keep state services at their current levels. So much for…
