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Oregon Legislature starts quietly Monday, but tensions simmer just below surface

February 3, 2020

By SAM STITES, JAKE THOMAS and CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — A contentious proposal to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions dominated political chatter in the weeks before […]

Some big businesses throwing support to Oregon cap-and-trade legislation

February 3, 2020

A June 2019 Capital rally by members of Timber Unity helped cement the end of a cap-and-trade bill opposed by rural constituents. CLAIRE WITHYCOME/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon Democrats’ […]

Oregon lawmakers hope to improve rural dental care with new legislation

February 3, 2020

By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is facing a dental health epidemic, and a lack of access to care is at the root of the problem for many children, rural […]