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Hoyle keeps former La Mota employee contribution
U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle (D-OR) has not returned a $1,000 campaign contribution from the cofounder of a cannabis nonprofit to which Hoyle directed an illegal…
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Jeff Eager
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Val Hoyle and La Mota: My FEC complaint
Hoyle may have accepted and unlawfully retained cash contributions from La Mota founders, adding to her growing list of first-term scandals.
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Jeff Eager
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Not according to Hoyle? La Mota owners' funky contributions to U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle
Congresswoman Val Hoyle's campaign reported it received seven separate donations from the cash-friendly owners of La Mota on the same day in 2022. If…
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Monique DeSpain, candidate for OR's 4th Congressional District
Listen now (40 mins) | DeSpain, an attorney and former Air Force officer aims to take on scandal-beset Val Hoyle
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Jeff Eager
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The Columbia River (dis)Gorge
New campaign finance filings show Senator Wyden and Rep. Hoyle have belatedly purged their campaign coffers of legally and/or politically suspect…
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Jeff Eager
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La Mota cofounders say they gave money orders to rep. candidate Val Hoyle in 2022
Sworn declarations of Aaron Mitchell and Rosa Cazares say the cannabis couple communicated with Hoyle's office about federal agency filings as recently…
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Jeff Eager
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Val Hoyle is bad at her job
The vulnerable Oregon Democratic Congresswoman won't let voters forget she loves helping her cannabis industry donors make more money
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Why nothing works in Oregon
A mix of bad ideology and bad incentives cause crises to mount, and "solutions" to fail ad nauseam
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Jeff Eager
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La Mota echoes in Fed probe of CA weed bribery
Newly unsealed docs show cannabis companies used cash in brown paper bags and dubious "consulting agreements" in widespread California bribery scheme
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Jeff Eager
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Bankman-Fried guilty on seven fraud counts
The likely patron-by-proxy of the Democratic Party of Oregon goes down big in Manhattan courtroom
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Jeff Eager
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Portland teachers union does union things
Plus, a House race check-in and an important update from Oregon State University
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Jeff Eager
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Oregon loses $426 million in federal housing funds
Plus other definitely Oregon things Oregon has definitely done recently
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