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'OPB Politics Now:' Kate Brown’s PERS Plan And A Midpoint Legislative Session Update

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Published April 12, 2019 at 7:42 AM PDT

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<p>Oregon Gov. Kate Brown shakes hands with Oregon Education Association President John Larson after testimony on House Bill 2019 before the Joint Committee on Student Success at the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2019.</p> — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown shakes hands with Oregon Education Association President John Larson after testimony on House Bill 2019 before the Joint Committee on Student Success at the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2019.

The 2019 Legislative session is already halfway through, and Oregon lawmakers still have an insane amount of work to do.

On this week’s "OPB Politics Now," OPB political reporter Dirk VanderHart, Jeff Mapes and Lauren Dake take the temperature of this very ambitious session.

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