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For the GOP and Oregon’s Two Most-Junior Congresspeople, Pistol Packin’ IRS Agents Are Top Priority

The Internal Revenue Service has hired more than 5,000 new agents to improve its aging technology
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This next week, Americans will begin that annual task of filing their taxes. This year, unlike the past several, that task will be met with a little more help on the other end. Due to funding secured last year through the Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service has already hired more than 5,000 new […]

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What We Lose When We Lose Local News

Publishing remains a challenging endeavor – but it remains meaningful work, as the community of Medford is about to find out.
by The Source Editorial Board

Here in Central Oregon, we are fortunate not to live in a “news desert” where local coverage is hard to find. Between our weekly coverage, and the daily coverage at two local TV news stations, a daily newspaper, several other community papers, a public radio outlet with a reporter in Bend and the coverage of […]

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▶ WATCH: Bend City Council Pos 6 – Mike Riley, Julia Brown and Rick Johns

The Source editorial board interviews the candidates vying for Bend City Council pos 6
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In this video, the Source Weekly editorial board Mike Riley, Julia Brown and Rick Johns as they run for the Bend City Council pos 6 in the November 2022 election. Watch for our endorsements in each race on our Election 2022 web page throughout the campaign season. WATCH NOW:

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▶ WATCH: Redmond City Councilor – Bill Trumble, Cat Zwicker, Kathryn Osborne and John Nielsen

The Source editorial board interviews the candidates vying for Redmond City Councilor
by The Source Editorial Board

In this video, the Source Weekly editorial board Bill Trumble, Cat Zwicker, Kathryn Osborne and John Nielsen as they run for the Redmond City Councilor in the November 2022 election. Watch for our endorsements in each race on our Election 2022 web page throughout the campaign season. WATCH NOW:

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Ed Fitch for Redmond Mayor

While also realistic about the more mundane, roads-and-sewer type of governance, Fitch has a more forward-thinking view of what Redmond could be
by The Source Editorial Board

With longtime mayor George Endicott not running again, four men have stepped up to vie for the position of Redmond mayor. Jay Patrick, a long-serving city councilor, is running to “Keep Redmond Redmond” and is focused on nuts-and-bolts issues including public safety, building a new sewer plant and the expansion of the Redmond airport. Charles […]

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Newspaper Endorsements Matter. What Matters More: Your Vote

With automatic, motor-voter registration, voters’ pamphlets and pre-stamped ballots that arrive right at your door, Oregon makes it easy for you to hold up your end of the democratic bargain. Don’t take this for granted.
by The Source Editorial Board

A lot is on the line in the election coming up Nov. 8—an election traditionally called the “midterms” because it’s the one that happens smack-dab in the middle of the current president’s term. But if you’ve been paying any kind of attention, then you know that it doesn’t take a presidential election to make an […]

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Melanie Kebler for Bend Mayor

Some will have you believe that the current council is to blame for the rise in homelessness. We see the opposite—that past councils also faced these issues and did very little.
by The Source Editorial Board

The last time Bend voted for its directly elected mayor, the candidate list was large, with two sitting city councilors among a slate of candidates vying for the job. This time, there are just two—one of whom is a current city councilor elected in 2020; the other, a former city councilor who was appointed to […]

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Ariel Mendez for Bend City Council Pos. 5

An avowed supporter of active transportation, Méndez knows more about the subject than nearly any other local we know.
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In a race with no incumbents for this position on the Bend City Council, we find Ariel Méndez, a current member of the Bend Park and Recreation District board and a college instructor of political science, poised to meet the moment. A regular e-biker and an avowed supporter of active transportation, Méndez knows more about […]

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Mike Riley for Bend City Council Pos. 6

Riley is a candidate who’s invested in the community and has done the work to hit the ground running on affordable housing and homelessness, growth and more.
by The Source Editorial Board

Voters have three candidates to choose from in this race, but one of them is clearly more prepared and more up to speed on the reality of the issues facing Bend: Mike Riley. As the head of The Environmental Center and a co-chair of the committee that helped to see the transportation GO bond pass […]

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Barb Campbell for Bend City Council Pos. 4

With the rest of the council members possessing less than a full term of experience, re-electing Barb Campbell just makes sense.
by The Source Editorial Board

With four candidates running in the race for Bend City Council position 4, there’s no shortage of knowledge, expertise and community spirit to choose from in the race. Among them, candidate Bill Olsen opted not to participate in our interview, so we won’t comment further on his candidacy. Among the three women in the race—Barb […]

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