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The Liftoff: Will there be a special session?

Make America 1973 Again

2023 in Review: Bulletin board material for Portland’s inevitable recovery

Portland’s best chance to revive downtown may be at night

The Liftoff: What's the plan to save Portland?

Addressing student learning loss is one of our biggest needs

The Liftoff: New candidates in big races

Care, hope and government

How will the strikes of 2023 affect 2024 and beyond?

The Liftoff: What Gov. Kotek wants in the short session

Amid good revenue news there is coal in the state’s stocking

The Liftoff: Oregon congressional candidate makes national headlines

The Liftoff: New competitive races across Oregon

Focus on addiction prevention rather than penalizing addicts

Teachers strike targets and hurts the wrong stakeholders

The Liftoff: Portland teachers strike escalates

The Liftoff: Who will be Oregon's next congressperson?

Will Portland’s expensive change in government pay off?

A House divided against itself cannot govern

The Liftoff: Governor Kotek makes a big endorsement

Government policy needs to catch up with obesity treatments

The Liftoff: The legislature's new addiction-focused committee kicks off

Leadership is becoming a lost political art

What type of leader could put Oregon and the nation back on track?

The Liftoff: Congressional fundraising numbers are in!

The Liftoff: Lawsuit filed against prominent political consultant

The economy isn’t the political issue it used to be

The economy is complicated and deserves honest policy discussion

The Liftoff: A shake-up in legislative leadership

How Oregon Republicans can further the cause of life in a pro-choice state

Our bridge over troubled water remains up in the air

The Liftoff: Oregon's new generation of leaders

Finding a path forward in downtown Portland

Veterans see open primaries as a way to boost democracy

The Liftoff: Campaign season is here! Who's running for what?

A preview of Election Day from 418 days away

Leadership in Portland: Support Frog Ferry

The Liftoff: Biden appoints an Oregonian and state lawmakers head to Portugal

The Liftoff: The fight to unwind drug decriminalization in Oregon

Biden’s age is cause of low approval rating

Debate shows Republican candidates still live in fear of Trump

The Liftoff: Dysfunction in Portland—and the plan to save downtown

There is a different story to tell on Measure 110

The Liftoff: Kotek appoints Supreme Court Justice and signs major legislation

Capitol renovation spending reveals “termites of distrust”

Duck fans shouldn’t gloat over Big 10 departure

The Liftoff: Former state legislator makes big political announcement

Put more emphasis on civic love in Portland

The Liftoff: A Supreme Court Justice makes headlines in Portland

As AI develops, regulators must learn from past mistakes with new technology

Oregon should join the AI bandwagon

The Liftoff: The scramble for statewide office in 2024

A way-too-early look at the scramble for statewide offices

FDA should step up vaping enforcement efforts

The Liftoff: Christine Drazan announces what's next

The 2023 Legislative housing agenda - Was it enough?

The Liftoff: Controversies in Eugene, Salem, and Portland

OR360 launches candidate tracker for 2024

Don’t plan on a Portland MLB team anytime soon

Trail Blazers remain an important part of Oregon despite turmoil

Candidate Tracker

The Liftoff: National leaders (and 2028 hopefuls?) come to Oregon

The Liftoff: A week of turmoil and turbulence for Oregon leaders

Legislative session winners and losers that flew under the radar

Inherent complexities of transportation projects hang over I-5 bridge

The Liftoff: End-of-session surprises as legislature adjourns

False equivalences are sly forms of disinformation

The Liftoff: Legislative leaders cut a deal to save the session

Where can Oregon step up to support women serving in office?

The Liftoff: A federal investigation, a gubernatorial deposition, and legislative dealmaking

Breaking gridlock requires systemic changes

Brinksmanship, walkouts signal government dysfunction

The Liftoff: Kotek is done negotiating with Senate GOP

Top highlights from the tumultuous first half of 2023

Make the kicker more equitable – by a majority vote of the Legislature

The Liftoff: Kotek steps in to try to salvage session

Betting on Portland. How’s that going?

The Liftoff: Will the Senate Republican walkout ever end?

Failure of Measure 110 requires a new approach to drugs

No turning back on a different drug addiction paradigm

The Liftoff: Scoop! GOP recall effort underway

What to watch for on Election Day

Washington County’s homelessness problem is fixable, but we need help

A defining day for culture in Salem

How to fix the looming crisis of local news in Oregon

The Liftoff: Who leaked the Fagan story?

The constitutional duty to provide public defenders

Oregon’s free Reproductive Rights Hotline answers abortion-related legal questions

The Liftoff: Shemia Fagan's explosive week

Great expectations and failed leadership

The Liftoff: Kotek's bad poll numbers

A Way-Too-Early Guide to who might run for Portland Mayor

Deteriorating relations with China pose economic threat to Oregon

The Liftoff: Kotek makes waves on bridge replacement and gambling

State worker crisis deserves attention

Farm Bill puts needed focus on Oregon agriculture

The Liftoff: The first attack ad of the 2024 election

Dead or alive? The legislature's crucial deadline

Why SROs are a bad idea for Oregon

Lagging literacy by Oregon grade school students is unacceptable

The Liftoff: State agency called "toxic place" by former head

Let Portland-area residents vote on interstate tolling plan

The Liftoff: What's in (and out) of the co-chair's budget framework?

Portland is in a ditch, not its grave

Portland needs an ambitious goal to ignite a downtown revival

The Liftoff: Who got a $200,000 bonus?

The Liftoff: Kotek appoints two new state executives

Start working on implementation now or bills on housing, other priorities will disappoint

Oregon should put chips in more than one basket

The Liftoff: Another agency head resigns; Kotek tackles housing crisis

The Liftoff: Housing, tolling, and what you need to know about the revenue forecast

The Liftoff: Kotek cleans house

Words matter, actions matter more

A glimpse inside the threat of Christian nationalism

The Liftoff: Oregon's State of the Union guests

The Liftoff: Inside Kotek's budget and another agency shake-up

Training more construction-related workers is essential to solve the housing crisis

Kotek housing goal will require creativity to meet

The Liftoff: Kate Brown goes to Harvard

The Liftoff: Kotek's inaugural ball

The Liftoff: Kotek's inaugural address and new hires

To fight crime, raise alcohol taxes

Knopp key to productive 2023 legislative session

Wagner faces big challenges, big shoes to fill in Oregon Senate

The Liftoff: Oregon's new leaders take office

The Liftoff: The legislature's top focus in 2023