
Lauren Dake
Oregon Public BroadcastingLauren Dake is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Lauren spent nearly a decade working as a print reporter. She鈥檚 covered politics and rural issues in Oregon and Washington.
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Courtney's oratory skills were unequaled and his influence over state politics arguably unmatched. Perhaps most noteworthy in today鈥檚 era, he embodied a style of government he believed was the 鈥淥regon Way鈥 - the type of governing where you compromised and listened and remembered what it felt like to not be part of the political majority.
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Lawmakers face a long list of daunting tasks this session; from passing the next two-year state budget to approving a multi-billion dollar transportation package to pushing for more accountability from state agencies.
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Gov. Tina Kotek and other top Democrats have been more reserved than their counterparts in many other blue states. Republicans say that鈥檚 a good thing.
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When Oregon鈥檚 sweeping child welfare class action lawsuit was finally settled this fall, the judge presiding over the case lamented how 鈥渇rankly over-lawyered beyond belief鈥 the case had been.
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While the GOP won big in Washington, D.C., Beaver State Republicans didn't gain ground this year.
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Tobias Read appears poised to become Oregon鈥檚 next secretary of state, according to partial returns.
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U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, who represents Eugene, Roseburg and parts of the southern Oregon Coast, appears to have secured a second term in Congress. Her republican challenger, Monique DeSpain, has not yet conceded.
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Oregon has positioned itself to serve as a reproductive health care sanctuary for those in states with strict abortion bans. But advocates are still concerned that access might be chipped away.
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Oregon leaders are reminding residents they can still register to vote or change their party affiliation as usual.
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The state has unearthed several hundred more people than previously known who were improperly registered to vote under Oregon鈥檚 motor voter law.
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If approved, Measure 116 would give an independent commission the power to set salaries for the governor, the secretary of state, lawmakers, judges and other state elected officials.
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鈥淕host guns,鈥 which are 3D-printed firearms without serial numbers, will be prohibited across Oregon starting Sunday.