Oregon’s money crisis: Should the Oregon Commission on Children and Families be eliminated? (The Oregonian, 8/21/10) Report to the Legislature and the Governor (biennial report) Oregon Commission on Children and Families
Entries from August 31st, 2010
Liquor control
August 31st, 2010 · Comments Off · Liquor Control Commission
Oregon’s money crisis: Should the Oregon Liquor Control Commission be eliminated? (The Oregonian, 8/21/10) Strategic plan for 2007 and beyond [PDF] (2007) Oregon Liquor Control Commission
Tags:budget·economy·liquor control·shortfall·state government
State revenue down again
August 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Administrative Services
Oregon businesses may be in for kicker tax rebates (The Oregonian, 8/26/10) More cuts loom after Oregon budget forecast (Statesman Journal, 8/27/10) Rainy days are here (The Register-Guard, 8/27/10) State will make more cuts, but spare schools (Mail Tribune, 8/27/10) Oregon economic and revenue forecast (quarterly report) Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Office of Economic [...]
Deer virus
August 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Virus blamed for deer die-off near Corvallis (Statesman Journal, 8/20/10) Fast facts about adenovirus hemorrhagic disease [PDF] (2003) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
I-5/Beltline interchange project
August 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Transportation, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Quiet comes at a cost (Register-Guard, 8/13/10) I-5/Beltline interchange project: revised environmental assessment [PDF] (2010) Federal Highway Administration and Oregon Department of Transportation
Tags:Eugene·I-5·road construction
Sage grouse plan
August 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Comments being taken on sage grouse plan update (Statesman Journal, 8/12/10) Greater sage-grouse conservation assessment and strategy for Oregon: a plan to maintain and enhance populations and habitat [PDF] (2010) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Spotted wing drosophila
August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Agriculture, Oregon State University
Mid-Valley fruit farmers confront a new foe (Statesman Journal, 8/7/10) New pest attacking healthy ripening fruit in Oregon: spotted wing drosophila [PDF] (2009) Oregon State University Extension Service Pest alert: spotted wing drosophila [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of Agriculture
Impact of hatchery fish on wild salmon
August 17th, 2010 · Comments Off · U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Federal biologists say that cutting hatchery production could help protect wild salmon (The Oregonian, 8/6/10) Draft environmental impact statement to inform Columbia River basin hatchery operations and the funding of Mitchell Act hatchery programs [PDF] (2010) United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Dredge gold mining
August 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Environmental Quality
Oregon issues new permit for suction-dredge gold miners (The Oregonian, 8/4/10) Reissued 700-PM general permit for small-scale, in-water mining [PDF] (2010) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division, Surface Water Management Program
Columbia River Crossing
August 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · I-5 Columbia River Crossing Project Independent Review Panel
Independent CRC study says new I-5 bridge needed, criticizes process (The Oregonian, 7/30/10) Final report [PDF] (2010) I-5 Columbia River Crossing Project Independent Review Panel
Tags:bridges·Columbia River·I-5·infrastructure·road construction
Redistricting
August 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Court denies request by backers of legislative redistricting initiative (The Oregonian, 7/28/10) Redistricting petitioners lose (Statesman Journal, 7/28/10) Basics about redistricting 2011 [PDF] (2010) Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Committee Services
Tags:redistricting
Whooping cough in Central Oregon
August 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Public Health Division
Whooping cough “concerning issue” in Central Oregon (myCentralOregon.com, 7/22/10) Pertussis deaths, Oregon, 2003-2007 [PDF] (2008) Oregon Department of Human Services, Public Health Division Pertussis (whooping cough) fact sheet [PDF] (2005) Oregon Department of Human Services, Public Health Division
