Former Co-Speaker of the House, State Senator, and Coos Bay Port Commissioner Arnie Roblan joins the podcast. State Senator Dick Anderson returns. Roblan discusses the 2011 session that was split 30 Democrats and 30 Republicans, and other points of interest in his political career. Then Roblan and Anderson discuss a key project in the Port of Coos Bay.

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Bryan and Reagan discuss recent guests on Crosstabs, the politics of gun bills, House floor drama, legislative deadlines, and more.

* Ways & Means w/ Rep. Greg Smith

* Fireside Chat w/ Commissioner West

* HCR 15 - Establishing deadlines for the completion of legislative measures for the 2025 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly

* Arizona bill markup

* How Does Arizona's Legislature Work and Why Is There a COW?

* Oregon Republican lawmaker reads sexually explicit passage on House floor to call out bill that would ban book bans

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State Representative Greg Smith joins the podcast.

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Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West joins Bryan and Reagan to discuss housing, the resignation of Commissioner Melissa Fireside, tolling, and why Clackamas County chooses to not be Portland weird.

* PNW Housing Action

* Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside resigns after theft indictment

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Bryan and Reagan join James Ball and Nick Prelosky of The Rational Republican podcast to discuss the Oregon Republican Party leadership elections, podcast life, and more!

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Bryan and Reagan are joined by Rep. Cyrus Javadi to discuss coastal issues, health care, and housing. Reagan joined from his car. That’s why there aren’t any show notes. He is sorry about that.

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Bryan and Reagan discuss a major shake up in the ORP Chair race, Lori Chavez DeRemer’s confirmation hearings, the brand new Candidate Tracker, Senator Golden’s regret on wildfire maps, and late breaking news about another Oregon government official moonlighting.

* Justin Hwang dropping out of ORP chair race

* Crosstabs Candidate Tracker

* Ben Edtl tweet

* Town Hall Oregon interviews for ORP chair

* Lori Chavez DeRemer confirmation hearing

* Sen. Golden proposes changing state wildfire map to curb anger and rumors

* Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi has taken a side gig in California

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The Capitol is closed for inclement weather (due to executive order). Bryan and Reagan discuss a wide array of topics on this snowy day across Oregon.

* Reagan saves lives with executive order

* Department of State Lands Inventory System

* Rep. Mannix Home Start Act

* Oregon last in education

* Mississippi highest ever ranking on education (30th)

* How Rhode Island Reduced Chronic Absenteeism

* Reagan’s Twitter exchange with Les Zaitz

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Bryan and Reagan discuss Bryan’s appearance at the Portland City Club (you should listen to that too), Congresswoman Hoyle leaving DOGE Caucus, how Oregon should approach federal cuts, Oregon House Republican press conference, and the rudderless ship that is the Oregon Legislature. Finally, Reagan is driven from the capitol by a fire drill.

* Capitol gossip column: [email protected]

* Oregon House Republicans press conference

* A Look Back on the 2024 Election - Portland City Club

* Rep. Hoyle bails on DOGE

* Federal government defunds Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

* DEI program in Bend dismantled amid Trump’s federal unwinding of diversity initiatives

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Reagan returns to the podcast. Bryan and Reagan riff on a dumb Oregon law, President Trump’s new executive orders, his cabinet (so far), Laken Riley Act, paywalls, and predictions.

* Jason Atkinson’s photo on Wikipedia

* Portland politician skewers Oregon Democrat Janelle Bynum over Laken Riley Act vote

* Kotek’s Gift to Trade Unions Contradicts Her Own Agency’s Analysis

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