OR: Topping off gas tanks now banned in Oregon
If you ask a gas station attendant to top off your tank, as of today you're asking them to break the law.
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Archive of Oregon on Friday July 03, 2009
OR: Topping off gas tanks now banned in Oregon
If you ask a gas station attendant to top off your tank, as of today you're asking them to break the law. Read More
Stimulus eases community college troubles
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More
Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More
OR: Oregon Legislators give fish hatchery deal a second look
As a longtime owner and former CEO of a Gulf Coast casino, Bernie Burkholder knows well the old maxim of the gambling business: The house always wins. Read More
OR: Education funding set the agenda
Lawmakers entered the 2009 session with hopes of extending the school year, expanding full-day kindergarten, increasing college tuition aid and more. Read More
US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More
US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More |
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