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Archive of Oregon on Wednesday July 01, 2009
OR: Oregon governor blasts Democrats for job program failure
Gov. Ted Kulongoski praised accomplishments by the Legislature on Tuesday, but he had harsh words for fellow Democrats who let his favorite job-creation bill languish. Read More
OR: State releases high school graduation rates
The Oregon Department of Education has released graduation rates for all public high schools. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
OR: Oregon green groups tally up legislative wins, losses
The Oregon Conservation Network today released a detailed rundown of how environmental bills fared in Oregon's 2009 Legislature. Read More
OR: Pipeline permitting bill dies; sponsor mourns for taxpayers
While opponents of liquefied natural gas projects were celebrating the demise of a pipeline-permitting bill Monday night, state Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, used her final floor speech of the 2009 session to accuse House Democrats of abandoning taxpayers in a fit of legislative pique related to the controversial projects. Read More
OR: Battle rages over budget
Legislators attempted in their final budget to define the boundaries of what unionized state workers will have to sacrifice in contract talks this year to help address Oregon's fiscal crisis. Read More
OR: Kulongoski ready to fight for approved tax increases
Even though he didn't propose either of them to balance the state budget, Gov. Ted Kulongoski said Tuesday he'll campaign aggressively for the tax increases that lawmakers approved on corporations and higher-income households if opponents are successful in forcing a statewide vote on either. Read More
OR: Voters may end up deciding fate of tax increases
Lawmakers' actions affecting the economy this session are frequently viewed through the prism of the major budget-balancing tax increases. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
US: Abortion foes try again on 'personhood' amendments
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Abortion opponents in Colorado and Montana want to try again to pass amendments giving human rights to embryos. Read More
US: Some hard-hit states get less stimulus
Some of the states worst hit by the recession are getting far less federal economic-stimulus money per person than states faring better. Read More |
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