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Top 10 Oregon political contributions of 2023 go right, left and local
Anheuser-Busch gave $49,250 to the Jobs Political Action Committee in Oregon on Tuesday.
Oregon ethics commission will pause investigation into bourbon-hoarding as criminal probe continues – Oregon Capital Chronicle
State ethics watchdogs will pause their investigation into Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees implicated in bourbon-hoarding.
The legislative session is a wrap, but we’ll see some proposals again: Beat Check podcast
Longtime political and education editor Betsy Hammond joins Therese Bottomly to talk about the recently completed legislative session.
Campaign 2024 in full swing, even if law says it's too early to file
With the noisy, bitterly partisan 2023 session of the Legislature lurching to a close on the last possible day under the Oregon constitution, state politics can turn its attention to
Readers respond: Bill limiting campaign contributions a brave step - oregon
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Opinion: It’s not complicated to understand that Oregonians want big money
Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, writes that big-dollar contributions to elected officials and Oregonians' distaste for such donations underscore the simple need for Oregon to adopt strong campaign finance regulations.
Editorial: Disclosure may be the best disinfectant Oregon has for campaign
Readers respond: Support campaign finance reform - oregonlive.com
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Money Talks – Eugene Weekly
As the Eugene School District 4J election wraps up, so does the campaign spending. Lawn signs are slowly being taken out of yards, and advertisements on Facebook and in local newspapers have stoppe…
Editorial: Proposed campaign donation limits only limit who holds the power
While Oregonians have shown many times that they want campaign finance reform, House Bill 2714 - which concentrates the power to make large or unlimited donations in the hands of far fewer entities - isn't the answer.
Editorial: Campaign finance reform bill missing the ‘reform’ - oregonlive.c
The current version of House Bill 2680, which would set campaign finance limits, has too many flaws and loopholes embedded in it to do anything to alter the influence of big money in Oregon politics, the editorial board writes. Legislators should ditch HB 2680, revive the more straightforward HB 3343 instead and enact the kinds of limits that Oregonians want.
Letter: Stop the stall | Letters | dailyastorian.com
Guest Column: Getting big money out of politics is a bipartisan issue | Opi
Editorial: Campaign finance reform takes a back seat, again
Despite headlines over the past several months showing why campaign contribution limits are so critical, legislators have been unable to pass a bill with robust, fair caps, the editorial board writes. Legislators need to focus on such a bill for the February short session, or voters will have to do it for them.
One thing left utterly undone: campaign finance reform
This year’s 160-day Oregon legislative session featured a 42-day walkout by conservative senators, all Republican except our own Brian Boquist, a longtime Republican ...
Oregon legislators utilize pass-throughs to donate to campaigns
Oregon's lack of campaign finance restrictions means legislators can give as much money to each other's campaigns as they like. And they have.
Campaign finance laws are becoming more diluted by the session
The Oregon law dealing with ethics itself raises ethical questions.
Pamplin Media Group - Campaign finance advocates want top court to hear Por
Oregon lawmakers propose campaign donation limits, but with “huge loophole”
The limits would give Oregon its first controls on campaign money in more than two decades.
Campaign Finance Reform Is Inching Through the Oregon Legislature. How Much
Pamplin Media Group - Voters could get a say in campaign finance limit figh
Oregon House passes campaign finance reform package, Senate next
The Oregon House passed a trio of campaign finance reform bills Thursday, including one bringing the state a step closer to limiting contributions.
Trio of bills to curb campaign spending advance; Advocates say bills start
Oregon takes steps toward campaign finance reform | KATU
Oregon is one of only five states to have absolutely no limits on how much money can be donated to political campaigns. But lawmakers took a step to change that Thursday, when the House passed a measure approving the state's first campaign contribution limits in decades. The proposal caps contributions to House and Senate candidates at $1,000 and $1,500, respectively. Contributions to all other statewide candidates would be capped at $2,800.
Opinion: Block billionaires and put caps on all political action committees
Former Independent Party gubernatorial nominee Patrick Starnes writes that the word "unlimited" does not belong in any bill about campaign finance reform. He urges Oregonians to contact state senators to add caps to HB 2714.
Oregon takes steps toward campaign finance reform | The Columbian
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is one of only five states to have absolutely no limits on how much money can be donated to political campaigns.
Pamplin Media Group - Voters could get a say in campaign finance limit figh
Limits on Oregon campaign money are dead. But voters may still get to weigh
House Bill 2714 would have set specific contribution limits, in anticipation of a constitutional measure making such restrictions legal. Although the bill is now dead, lawmakers appear to be pressing ahead with sending the constitutional change to voters.
Democrats back off campaign contribution limits | Local | gazettetimes.com
SALEM — Bowing to the pressures of time and differences of opinion, Democrats are setting aside a legislative effort to slap limits on political campaign contributions.