Category Archives: Politico

Some states are fighting to protect voters from doxxing. They’re losing.

As state leaders move to protect voter data in the interest of privacy, a conservative transparency campaign is winning a battle to put it all on the internet. As Democrats and Republicans alike stress the importance of voting this November, Ashe Dryden is sitting the election out. She hasn’t been a registered voter for more […]
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‘Thank God they walked out’: Oregon’s partisan divide highlights heightened animosity in statehouses

Republicans lawmakers in Oregon are banned from running for reelection after staging a six-week protest over guns, abortion and transgender issues. Ten Oregon Republican senators may face the end of their legislative careers for a six-week legislative walkout aimed at thwarting what they see as a radical Democratic agenda on guns, abortion and transgender health […]
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‘People exploded’: Can Oregon’s wildfire plans survive the public?

The last time Oregon tried mapping the state’s wildfire risk, government officials were forced to cancel a public hearing on the topic because the police couldn’t guarantee their safety. “People exploded,” said state Sen. Jeff Golden, a Democrat from southern Oregon, where the danger of wildfire is among the greatest. “There was almost a massive […]
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‘Real People That We Care About Are Being Exploited’

Lured with false promises of high pay and decent labor conditions, immigrants are held against their will by outlaw farmers who withhold their wages. Early on a warm August morning in 2021 — as helicopters and drones hovered overhead — three women huddled under a sheet of plastic in a southern Oregon greenhouse. Outside, state, […]
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Oregon, Kentucky dust off an Obama-era policy to expand health insurance

Oregon and Kentucky are pursuing an Obama-era policy that uses federal dollars to establish a health insurance plan for people who make too much money to qualify for their state’s Medicaid programs. Two states are dusting off a little-used provision of the Affordable Care Act hoping to make health care more affordable for tens of […]
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Local election officials are exhausted, under threat and thinking about quitting

A new poll of election administrators showed nearly 8 in 10 think threats against them are on the rise. Election officials feel besieged by conspiracy theorists and fear that a lack of support for their work is going to squeeze experts out of the field, according to a new poll. The survey from the Brennan […]
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CDC wants to monitor poop: States aren’t all on board

Wastewater surveillance gained popularity during the pandemic as state and local health officials demonstrated how they could detect the coronavirus in their community’s sewage systems before residents developed symptoms. There’s just one problem with the Biden administration’s plan to monitor the nation’s sewage in the hopes of preventing the next pandemic: Many states are not […]
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‘The CDC alone can’t fix this’: Walensky calls for overhaul of U.S. public health system

f the pandemic is to turn endemic — a situation top Biden health officials say they could more easily control — the U.S. needs to overhaul the nation’s public health workforce, she said. The U.S. needs to rethink its approach to tackling Covid-19 by rebuilding the nation’s public health system, Centers for Disease Control and […]
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‘Talk About Clusterf—’: Why Legal Weed Didn’t Kill Oregon’s Black Market

Legalization was supposed to take care of the black market. It hasn’t worked out that way. Source: ‘Talk About Clusterf—’: Why Legal Weed Didn’t Kill Oregon’s Black Market – POLITICO

Opinion | Nick Kristof Just Destroyed His Own Brand. He’s Also Right.

The journalist famous for his respect for the rule of law is flouting Oregon’s residency rules, silly and outdated though they might be. Has Oregon candidate for governor Nicholas Kristof — a former New York Times columnist — been huffing fumes from Donald Trump’s helicopter? Yesterday, after Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan disqualified Kristof’s […]
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