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Oregon Legislature
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Fighting fringe agendas
Last month, a few legislators tried to use the short session to advance their fringe agendas.
Oregon
Oregon Legislature closes 2012 session after small-scale reforms
A month-long session delivers no jobs program, but no big budget cuts either.
Politics
Jobs will again top labor agenda at Oregon Legislature
Lawmakers will push to lessen outsourcing, put trades to work, and divest from Wall Street banks.
Politics
Unions prepare to defend working families agenda in Salem
Oregon’s citizen legislature convenes Feb. 1.
People
Lobbyist for Labor
Decades defending workers at the Oregon Legislature have earned Mary Botkin an outsized reputation
