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‘OPB Politics Now’: The costly Capitol renovation, plus Kotek’s task force to save Portland

By Andrew Theen (OPB)
Aug. 11, 2023 10:44 p.m.
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Oregon lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session earlier this summer with a flurry of bills. Plenty of topics were discussed in the final days of session, but one wasn’t at all: how and why a mega project to renovate the Capitol was nearly $100 million over budget. On the latest episode of “OPB Politics Now,” reporters Lauren Dake and Dirk VanderHart discuss that project and Gov. Tina Kotek swooping in to try to solve Portland’s problems.

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