Teachers renew legal fight with Sizemore
PORTLAND Two Oregon teacher unions have gone back to court against political activist Bill Sizemore to accuse him again of racketeering, this time in the 2008 elections. The legal battle between Sizemore and the unions dates to 2002 and a racketeer...
 3.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 896.0 AL: Tampa Bay slips in wild-card race
TORONTO The Tampa Bay Rays chase for the AL wild card took a hit. Marco Scutaro scored the winning run on a wild pitch after Rays closer J.P. Howell loaded the bases with three walks, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Wedn...
4.8K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 164.0 Clean up initiative mischief
Did Oregon voters think 12 statewide ballot measures were too many last year? Wimps. A century ago, the voters of 1908 wrapped their brains around 19. Two years later, they handled 32. The 1912 election offered no fewer than 37. These were some of Or...
2.0K - May. 21, 2009; scored 211.0 House OKs changes to Oregon initiative system
SALEM - The Oregon House approved a number of changes to the state's citizen ballot initiative system, all aimed at putting stricter regulations on what is seen as one of the nation's least restrictive. The bill, approved 52-7 Tuesday, came to the Le...
3.0K - May. 20, 2009; scored 266.0 Secretary of State pushes for reforms
SALEM (AP) - Oregon has one of least restrictive citizen ballot initiative systems in the nation. Secretary of State Kate Brown said Monday she wants it to also be one of the cleanest. Two years ago, the Oregon Legislature passed a bill to more stric...
3.3K - Mar. 24, 2009; scored 211.0 Sizemore barred from charities
PORTLAND A Multnomah County judge Friday permanently barred anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore from operating, managing or being a key employee of any charity. Late last year, Judge Janice Wilson found Sizemore had violated a previous injunction that ...
3.5K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 344.0 Ballot measure system under scrutiny
SALEM (AP) It s a cherished Oregon tradition citizens banding together to gather signatures to place proposed laws on the ballot. Assisted suicide, vote-by-mail elections and property tax limits are just a few of the laws enacted directly by vote...
5.0K - Dec. 14, 2008; scored 227.0 Cheers and Jeers
Trees and money Cheers to Senator-election Jeff Merkley, for proposing help for timber communities. He wants more harvesting and more federal support for local governments. Setting these priorities is a good first step. Now comes the hard part: deliv...
2.8K - Dec. 6, 2008; scored 127.0 Activist Sizemore freed after night in jail
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore is out of jail after complying with a judge s order to file state and federal forms for his charity. Sizemore was jailed Monday after a judge found him in contempt of a 2003 injunction that block...
3.1K - Dec. 3, 2008; scored 585.0 Sizemore jailed following finding of contempt
PORTLAND Judge Janice Wilson spent more than two hours unraveling what she called Bill Sizemore s web of lies, ultimately ordering the Oregon political figure jailed after finding him in contempt of a previous court injunction. Oh, what a tangled w...
5.2K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 1000.0 Parks a major donor in secretary of state campaign
SALEM (AP) In the final days of last week s election campaign, conservative Nevada millionaire Loren Parks found a new Oregon politician to favor with his fortune: Lane County s Rick Dancer. A political action committee almost exclusively bankrolle...
3.4K - Nov. 10, 2008; scored 127.0 | 
