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Whatever Trump may say, we are not the enemy
• We are not the enemy. On Aug. 16, more than 350 newspapers across the United States, led by The Boston Globe, have signed on … Continue reading
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Lane County Senators Can Limit PAC Money in Elections
Get big money out of politics
Many of us are excited about the Oregon House of Representatives blocking billionaires from buying our elections and I want to thank most of our … Continue reading
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• The Clean Energy Jobs Bill passed the House in the Oregon Legislature after hours of debate June 17. It heads for the Senate next, … Continue reading
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• We are proud to announce that former Eugene Weekly intern (now Wall Street Journal intern) Michael Tobin won Best Article of the Year in … Continue reading
Of Grand Bargains and Granfalloons
PERS, politics and the grand bargain in Salem
Remember back in 2013 when then Gov. John Kitzhaber, House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney held a three-day special session of the … Continue reading
Oregon’s State Forests Under Fire
Oregon’s Department of Forestry sprays herbicides in protected drinking watershed
By Laurie Bernstein and Lisa Arkin Most Oregonians think of our state forests as places to camp, fish, hike and picnic with family and friends. … Continue reading
Asylum Seekers
Community to commemorate 3rd annual World Refugee Day with a focus on asylum seekers
In my travels to Tijuana, Mexico, three times in the last four months, I met many asylum seekers. Each morning I arrived at El Chaparral, … Continue reading
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• In 2014 Joshua Hunt wrote in The New York Times about rape allegations against three University of Oregon basketball players. Now he has an … Continue reading
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• Reading this Slant column and hungry for more opinions about what’s going on in Lane County and Oregon? This week you can find our … Continue reading
Oregon’s Land Use Program on a Slippery Slope
Bills would promote special interests
More than 50 years ago it was evident to those concerned about the loss of Oregon’s farm and forestland, natural areas and open space that … Continue reading
PeaceHealth Shouldn’t Own Birth
Don’t close the Birth Center
PeaceHealth dislikes solving Nurse Midwifery Birth Center problems. Unless this changes, the birth center will close. It almost closed in 2007 when PeaceHealth forgot to … Continue reading
70 Ain’t Old (If You Are a Tree)
Is age-ism woke, less woke or un-woke?
I finally made it up to the state Capitol in mid-May for the first time this session. I even found Magoo’s Sports Bar, my favorite … Continue reading
Green New Deal is a Must
Climate change is a dire emergency
Americans are waking-up to the existential threat posed by climate change. Polling shows concern about global warming spiking among Americans while Democrats push the ambitious … Continue reading
Killing the Initiative
Time to change the tax break
“We did not lock in the design of the building… We didn’t know that what [Capstone] proposed would be so different from what they built. … Continue reading