Kotek’s wife gets aide, office space as governor considers creating ‘Office of the First Spouse’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle

by Ty Davison | Mar 26, 2024 | News & Commentary

Kotek’s wife gets aide, office space as governor considers creating ‘Office of the First Spouse’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle: Gov. Tina Kotek is hiring a temporary aide to assist her wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, as the governor considers expanding Kotek...

Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law

by Ty Davison | Mar 15, 2024 | News & Commentary

Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law | CNN Business: Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. The city...

This is what the fentanyl crisis looks like in a state rethinking its historic drug policy

by Ty Davison | Mar 2, 2024 | News & Commentary

The legislature is mildly re-criminalizing some drug use to the dismay of some progressive groups who seem inured to the increasing tragedy of fentanyl on the streets. Oregon’s saw 280 opioid overdose deaths in 2019, 956 in 2022, and we’re at 628 so far...

Oregon Senate passes anti-book-ban bill over Republican objections

by Ty Davison | Mar 1, 2024 | News & Commentary

Oregon Senate passes anti-book-ban bill over Republican objections – Oregon Capital Chronicle: Republicans tried to introduce their own amendment to replace the bill with a new measure creating a task force that would recommend legislation to “better establish...

Oregon Health Authority said its cover-up of beer and wine tax study was inadvertent. That’s false.

by Ty Davison | Feb 22, 2024 | News & Commentary

Oregon Health Authority said its cover-up of beer and wine tax study was inadvertent. That’s false – oregonlive.com: The Oregon Health Authority apologized last month for failing to publish a study showing an increase in beer and wine taxes would barely...