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Regardless of how you view the events of Jan. 20, 2017, below is a bunch of stuff you’d do well to be paying attention to, since that fateful day. Here, local experts remind us that sh*t’s always been real.

1. More Than a Hashtag

2. Health Care

3. Public Lands

4. State Budget

5. The Trump Year

This article appears in Jan 17-24, 2018.

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Five Things to Focus on, Instead of #45.

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 17, 2018

<h1>Five Things to Focus on, Instead of #45.</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 17, 2018</p> <p><p> <span class="fdnDropCap">R</span>egardless of how you view the events of Jan. 20, 2017, below is a bunch of stuff you'd do well to be paying attention to, since that fateful day. Here, local experts remind us that sh*t's always been real.</p> <p>1. <a href="/bend/more-than-a-hashtag/Content?oid=5012114" target="_blank">More Than a Hashtag</a></p> <p>2. <a href="/bend/health-care-the-push-for-a-better-way/Content?oid=5012180" target="_blank">Health Care</a></p> <p>3. <a href="/bend/public-lands-shrinkage-development-and-de-funding/Content?oid=5012188" target="_blank">Public Lands</a></p> <p>4. <a href="/bend/state-budget/Content?oid=5012190" target="_blank">State Budget</a></p> <p>5. <a href="/bend/the-trump-year/Content?oid=5012193" target="_blank">The Trump Year</a> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/five-things-to-focus-on-instead-of-45-5012196/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=31915&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/five-things-to-focus-on-instead-of-45-5012196/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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