Legislature’s budget writers propose more for schools (Statesman Journal, 3/4/2013) State budget proposals call for more funds for schools (Statesman Journal, 3/5/2013) Governor offers lukewarm support for co-chairs’ budget (Statesman Journal, 3/5/2013) Oregon’s turning point budget [PDF] (2013) Oregon State Legislature
Entries Tagged as 'State Legislature'
State agency accounts receivable
February 25th, 2013 · No Comments · State Legislature
Oregon is owed more than $3 billion (Statesman Journal, 2/24/2013) Report on liquidated and delinquent accounts receivable [PDF] (annual) Oregon State Legislature
Property tax limits
February 6th, 2013 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Are changes coming for property tax limits in Oregon? (Statesman Journal, 2/2/2013) Oregon’s property tax system : horizontal inequities under measure 50 [PDF] (2010) Oregon State Legislature
Talented and gifted education
November 14th, 2012 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Oregon TAG education lacking, says report; here are tips and resources for parents (Oregonian, 11/13/2012) The quiet crisis in talented and gifted education in the State of Oregon [PDF] (2012) Oregon Legislative Assembly
Measure 84
October 16th, 2012 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Measure 84 could cost state more than first thought, report says (Oregonian, 10/12/2012) Measure 84 [PDF] (2012) Oregon State Legislature
Tags:Measure 84·revenue·taxes
School funding and the Quality Education Model
April 26th, 2012 · Comments Off · Oregon Quality Education Commission, State Legislature
School cuts fuel UPSET uprising (Portland Tribune, 4/26/2012) Quality Education Model : final report [PDF] (2010) Oregon Quality Education Commission Background brief on– quality education model [PDF] (2010) Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Committee Services
Oregon’s kicker tax
April 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Recalling the strange saga of the corporate ‘kicker’ tax rebates (Oregonian, 4/23/2012) Oregon’s 2% surplus kicker [PDF] (2007) Legislative Revenue Office Surplus kicker [PDF] (2008) Legislative Revenue Office
Tags:kicker·revenue·tax credits·tax refunds·tax surplus·taxes
Online schools task force
December 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Online schools panel fizzles without proposal (Statesman Journal, 12/18/2011) Joint Interim Task Force on Virtual School Governance report [PDF] (2011) Oregon Legislative Assembly, Joint Interim Task Force on Virtual School Governance
Federal timber payments
November 18th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Some Oregon counties may cease to function if federal timber payments end (Oregonian, 11/17/2011) Counties face dire straits if timber payments end (Register Guard, 11/17/2011) Secure Rural Schools Act [PDF] (2010), Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Committee Services
Children and Poverty
November 9th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Children First for Oregon reports more children have health care; more also poor and homeless (Oregonian, 11/8/2011) Oregon Healthy Kids [PDF] (2010), Legislative Committee Services
Future state agency budgets
August 30th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Agencies asked to become leaner in coming years (Oregon Capitol News, 8/30/2011) Compiled Budget Notes 2011 Legislative Session [PDF] (2011), Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Fiscal Office
Veterans and suicide
August 30th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
The life and death of an Oregon Guardsman illustrates a national tragedy, (The Oregonian, 8/27/2011) Legislative Task Force on Veterans’ Reintegration : final report, [PDF] (2010), Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Task Force on Veterans’ Reintegration Unseen injuries : medical information for combat veterans [PDF], (2008) Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs
2011-2013 budget analysis
February 9th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Report outlines budget challenge facing lawmakers (Statesman Journal, 1/30/2011) Analysis of the … current service level (biennial report) Oregon State Legislature, Legislative Fiscal Office
Oregon’s revenue system
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Oregon tax burden remains in bottom third of states, new report says (Oregonian, 2/3/2011) Oregon public finance – basic facts (biennial) Oregon State Legislature, Legislative Revenue Office
Tags:public finance·revenue·taxes
Joint Committee on Justice System Revenues
December 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Legislative panel on court fees will meet (Statesman Journal , 11/28/10) Report to the Joint Interim Committee on State Justice System Revenues [PDF] (2010) Oregon Legislative Assembly, Joint Interim Committee on State Justice System Revenues
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
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Oregon 150
February 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Dept. of Forestry, Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Dept. of Transportation, Forest Resources Institute, State Legislature
Sesquifarewell (Statesman Journal, 2/14/10) Oregon on the move: A history of Oregon’s transportation systems [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of Transportation, History Committee Oregon legislative branch history [PDF] (2009) Oregon State Legislature, Legislative Administration Committee What do Western Oregon’s forests look like after a century of management? [PDF] (2009) Oregon Forest Resources Institute Forests for Oregon [...]
Tags:forests·geology·history·legislature·OR150·sesquicentennial·transportation
Oregon State Capitol master plan
August 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · State Legislature
Legislators review an earth-shaking price tag (Statesman Journal, 8/3/09) Oregon State Capitol master plan [PDF] (2009) Oregon Legislative Assembly
Tags:earthquakes·State Capitol
