State's winners and losers
Some of the major bills approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature: JOBS With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works pr...
4.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 194.0

Weaker bottle bill goes to state House
SALEM - Just two years ago, Oregon lawmakers approved a change to the state's bottle bill system - the first in its history - by including water bottles. Early this session, lawmakers said they were set to make more changes; they wanted to increase t...
4.0K - Apr. 30, 2009; scored 216.0

Legislation to expand bottle bill advances
PORTLAND (AP) In a party-line vote, a House panel has approved a bill that would add new containers to the list of bottles eligible for redemption under Oregon s bottle bill. House Bill 2184 would also increase the deposit from a nickel to a dime i...
0.7K - Mar. 27, 2009; scored 183.0

Stores lag on water bottle deposits
PORTLAND (AP) Investigators say many Oregon retailers continue to sell water in plastic bottles that have not been marked for deposit despite a law passed by the last Legislature that they be worth a nickel each. It was the first significant expans...
3.3K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 1000.0