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    Rep. Drazan: Statement on billion CHIPS investment loss

    REPUBLICAN LEADER CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON REGULATION FOLLOWING BILLION CHIPS INVESTMENT LOSS By Oregon House Leader Christine Drazan, SALEM, Ore. – House Republican Leader Christine Drazan (R-Canby) released the following statement following the announcement that Governor Kotek and her team failed to secure essential federal investment in Oregon’s semiconductor industry prior to year-end, under the […]

    Top 5 news stories of the week of 12/27

    Top 5 headlines 1 New Oregon laws going into effect on Jan. 1, 2025 2 PGE rates +5.5%, average power bill $160 3 100 cities ban camping after Grants Pass ruling 4 Exec. order requiring labor agreements is harmful 5 Oregon Coast UFO sightings gain national attention Bonus 26 famous Oregonians who died in 2024 […]

    UofO staffer fired over Trump voter suicide rant

    By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Leonard Serrato, University of Oregon Assistant Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life, has officially been fired after being on leave after his video rant against Trump created a big controversy.  Leonard said his message was misunderstood and mischaracterized by the media. Serrato said, “I am done crying, my sadness is over, […]

    Best 2024 Oregon political cartoons

    By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com   • People take classes to milk Oregon government   • Kotek’s $1,000 monthly check program   • Kotek picks fight with Trump   • Chart shows Measure 118 future             • Mega-donor says $2B tax won’t hurt business       • No […]

    Rachel Carson and the Normative Assumptions of Environmental Policy

    In the canon of environmental movement literature, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring stands prominently. This 1962 book is widely credited as the urtext of environmentalism. It also contains the basic normative tension within environmental policy, to whose benefit do environmental regulations serve? Do we enact environmental policy for the benefit of humans? That is certainly how […]