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Governor’s ultimatum is not the leadership on PERS reform we need
by Sen. Larry George Salem, OR – Senator Larry George (R-Sherwood) issued the following statement yesterday morning after a remonstrance on the Senate floor: “The Governor’s caustic, partisan press release Thursday evening is a disturbing departure from his private statements … Continue reading
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Posted in Gov. Kitzhaber, OR 77th Legislative Session, PERS
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Rep. Dennis Richardson: Oregon’s Medicaid experiment
Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point) The Oregon Health Plan is Oregon’s name for Medicaid. Medicaid is the federal and state program that provides health care to poor adults and children. Its promise for decades has been to provide comprehensive medical care … Continue reading
Alabama explores copying new Oregon Health Plan
by Christine Vestal, Stateline Staff Writer Seizing Medicaid Expansion as a Means to Reform MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Just two states have governors who are physicians. Democrat John Kitzhaber of Oregon is an emergency room doctor. Republican Robert Bentley of Alabama is … Continue reading
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Posted in Gov. Kitzhaber, Health Care Reform
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Kitzhaber’s Well Intended PERS Reforms Are Insufficient
Oregon’s gold plated Public Employees Retirement System is seemingly in the news virtually every day. It should be. The PERS executive director – a beneficiary of PERS – announced that PERS had an unfunded future liability of $14Billion dollars. That … Continue reading
More Money in the Classrooms vs. More Accountability in the Classrooms
On Monday, the Oregonian reported that Gov. John Kitzhaber had set his priorities for the upcoming legislative session. “Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber presented “dollars in the classroom” as the great driving force of his 2013 legislative agenda in his State … Continue reading
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Posted in Education, Gov. Kitzhaber, PERS
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Treat energy customers as ratepayers, not taxpayers
Senator Alan Olsen Ratepayers are customers paying for a defined product, not a source of revenue for political experiments Salem, OR – State Senator Alan Olsen (R-Canby) responded to the release of Governor Kitzhaber’s (D) final energy action plan on … Continue reading
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Posted in Energy, Gov. Kitzhaber, Oregon Senate
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