EDITOR'S NOTE: Bentz talks tough on federal spending , but mum on his own luxury stays - Malheur Enterprise

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bentz talks tough on federal spending , but mum on his own luxury stays - Malheur Enterprise

Congressional records indicate that Congressman Cliff Bentz is relying on publicly-subsidized housing to make ends meet. He’s been taking taxpayer money apparently to cover his monthly rent in Washington, D.C., while he’s out in the country, using donor money for luxury stays. The willingness to freely spend tax money carries on to those who work for him. Those Congressional records show his chief of staff staying in $700-a-night hotels last yea…

Legendary Oregon investigative reporter puts down his pen - The New Era

Les Zaitz and his wife and business partner, Scotta Callister, are retiring after more than a combined century in journalism. BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project When the Malheur Enterprise closes at the end of May, Les Zaitz says he will have written his last investigative story. Les Zaitz and Scotta Callister Zaitz, 69, bought the 115-year-old Enterprise in 2015 along with his wife and business partner, Scotta Callister, after a long an…