The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Oregon State Fair visitors sign a petition to recall Gov. Kate Brown at the booth organized by Flush Down Kate Brown. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — Jolly old St. Nicholas doesn’t care much for the governor. Dressed in a stocking cap, black boots, red velvet pants and vest, he signed[Read More…]
Uncategorized State Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, discusses his actions in the closing days of the 2019 Legislature from his Capitol office. (Salem Reporter/Aubrey Wieber) Over the past two years, a Republican legislator once an ally of Democrats has become a one-man force waging war against his colleagues to the left. The[Read More…]
Timber Unity and other groups protest House Bill 2020. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Two members of a quickly rising political activist community of loggers have been invited to the White House for an afternoon talk on environmental policy by President Donald Trump. Timber Unity, a group comprised mostly of loggers but[Read More…]
Uncategorized Logging trucks line up in front of the Oregon Capitol. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Loggers and logging trucks made their way from the fairgrounds in Salem to the Capitol this morning to protest two bills – House Bills 2020 and 2007. A long convoy of logging trucks drove along Court Street[Read More…]
Uncategorized SALEM — Last week, 31 Democrats voted to cut into benefits promised to public employees in what was likely their toughest vote of the 2019 legislative session, if not their career. It prompted 17 to file public explanations for why they voted. In a political environment where public employee unions[Read More…]
Uncategorized Sen. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) wants to cushion portions of eastern Oregon from a proposed bill to limit carbon emissions. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). SALEM –Sen. Cliff Bentz played another card from a rapidity dwindling political deck recently in an effort to ease Malheur County impacts from a proposal to slash carbon[Read More…]
SALEM — Senate Republicans appear to have won significant concessions as Democrats have agreed to abandon their central gun control proposal and drop a controversial bill modifying vaccination exemptions for school children, according to multiple sources. In a deal intended to bring Republicans back to the Capitol, Democrats agreed to[Read More…]
Uncategorized SALEM – Gov. Kate Brown has tapped former legislator Bev Clarno to be Oregon’s 37th secretary of state. The announcement came Friday, just over a month after former Secretary of State Dennis Richardson died. Clarno will finish Richardson’s term, which will conclude in January 2021. In filling Richardson’s term, Brown[Read More…]
Uncategorized Patrick Starnes, former Independent Party of Oregon candidate for governor, isn’t giving up on his push to reform the flow of political money in the state. (Portland Tribune/Jaime Valdez) Carpenter Patrick Starnes, former candidate for governor, earns a living now renovating an 1878 house in Brownsville. In his spare time,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown takes the oath of office on Monday, Jan. 14, as she starts her final term as governor. (Jaime Valdez/Portland Tribune) SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown wants the state to get ambitious about solving major challenges such as a homelessness, challenging legislators Monday in her state of the[Read More…]