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Loss of paid day off makes little sense
Salem :: OR :: USA | 7 days ago
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They're also the full-time folks who keep track of revenue figures, crunch budget numbers, provide legal advice and run the Capitol building on behalf of the legislature. Reporters with another newspaper claimed credit, saying Senate President Peter...
Tags: Oregon Legislature, shared sacrifice, general funded, Salem, Labor, Oregon, Furlough, Military terminology, Ted Kulongoski
State mistake puts personal data at risk
Salem :: OR :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility We're going to review this up and down until we get some straight answers." Safeguards on records with personal information are required by a 2007 law passed by the Oregon Legislature. The Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act requires businesses...
Tags: person information, security number, social security, identity theft, Robert Warren Spruill, Oregon Legislature, recycling bin, protects acting, theft protects, Salem, Identity document, Social Issues, National identification number, Personally identifiable information, Insurance, Social Security number, Personal identification
Boaters in Oregon to pay fee to fight invasive mussels
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Ore. — Zebra and quagga mussels that can clog power plants and hydroelectric dams are the target of a new fee for Oregon boaters going into effect with the new year. Until now, only boats with motors had to pay to register their craft. But the threat...
Tags: Oregon Legislature, invasive mussels, Grants Pass, Environment, Oregon, Zebra mussel, Invasive species, Quagga, Quagga mussel, Dreissenidae
Guest column: Third parties push again for fusion voting, ending partisanship
Portland :: OR :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Volunteers from the Oregon Working Families Party and the Oregon Independent Party joined forces to lobby the Legislature for the right of voters to cross-nominate general election candidates for public office; the cross nominations are said to be fused...
Tags: Democratic Party of Oregon, Oregon Working Families Party, fusion voting, major parties, Oregon Legislature, voters registration, Oregon Independent Party, families parties, social issues, democratic parties, Portland, Electoral fusion, Independent Party of Oregon, Working Families Party, Third party, Primary election, Elections, Populism, Politics of New York, Politics
Anti-tax activists turn in enough signatures
Salem :: OR :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Activists hoping to get voters to repeal $733 million in Oregon tax increases say they’ve gathered enough petition signatures to put the measures on a Jan. 26, 2010, referendum. Salem resident Russ Walker, Oregon director for FreedomWorks, a national...
Tags: Oregon Legislature, income tax, tax foes, tax increase, Salem
Oregon officials tracking tax campaign
Salem :: OR :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility State election officials are using a team of observers to monitor the activities of signature-gatherers who are trying to derail a $733 million tax hike passed by the 2009 Oregon Legislature. This is the first time the state has hired a team of people...
Tags: Oregon Legislature
Reprieve near for delinquent Ore. taxpayers
Salem :: OR :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Ore. (AP) — Delinquent Oregon taxpayers will be given a 50-day “amnesty” period this fall that will let them make good on unpaid back taxes and avoid paying penalties. The state's first-ever amnesty program was approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature...
Tags: Oregon Legislature
Kulongoski signs tax increases; opponents vow fight
Portland :: OR :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed a $733 million tax increase package into law Monday, calling it a "modest" increase on Oregon's top earners that will protect schools and state programs from budget cuts. Business groups and anti-tax activists immediately said...
Tags: Oregon Health Plan, Oregon Legislature, Ted Kulongoski, kulongoski signs
House approves corporate-income tax for reserve fund
Salem :: OR :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Higher corporate-income taxes after 2012 would flow into the state's general reserve fund under a bill that cleared the Oregon House on Thursday. House Bill 2073, which opened the way for legislative approval of two tax increases, moved to the Senate...
Tags: Oregon House, Oregon Legislature, schools districts, Ted Kulongoski
Ore. health reform bills win final OK
Salem :: OR :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Ore. (AP) — State health coverage will be extended to an additional 80,000 uninsured children and 35,000 low-income adults under a measure that won final approval Thursday in the Oregon Legislature. The bill was one of two major health reform measures...
Tags: Oregon Legislature, Oregonian, health care
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