Governor Kitzhaber lays out 2012 agenda
Posted Feb. 02, 2012
"In 2011, we created 18,000 new jobs, passed a balanced budget, improved Oregon's credit rating to AA+ and began streamlining state services. During the February session, we will continue to improve health care and education while strengthening our economy with the five pieces of legislation." -- Governor Kitzhaber
2012 Legislation
It's time to OK a new health plan
Posted Jan. 30, 2012
The Legislature's negotiating time will be brief in the session opening tomorrow. But its choices could dramatically alter the lives of Oregonians for a long time to come -- few moreso than in the way health care is delivered.
Keep school reform moving
Posted Jan. 29, 2012
Why not wait another year, gather more input, answer every last question, help teachers, parents, everyone, get comfortable with the sweeping changes to education that Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked lawmakers to approve in February? Here are 18,000 reasons to act now.
Oregon can save big with a more rational system
Posted Jan. 27, 2012
The United States' health care system offends reason. It consumes one in six dollars generated by the economy, far more than in any other developed nation, yet delivers results no better, and often worse, than those produced by other countries' health care systems.
Governor Kitzhaber's State of the State
Posted Jan. 13, 2012
Governor Kitzhaber invoked the spirits of Theodore Roosevelt and Ken Kesey in his State of the State address touting progress on policy initiatives and job creation, including momentum on public education and health care reforms necessary for long-term economic prosperity in Oregon.
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