March 02 2021
Sen. Bob Packwood says Republicans here once bucked the national party s conservative tilt. Now they ve embraced it.
There s a lot of talk in Washington, D.C., these days about the civil war within the Republican Party.
The nation s actual party Civil War divided the country between northern liberal Republicans and southern conservative Democrats and profoundly impacted Oregon s political landscape. As more northerners than southerners emigrated here, Oregon tilted Republican. And liberal.
In 1950, for example, the Portland City Council most of its members being Republican passed the most wide-reaching civil rights legislation in the country. Even today, it would be regarded as a vanguard. However, opponents gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
March 02 2021
Sen. Bob Packwood says Republicans here once bucked the national party s conservative tilt. Now they ve embraced it.
There s a lot of talk in Washington, D.C., these days about the civil war within the Republican Party.
The nation s actual party Civil War divided the country between northern liberal Republicans and southern conservative Democrats and profoundly impacted Oregon s political landscape. As more northerners than southerners emigrated here, Oregon tilted Republican. And liberal.
In 1950, for example, the Portland City Council most of its members being Republican passed the most wide-reaching civil rights legislation in the country. Even today, it would be regarded as a vanguard. However, opponents gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
February 22 2021
The leadership swap comes at a time the Oregon GOP has gained national attention for passing a resolution claiming the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a false flag operation by leftist forces.
A conservative state senator from Myrtle Creek is the new chair of the Oregon Republican Party, following an event Saturday in which Republicans overhauled their top party leadership.
According to multiple Republican sources, state Sen. Dallas Heard handily won the job, beating three-term chair and Adair Village Mayor Bill Currier.
Heard, 35, is just one in a slate of current and former Republican senators who now have a central role in steering the party s course. Former Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr., now a Josephine County commissioner, won a contested race for vice chair. And state Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, will serve as party treasurer.
Wyden slams Trump s acquittal in Senate impeachment trial February 13 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden and the Oregon Democratic Party both deplored the results of the impeachment trial held in the U.S. Senate.
In a near party line vote, former President Donald Trump was acquitted by the U.S. Senate during an unprecedented second impeachment trial after Trump had already left office.
The vote of 57-43 fell 10 ballots short of the two-thirds necessary for conviction on charges that Trump incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol that left several dead in January. Seven Republicans voted to convict, per national media accounts.
Parents complain as Sherwood principal slams white supremacy February 02 2021
Sherwood High School Principal Melissa Baran found foes and friends after her comments were publicized online.
The leader of the Sherwood School District came to the defense of a school administrator whose comments at a recent meeting drew criticism on social media.
Melissa Baran provoked the ire of some listeners when she stated at a Wednesday, Jan. 20, work session of the Sherwood School Board that the education system has roots in racism and oppression.
The work session focused on rethinking high school in a post-pandemic era. Baran, who is Sherwood High School s principal, gave a presentation to school board members.