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Opinion: The bottle bill, an Oregon gem
Oregon’s bottle bill, established in 1971 as the first in the U.S and the second worldwide, leads the…
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Column: The gold star of our block
Everyone in my block of downtown Redmond knew everything about Mary Peterson, and Mary Peterson knew everything about…
Columnists
Too much communication: For cell phones in schools, simpler may be better
What do you do with legislation that cuts into the middle of how Oregonians live their lives, when…
Editorials
Editorial: The seeming demise of Oregon’s fire map tax
The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed for a reckoning. We don’t know that for sure,…
Editorials
Editorial: State rules for defensible space are coming and seem based on common sense
Embers from a wildfire can travel for miles on the wind, land in some lovely, landscaped bark dust…
Editorials
Editorial: Levy’s bill may help some homeowners with insurance
For decades, Oregon had only a few hundred million in insurance losses by the decade for all sorts…
Editorials
Editorial: Oregon legislators may boost benefits for some state employees
If you get confused about Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System — known as PERS — you are not…
Editorials
Editorial: Does the state need a mandated percentage of public defenders employed by the state?
Oregon has a public defender problem. It isn’t providing a lawyer to everyone who is entitled to one.…
Editorials
Editorial: Where we are and where we need to be on homelessness in Central Oregon
The easiest thing to do when you see a person sleeping beneath a bridge or struggling against this…
Editorials
Editorial: The penny may not be saved but earned its end
Pity the penny. The sense is that it may make no more sense for the cent. A government…
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