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/ The Oregon Capitol in Salem, barricaded in anticipation of political violence on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021. After four years of Donald Trump as leader, conservative groups across the country are continuing to reassess the future of the Republican party. And it looks as though the GOP in Oregon is choosing to lean into a Trumpist approach. Republican lawmakers gathered indoors Feb. 21 at a VFW hall in Salem to decide on a new direction for their party in Oregon. Few, if any, people wore masks. The meeting came at a time of soul searching in the conservative movement nationwide, as the ...

Oregon maps first 'safety corridor,' where fines double February 07 2021 High crash rates prompt Marion County to become the first in Oregon to designate a safety corridor establishing the McKay/Yergen/Ehlen Safety Corridor The north Marion County rural-road connection between I-5 and the Dundee Bypass is now a designated safety corridor. Marion County announced Wednesday, Feb. 3, that it became the first Oregon county to designate a local safety corridor, establishing the route consisting of McKay, Yergen and Ehlen roads, roughly through the St. Paul, Donald to Aurora areas, with...

SALEM — Oregon House Republicans are questioning hiring practices at the Oregon Capitol, following a gaffe in which a staffer for a nonpartisan office showed clear preference for the Democratic party. In a hearing of the House Business and Labor Committee last week, a newly hired employee for the state’s Legislative Policy and Research Office introduced herself by explaining she had formerly worked for Democratic legislators in Utah. “I was with the House Democrats, which is a superminority, so it’s definitely nice to be in the majority,” the woman said, in a remark t...

SALEM — Oregon House Republicans disowned an official Oregon Republican Party claim that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag” operation by Democrats to politically damage then-President Donald Trump. A two-page screed featured a resolution passed by the party’s executive committee calling the 10 House Republicans who voted for the impeachment of President Trump “traitors.” It claimed the mob of Trump supporters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol in a riot that left five dead and 140 police officers injured was a Democratic conspiracy to set of...

SALEM — Oregon House Republicans disowned an official Oregon Republican Party claim that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag” operation by Democrats to politically damage then-President Donald Trump. A two-page screed featured a “resolution” calling 10 Republicans who voted for the impeachment of President Trump “traitors.” It claimed the mob of Trump supporters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol in a riot that left five dead and 140 police officers injured was a Democratic conspiracy to set-off the “sham” impeachment. The episo...