By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The super-controversial and awful petition to ban hunting and fishing in Oregon (also known as IP 28 or the P.E.A.C.E Act) has been showing very poor signature validation rate. Willamette Week reports, “The IP 28 campaign submitted 142,784 signatures on July 2. To qualify for the ballot, the petition […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com A Portland hearings officer Friday confirmed the city’s claim of a land use violation for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. The fine is for daring to erect wood panels over their first floor windows (see above), which the ICE office uses to protect against snipers. The fine […]

From the densest urban areas of Multnomah County to the less populated rural counties of Oregon, there has been a growing impulse to go east, young man, east to Idaho. If you stop to think about it, this is very similar to what spurned the Oregon Trail, a sense that there is more opportunity elsewhere, […]

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Tina Kotek Promised More Time in the Classroom. 75% of Oregon Students Won’t Get a Single Minute More. By Christine Drazan for Governor campaign,   WILSONVILLE, Ore. – Governor Tina Kotek promised to address Oregon’s instructional time crisis. New reporting shows her executive order will leave the vast majority of Oregon students right where they […]

Monique DeSpain Outraises Career Politician Val Hoyle in Q2, Despite Hoyle’s Incumbency Advantage By Monique DeSpain for Congress campaign,   EUGENE, Ore. (July 16, 2026) – For the second time in three quarters, political outsider Monique DeSpain has outraised incumbent Congresswoman Val Hoyle, a significant achievement and display of local support for a challenger campaign […]