Oregon Legislature returns today after the weather cancellations; referendum on the private sales of liquor gaining ground and no resolution yet to the Medford teacher’s strike.
Oregon Political News
Cover Oregon:
Former IT chief steered California contracts to her future Oregon deputy
Oregon
Legislature set to reconvene Monday as weather warms
Legislative week
in review -- snowbound edition: Oregon politics today
Lawmakers move
toward compromise to protect Oregon's renewable energy mandates
Monica Wehby:
Sen. Jeff Merkley should demand federal probe of Cover Oregon
With Oregon tax
reform on the horizon, lawmakers wary of changes in 2014
Fred Meyer
president files referendum to privatize alcohol sales
Private liquor
sales: On a ballot near you?
Lame ducks still
walking, working
Legislative
session bipartisan so far
Panel cautions
on bonds for construction in 2014
Lawmakers to
make up for weather delay
Oregon
legislation seeks to curb underage drinking deaths
Oregon
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News From
the Regions
Portland/Metro
Area
Oregon and SW
Washington school closures and delays for Monday (latest updates)
OHSU doc nets
grant to study cancerous sarcoma in kids
School district,
teacher union mediation reset for Monday
Water district
qualifies for May ballot
Salem
Area
Sunday Profile:
New director of state IT projects settles into work
Diana Dickey to
start commissioner campaign
Central/Eastern
Oregon
Northwest coal exports up for
discussion at EO Forum
State DEQ fines Pendleton hazmat firm
If legal, PERS legislation saves millions
Albany/Corvallis
Area
Mid-valley
schools stay closed; power out in some areas
Snow weighs
heavily on area: Collapsed structures, crashes and outages
Forecast: warmer
temperatures, rain and potential localized flooding
Eugene
Area
Eugene getting
first look at new city hall
Springfield
ponders paying council
Food fight turns on local rights
Roseburg
Area
Wilbur rail crossings spur
controversy
Sutherlin voters face decision on fire services, taxes
Medford
Area
200+ substitutes brought in before Medford school reopening Tuesday
Support for
economic development wanes
Teacher contract
remains elusive
Medford hikes
building permit fees 20 percent
Union, district head back to table
Mining regulation changes are intention of Bates' bill
Graduation rate results a mixed bag
Retrenchment proposal cuts SOU programs, staff
Klamath
Falls Area
Economic Indicators: Certifying your
workforce
Education from birth to college: State goals and the
Oregon Education Investment Board
Ahead of the curve: KCC offers advance program
Southern
Oregon Coast
New Medicare
rules will cost $300,000, hospital CEO says
15 years later,
memories of New Carissa linger
Bay Area’s water supply still in good
shape
National
News
Suzanne Bonamici
shares lessons from 2 years in U.S. House
Ron Wyden, near
to Finance chairmanship, seeks tax breakthrough with Republicans
Farm bill, food
stamp cuts signed into law
Administration
backs away from plan to remove protections for gray wolves
Reid again eyes Senate rulebook
Medicare fight
looms over midterms
Opinion
Portland
Area
Gov. Kitzhaber's
'fair and meaningful' teacher evaluation tool: PolitiFact Oregon promise update
Portland council
should reject union's appeal of Park Avenue West Tower: Editorial Agenda 2014
Week in
comments: TriMet woes, Portland teachers, Bob Dylan's betrayal, PERS cronyism
Homeowners don't
need free access to toxic pesticides: Guest opinion
GOP's
immigration reform proposals are counter-productive: Guest opinion
How social media
changed the world: Washington Post opinion
Health care
myths we live by: Charles Krauthammer
The
Legislature's best bet is to back OHSU with $200 million in bonds: Editorial
Agenda 2014
Debate over lot
is about more than Trader Joe's: Editorial Agenda 2014
Revise Oregon's
tax system in stages: Guest opinion
Portland officials
have mishandled cycling in Forest Park: Guest opinion
David Sarasohn:
Cover Oregon hearing sidetracked by politics
Susan Nielsen:
Whether Portland teachers strike or not, let's keep kids out of it
The persistence
of Selective Deficit Disorder: David Sirota
Keystone
pipeline, dance team respect: Opinion roundup
Salem Area
Positive
response to snow emergency
Reaping all the
rewards of hard work
Albany/Corvallis
Area
Think Too Much:
Surviving Orion's bitter blast, ironically
Editorial:
Decision to close schools always is a tough one
Editorial:
Expertise, not residence, key for panel members
Roses and Raspberries (Feb. 7)
Eugene
Area
Plan for retail
hub best for Civic site
The key to rural
recovery is in forest management
Oregon’s
ambitious education reform puts students first
Add breaking
‘job lock’ to health reform pluses
Roseburg
Area
Editorial: Legislation must remove
harvest decisions from courts
Guest column:
Have our brains adapted to seeing violence?
Medford
Area
What's really 'immoral' in government policy
Klamath
Falls Area
The H&N
View: What’s up with that? Irony in the Klamath Basin
The H&N
View: Snow a welcome sight for the Basin
Southern
Oregon Coast