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The Oregon Senate passed the $250 million dollar debt package today (Wednesday).Other Democrats did not speak, but all 18 voted yes, joined by two Republicans, Sens. Jackie Winters of Salem and David...

The huge economic stimulus bill going through Congress will likely shower hundreds of millions of dollars on Oregon's state government and help legislators dig their way out of a huge hole in the Oregon budget. But first, the Legislature may...

Congressional Democrats are circulating a draft of an $825 billion economic stimulus bill that you can bet is getting keen attention in every state Capitol in the country. This will undoubtedly transform the budget debate in Salem and in every...

Jeff Mapes has a story in the O today, reporting that current Oregon GOP Chair Vance Day has decided not to run for reelection:Vance Day, a Salem lawyer who has headed the party since 2005, initially planned to run for re-election but has recently told Republican activists he won't seek another term. That leaves former State Rep Bob Tiernan and former House Speaker Lynn Snodgrass to battle it out. I'm still learning about these two, as their historical spotlight in Oregon politics was prior to my engagement. Mapes' writeup on the dynamics of the two candidates is sufficient but not...

Salem businessman Solomon Yue, a longtime Republican National Committee member from Oregon, is gaining attention on the national political stage these days. The Oregonian/Stephanie Yao/2006Solomon Yue Yue is playing the sidekick to Jim Bopp, an RNC committeeman from Indiana, who...