News Oregon Political News Rural Oregon faces deeper peril as public safety system weakens (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/05/rural_oregon_faces_deeper_peri.html#incart_river) Tens of thousands of Oregonians switch health coverage, driven by new prem [...]

News Oregon Political News Cover Oregon stumbles, election year politics likely to hobble Kitzhaber's health reform goals (http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/cover_oregon_stumbles_election.html#incart_river) Kitzhaber, Merkley face potentially tough re-election races [...]

News Oregon Political News Timber veterans struggle to navigate Oregon's land use law and make forestry profitable (http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2014/02/timber_veterans_struggle_to_na.html#incart_m-rpt-1) Land-use 'grand bargain' could move qu [...]

Oregon Legislature returns (http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/oregon_legislature_cancels_3_p.html#incart_river) today after the weather cancellations; referendum on the private sales of liquor gaining ground and no resolution yet to the Medford teacher’s strike.  [...]