by Ty Davison | Jan 26, 2024 | News & Commentary
Latest data show overdoses continue to skyrocket in Oregon – Oregon Capital Chronicle: In 2019, 280 people died of a drug overdose in Oregon. Fatalities rose every year after, more than tripling by 2022, when 956 died. And last year, even more people died,...
by Ty Davison | Oct 31, 2023 | News & Commentary
Kotek plans to ask Legislature for money for Portland revitalization – Oregon Capital Chronicle: With about six weeks until Gov. Tina Kotek’s secretive task force presents its plan to revitalize Portland at an annual gathering of business leaders, Kotek...
by Ty Davison | Oct 25, 2023 | News & Commentary
The Political Typology: In polarized era, deep divisions persist within coalitions of both Democrats and Republicans | Pew Research Center: Partisan polarization remains the dominant, seemingly unalterable condition of American politics. Republicans and Democrats...
by Ty Davison | Oct 11, 2023 | News & Commentary
I’m always hesitant to link to anything from the Oregon Capital Chronicle. I’m not saying its the Fox News equivalent of the left in newspaper form, but it skews moderate to hard left. All of which makes this story the more likely to be true: Former...
by Ty Davison | Aug 22, 2023 | News & Commentary
Downtown Portland task force co-chair balks at making workers come back to office, even as mayor calls it a priority – oregonlive.com: The mayor wants millions of dollars in new state funding to address homelessness, graffiti and trash pickup, 100 Oregon State...