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After hearing her Democratic counterpart cite the immigration detention of a 7-year-old and her parents seeking medical care in Portland, Rep. Lucetta Elmer couldn’t help but interject. “Tell the whole story,” the House Republican Leader from McMinnville said at a legislative press conference in late January, interrupting House Majority Leader Ben Bowman, D-Tigard.  He asked […]

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Oregon will receive more than $197 million to invest in rural health care projects in 2026, federal health officials announced shortly before the new year. It’s slightly less than the $200 million the Oregon Health Authority requested from the new Rural Health Transformation Program run by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. And […]

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Joe Yetter is the Democrat candidate in Oregon’s recently revised 2nd Congressional District. Yetter is running against the Republican incumbent, Rep. Cliff Bentz. He was interviewed at Cousin’s Inn and Restaurant in The Dalles as he concluded a road trip that included an appearance at the Pendleton Round-Up.