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Opinion: Oregon needs to stop the flow of illegal guns — and we know how to do it

If Oregon wants to make lasting progress in reducing gun violence and the devastating ripple effects, the state ...

Business

Opinion: The bottle bill, an Oregon gem

Oregon’s bottle bill, established in 1971 as the first in the U.S and the second worldwide, leads the ...

Opinion

Over the Fence: Cursing cursive

In my view, the absence of cursive writing in our school curriculum is madness.

Lifestyle

Jottings From Fifth & G: Processing with the counterclockwise group

Marriage and life have both taught me to choose honesty over perfection.

Columnists

Commentary: Data centers and their neighbors

Oregon has a big and (relatively) new kind of business it doesn’t really know how to deal with. ...

Lifestyle

Jottings From Fifth & G: Caruso the aria whistler

This post is dedicated to Caruso, my aria-whistling companion who enriched my life during the eight years he ...

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Opinion: Oregon should bypass California’s stalled Clean Trucks program and steer its own into the fast lane

California has set ambitious goals for EV truck adoption with its Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which imposes steeply ...

Opinion

Over the Fence: Get thee to the spa!

It’s been a long time now, but whenever I think about my one and only experience at a ...

Columnists

Opinion: Oregon bill opens discussion about paying for journalism

No easy or obvious solution will resolve one of the top and less-acknowledged crises in America, the collapse ...

Business

Commentary: More Oregonians are working multiple jobs, showing need for a stronger tax credit for workers

One of the best investments the Oregon legislature can make this session is to renew and expand the ...

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