Tina Kotek: “Do not start a fire. We’ve got a lot of people out fighting fires across our state.”

Being a governor right now means protecting our state, defending our values against an overreach of a federal administration that does not care about people fundamentally and so that is a big part of my job right now.

Literacy is so important. It’s about the children, it is about their future, it’s about economic opportunity, it’s about learning, it’s about imagination, it’s about inspiring each of us to think about where the future will take us.

What they ask of their government is not sympathy; it is speed.

It is also important we recognize the impacts and hardships this pandemic imposed on [adults in custody] and their families, especially those who lost loved ones.