Say no to litigation that tramples the little guy
For almost 50 years, records compiled or acquired by a public agency in this state — any type of agency at any level, from a lowly cemetery district to the Oregon Supreme Court — have been ...
Agreement to keep Warrior mascot a better, but still imperfect, solution
The fate of Native American mascots in Oregon is being settled one-by-one. Amity High School is one of 15 facing a July 1 deadline to either change mascots, face penalties, or, as Amity has chosen, enter ...
Mac schools take the lead in testing for radon hazard
The 2015 Legislature enacted a law requiring school districts to submit radon testing plans by the fall of 2016 and carry them out by the end of 2020. But the McMinnville School District proceeded to ...
Chain retailers now feeling heat they once visited on Main
In its current state, the New Economy might as well be known as the Amazon Economy. According to Business Insider, the online retailing behemoth now has a larger market share than Walmart, Target, ...
Trail won’t go anywhere without communication
“There seems to be considerable discord between the town, or rather some factions of the town, and the surrounding country. This should be adjusted. Get together. Harmony is what we want, and harmony ...
Boquist unafraid to take stand in memory of son lost to suicide
Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, Democrat from Portland, is probably as closely associated with efforts to curb gun violence as any Oregon legislator. So her sponsorship of this year’s gun control ...
Thoughtful scheduling, legislating both needed
Oregon labor’s highest priority for the 2017 Legislature, the predictive scheduling mandate embodied in Senate Bill 828, contains the seed of a good idea. Unfortunately, it buries that seed in a ...
The rush from racing not worth a lifetime of regret
The decisions made by two young men to engage in a high-speed street-racing episode will forever haunt a number of local families. Jeremy Hopper and Andrew Olsen were seeking thrills and bragging rights ...
Think health care is complicated? What about border wall-building?
The nonsense flowing from D.C. these days never seems to end. One of the latest has the Trump administration cutting Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency funding 11 percent to help pay ...
Federal powers known to ignore states’ rights
Is the Trump administration about to bring the long arm of the law to bear against the recreational marijuana industry, newly decriminalized in eight states, but still illegal on the federal level? Press ...
State bill would curb drug costs, but who’s the real beneficiary?
According to the Milliman Medical Index, the pre-insurance cost of health care for the typical American family has more than tripled since the turn of the 21st century, rising from $8,414 in 2001 to $25,826 ...
Single-family crucial in affordable housing drive
Commendably, McMinnville’s well-publicized struggles with homelessness have led the city to make affordable housing one of its most urgent and heartfelt priorities. Not so commendably, some elements ...
Immigration policy needs civil discourse, not ridicule, diatribe
Donald Trump’s immigration policies are beginning to hit home, which have people on edge, to the point of triggering rumored U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. One such example arose ...
Don’t leave higher ed behind in a rush to better fund K-12
Oregon’s dominant Democrats have been sounding the alarm about the future of K-12 school funding since Nov. 8. On that day, their widely ballyhooed revenue plan died at the hands of voters, who ...
Springfield's second chair appears good fit for McMinnville
If you ignore the recent short-lived tenure of retired Air Force Gen. Martha Meeker, embracing a new city manager is something we undertake only every quarter century or so. We had the Joe Dancer era, ...
