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Emily Keizer Emily Keizer

Time to Make CCOs Accountable

"High praise to state Rep. Nancy Nathanson for having the moral fiber and personal responsibility to stand up to the Coordinated Care Organization lobby in support of House Bill 2122….” - Fred Renter, Eugene, Register-Guard Letter to the Editor

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Emily Keizer Emily Keizer

Buying a little time: Warning system for catastrophic quakes

“At the urging of state Rep. Nancy Nathanson, D-Eugene, the 2015 Legislature appropriated $670,000 for the purchase of a network of 15 earthquake detection stations in Oregon from the National Science Foundation. The NSF installed the detectors in 2010 for a research project that ends this year, and would have moved them to Alaska if Oregon hadn’t moved to snap them up for about half their initial cost.”

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Emily Keizer Emily Keizer

House passes bill to standardize Oregon contracts

“Building on a promise to bring more transparency and accountability to government, Rep. Nancy Nathanson delivered on it this week when the House passed her bill to bring greater standardization to state contracts. The Eugene Democrat is the chief sponsor of House Bill 2375, which would require state agencies to use standardized forms, templates and other documents… instead of the jumble of forms currently used by various state agencies.”

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