Stephen's Sidebar: Oregon Legislature breaks record for bills - fails to do the big stuff

Stephen's Sidebar: Oregon Legislature breaks record for bills - fails to do the big stuff

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the risks of comfortable inaction.” – Meister Eckhart I spent the last week catching up on the Oregon Legislature’s decisions at the end of its session last month. Lawmakers finished their marathon “long” session on June 27. These long sessions take over five months and occur in years that end in odd numbers. The long sessions are th...