Monthly Archives: June 2011

Oregon Legislature highlights: What’s left to do before lawmakers adjourn? Oregon lawmakers debate, strike agreements as they prepare to end their session Gov. John Kitzhaber, Oregon business leaders join in proclaiming legislative successes Oregon University System quest for independence about … Continue reading →

Gov. John Kitzhaber’s top education adviser to return to old job at Springfield schools Oregon lawmakers strike a deal on public safety budgets, clear the way to end 2011 session After ending some tax credits, Oregon Legislature approves a new … Continue reading →

Legislature gives Oregon University System freedom from agency status Oregon schools failing to give girls equal opportunity to play sports, complaint says Sustainability Center at PSU raises financial concerns, Oregon lawmakers say Freshmen Republicans in Oregon House grouse about lack … Continue reading →

Oregon Legislature highlights: How will lawmakers get beyond the public safety impasse? Betty Roberts, a true Oregon pioneer — Opinion Legislature adjournment nears Workers hoping for uneventful ending PERS braces for flood of queries All-day kindergarten likely to return ____________________ … Continue reading →

State Library eClips * Oregon taxpayers pay spiraling cost of prison health care with no solution in sight * Gov. John Kitzhaber changes style, gets results early in third term * Curry County on Oregon’s southern coast still pulling in … Continue reading →

Oregon fruit growers do battle with winged pests Oregon legislative update for Tualatin Live online Q&A on new bottle bill Tiny fly can cause big trouble for Oregons farms and gardens Policing universities — Opinion Penalty cap invites trouble — … Continue reading →

Ethnic organizations demand racial equity at sit-in Oregon Legislature makes invasive species checkpoints mandatory for boaters Oregon state workers storm the statehouse to protest budget cuts, ask for fair contract Environmental news: Oregon new water standards; attack on water rules; … Continue reading →

Bill passes allowing police departments on Oregon university campuses Oregon unemployment falls to 9.3 percent, almost same as national rate Oregon House will vote on capping fines for campaign finance violations– Blog Oregon Senate votes to expand health coverage for … Continue reading →

Oregon House sends concealed weapons privacy bill to Senate, again Provision to curb psychiatric drug costs for Oregon Health Plan dies in Salem Oregon ethics commission clears Brent Foster, former counsel to Attorney General John Kroger Oregon Legislature ill prepared … Continue reading →

Peter Courtney, in record fifth term as Senate president, wields his influence on behalf of the Legislature itself Oregon’s Section 8 policy complicates housing search for Poppy Michell, Gladstone single mother of 3 boys Contest Time: Is this the week … Continue reading →