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David Lohr

'Little People, Big World' Stars Get Disturbing Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.30.2013 | Crime
Read More: Oregon Crime, Washington County, Matt Roloff, Bob Ray, Reality TV, Video, Death Threats, Portland Police, Tlc, Amy Roloff, Mike Reese, Threats, Little People Big World, Fbi, John Kitzhaber, Oregon, Crime News

Reality TV dad Matt Roloff and his family are the victims of increasing and disturbing online threats. According to the Washington County Sheriff's...

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An Economy That's Working

Cylvia Hayes | Posted 03.11.2013 | Green
Read More: Clean Economy, Wind Power, Christy Clark, Clean Energy, John Kitzhaber, American Dream, Green News
Cylvia Hayes

f we really lean into this we will simultaneously increase prosperity for our people, reinvigorate the American Dream, and restore this magnificent blue planet. This is the greatest challenge and opportunity of our lifetime.

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Judge Says Death Row Inmate Can Reject Judge's Clemency And Be Executed

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 10.03.2012 | Crime
Read More: Death Row, Timothy Alexander, Gary Haugen, Gary Haugen Execution, Amy Wojcicki, Gary Haugen Death Row, John Kitzhaber, Serial Killers, Crime News

SALEM, Ore. — A condemned inmate who says he wants to die can reject a reprieve from the death penalty issued by Oregon's governor, a judge rule...

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Who Cares About Empowering Voters? Portland's Bus Project

Washington Spectator | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: Portland Bus Project, John Kitzhaber, Oregon Politics, Portland Politics, Oregon Bus Project, Jefferson Smith Bus Project, Voting Rights, Politics News
Washington Spectator

Lost in the coverage of the national campaign to exclude citizens from the polls is the work of organizations expanding the franchise. Oregon's Bus Project has been at it for 10 years, registering voters, knocking on doors, and successfully lobbying the Oregon Legislature.

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Lucia Graves

Pot Advocates Celebrate Big Victory In Oregon

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Reed College, 2012 Elections, Election 2012 Blog, Gov. John Kitzhaber, Elections 2012, Dwight Holton, Medical-Marijuana-Oregon, Drug Policy Action, Oregon Primary Elections, Video, Pot Advocates, Attorney General, Democratic Primaries, Medical Marijuana Legalization, Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney General, Democratic Primaries 2012, John Kitzhaber, Election 2012, 2012 Primaries, Politics News

Pro-pot groups have reason to celebrate: Ellen Rosenblum, a retired appellate court judge who's been vocal in her support for Oregon's medical marijua...

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Oregon Reforms Health Care For Poor Residents

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.03.2012 | Business
Read More: Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Costs, Budget, Economy, Jobs, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Recession, Unemployment, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, John Kitzhaber, Healthcare, Oregon, Video, Business News

Oregon may have found a way to improve the health care it provides poor residents while saving money. The federal government has agreed to give the st...

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Interesting Health Care Initiative Picks Up Where Obama Left Off

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 05.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: Oregon Coordinated Care, Oregon Medicaid, Oregon Medicare, Video, Health Care Costs, Oregon Coordinated Care Organizations, Preventative Health Care, John Kitzhaber, Obama Health Care, Politics News

SALEM, Ore. — Pregnant with her seventh child and desperate to kick a meth addiction, Madeline Hutchinson turned to a program from the local Med...

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Dr. King's Stance Against the Death Penalty

David A. Love | Posted 03.17.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Pennsylvania, Martin Luther King, European Union, Death Penalty, John Kitzhaber, Civil Rights, Troy Davis, Naacp, North Carolina, Oregon, Martin Luther King Jr., Mlk, Black Voices News
David A. Love

Much is known of the Montgomery bus boycott that Martin Luther King led in the 1950s. But rarely do we hear about his position against capital punishment.

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The Conscience Of John Kitzhaber

Mark Osler | Posted 01.30.2012 | Religion
Read More: Mercy, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, John Kitzhaber, George Ryan, Oregon, Religion and Politics, Ethics, Religion and Death Penalty, Religion News
Mark Osler

Can, and should, the religious conscience of one powerful individual be able to trump the popular will? The framers of this Republic, the men responsible for the shape of our governments, answered that question squarely with a "yes."

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Two Volunteers for Execution, Two Governors Who Would Not Let Them Die

David Protess | Posted 01.28.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago News, Death Penalty, Moratorium, John Kitzhaber, George Ryan, Gary Haugen, Oregon, Illinois Death Penalty Abolished, Death Penalty Moratorium, Death Penalty Debate, Armchair Detective, Chicago News
David Protess

While abolitionists cheered the news that Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber had declared a moratorium on executions last week, the public reacted with surprise. Oregon has the death penalty?

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Convicted Murderer Criticizes Oregon Governor For Giving Him A Reprieve

AP | Posted 11.26.2011 | Crime
Read More: Oregon Executions, Gary Haugen John Kitzhaber, John Kitzhaber Executions, Kitzhaber Death Penalty, Oregon Death Penalty, Oregon Executions Moratorium, Huagen Kitzhaber, John Kitzhaber, Kitzhaber Executions, Crime News

SALEM, Ore. -- A condemned inmate who was scheduled to be executed next month is slamming Gov. John Kitzhaber for giving him a reprieve, saying the go...

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Leadership

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 01.23.2012 | Crime
Read More: Death Penalty, Gov John Kitzhaber, John Kitzhaber, John Kitzhaber Death Penalty, Oregon Death Penalty, Death Penalty Oregon, Oregon, Crime News
Diann Rust-Tierney

In the best tradition of leadership, Governor Kitzhaber has articulated a vision of a criminal justice system that is fair, reliable and accountable.

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Oregon Governor Declares Moratorium On Death Penalty

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 01.22.2012 | Crime
Read More: Oregon Governor, Executions, Capital Punishment, Capital Punishment in Oregon, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Gov. John Kitzhaber, Death Penalty, John Kitzhaber, Crime News

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber on Tuesday imposed a moratorium on the death penalty for the remainder of his term, saying he's morally...

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Oregon Governor Election Results: Oregon Live Projects John Kitzhaber As Winner Over Chris Dudley

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chris Dudley, Oregon Governor?S Election, Oregon Governor?S Race 2010, 2010 Elections, 2010 Election Results, Elections 2010, Oregon Governor?S Race, Oregon Governor?S Election Results, Oregon Election Results 2010, Oregon Governor?S Election Results 2010, Oregon Election Results, John Kitzhaber, Oregon Governor?S Election 2010, Politics News

On Wednesday evening, the Oregonian called the Beaver State's 2010 midterm election for Governor for Democratic candidate John Kitzhaber over Republic...

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Oregon Election Results 2010: Governor's Race EXTREMELY Tight As Final Votes Are Tallied

AP | NIGEL DUARA and JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 2010 Election Results, 2010 Elections, Oregon Election Results, Oregon Election Results 2010, Oregon Governor?S Race, Oregon Governor?S Race 2010, Oregon Governor?S Election 2010, Oregon Governor?S Election, Oregon Governor?S Election Results, Oregon Governor?S Election Results 2010, John Kitzhaber, Chris Dudley, Elections 2010, Politics News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Democrat John Kitzhaber has scored a historic third term as governor, seven years after his previous stint in office. K...

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OR-Gov: 48% Kitzhaber (D), 41% Dudley (R) (SurveyUSA 10/23-28)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chris Dudley, John Kitzhaber, Poll Update, Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, Pollster, Politics News

SurveyUSA 10/23-28/10; 580 likely voters, 4.2% margin of error Mode: Automated phone SurveyUSA release Oregon 2010 Governor 48% Kitzhaber (D), 41% D...

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OR-Gov: 49% Kitzhaber (D), 45% Dudley (D) (Kitzhaber 10/22-24)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chris Dudley, 2010 Oregon Governor, Oregon Governor Poll, Poll Update, Poll, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Grove Insight (D) for John Kitzhaber 10/22-24/10; 500 likely voters Mode: Live telephone interviews Kitzhaber release Oregon 2010 Governor 49% Kitz...

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OR-Gov: 49% Dudley (R), 46% Kitzhaber (D) (Rasmussen 10/25)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oregon Governor Poll, Chris Dudley, Poll Update, 2010 Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Rasmussen 10/25/10; 750 likely voters, 4% margin of error Mode: Automated phone Rasmussen release Oregon 2010 Governor 49% Dudley (R), 46% Kitzhaber...

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OR-Gov: 46% Dudley (R), 43% Kitzhaber (D) (Portland Tribune 10/24-25)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oregon Governor, Oregon Governor Poll, Chris Dudley, Poll Update, 2010 Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Hibbitts, Davis & Midghall for the Portland Tribune, Oregon Public Broadcasting and FOX 12 10/24-25/10; 500 likely voters, 4.4% margin of error Mode: ...

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OR-Gov: 45% Kitzhaber (D), 44% Dudley (R) (Elway/Oregonian 10/18-19)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 2010 Oregon Governor, Chris Dudley, Poll Update, Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Elway Poll / The Oregonian 10/18-19/10; 500 likely voters, 4.4% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews Elway release Oregon 2010 Governor 4...

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Ryan Grim

Poll: Pot Could Tilt Close Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oregon Marijuana, Marijuana Ballot Initiatives, Oregon 2010, Chris Dudley, Oregon Pot, Marijuana, 2010 Elections, Oregon Measure 74, Oregon 2010 Elections, Measure 74, Oregon Governor 2010, John Kitzhaber, Elections 2010, Prop 19, Politics News

While Democrats are watching turnout levels in California to gauge the ability of marijuana ballot initiatives to turn out young voters, organizers to...

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OR-Gov: 48% Kitzhaber (D), 47% Dudley (R) (DailyKos/PPP 10/16-17)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chris Dudley, 2010 Oregon Governor Poll, Poll Update, Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Public Policy Polling (D) for DailyKos.com 10/16-17/10; 1,229 likely voters, 2.8% margin of error Mode: Automated phone PPP release Oregon 2010 Gove...

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OR-Gov: 46% Kitzhaber (D), 45% Dudley (R) (SurveyUSA 10/12-14)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jim Huffman, Ron Wyden, Chris Dudley, 2010 Oregon Governor Poll, 2010 Oregon Senate Poll, Poll Update, Poll, Oregon Poll, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

SurveyUSA 10/12-14/10; 652 likely voters, 3.9% margin of error Mode: Automated phone SurveyUSA release Oregon 2010 Governor 46% Kitzhaber (D), 45% D...

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Mark Blumenthal

New Florida Polls Show Alex Sink And Rick Scott Deadlocked In Governor's Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pollster Analysis, Pollster, Paul Lepage, John Kitzhaber, Rhode Island, Maine, Chris Dudley, Frank Caprio, Lincoln Chafee, John Robitaille, Florida, Rick Scott, Libby Mitchell, Oregon, Alex Sink, Politics News

Yesterday may have been a federal holiday, but it was a busy day for new polls from four highly competitive contests for Governor in Florida, Rhode Is...

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OR-Gov: 48% Kitzhaber (D), 46% Dudley (R) (Rasmussen 10/10)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chris Dudley, Poll Update, Oregon Governor Poll, Poll, Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber, Pollster, Politics News

Rasmussen 10/10/10; 750 likely voters, 4% margin of error Mode: Automated phone (Rasmussen release) Oregon 2010 Governor 48% Kitzhaber (D), 46% Dudl...

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