Bradbury s in
PORTLAND ” Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury is entering the race to be the state s next governor. Bradbury, who served in the Legislature for 14 years, was to formally announce today, according to his spokesman Jeremy Wright....
 3.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 249.0 Gov. directs more money to departments
PORTLAND (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski gave the Oregon judicial and higher education departments some refuge from steep budget cuts Thursday when he issued two line-item vetoes. The governor reversed two cuts to the higher education budget. First, he di...
2.4K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 249.0 2 in 3 Oregon schools meet federal targets
PORTLAND About two in every three Oregon schools met federal academic standards last year, a slight improvement over 2007, according to preliminary data released by the state Tuesday. Though the final figures are still being worked out, early numbe...
3.7K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 249.0 Heat related death reported in Seattle
PORTLAND Authorities on Thursday reported the first death and a possible second linked to a Pacific Northwest heat wave even as days of record, triple-digit temperatures began to moderate. Washington's King County Medical Examiner's office said Thu...
3.0K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 249.0 Job counts raise questions
PORTLAND How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remar...
5.3K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 249.0 Recession, jobs dominated 2009 Oregon Legislature
SALEM - Against a backdrop of the worst economy in decades, the Oregon Legislature patched a $4 billion deficit while raising taxes and fees to put thousands of people to work through public works projects. The Legislature adjourned Monday e...
4.0K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 Quick session saw fee increases to fund health care, transportation
SALEM - The 2009 Oregon Legislature adjourned Monday night, ending a session shaped almost entirely by the recession. As the session concluded, Democrats labeled the past six months as a jobs session, while Republicans derided it as a taxes sessi...
4.0K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon school funding plan in legislative limbo
SALEM - The Legislature's school funding plan continued its tortuous journey through the Capitol on Wednesday, getting first hung up in the Senate and later in the House. A day after Gov. Ted Kulongoski vetoed the measure, legislative Democrats had t...
2.9K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 1000.0 Governor vetoes school funding plan
SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski made good on his promise to veto the Oregon Legislature's $5.8 billion school-funding plan Tuesday, though legislative leaders said they had the votes to overturn the measure. Kulongoski and the Legislature have b...
2.0K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon Governor and lawmakers at budget impasse
SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski's veto threat failed to stop the Legislature's budget committee from advancing a $5.8 billion plan to fund Oregon schools Thursday. Legislators and the governor's staff have been at an impasse over how much money ...
2.6K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 1000.0 Gov. threatens to veto K-12 budget
SALEM - Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Wednesday threatened to veto the Legislature's school funding plan, putting months of work spent balancing a deflated state budget in jeopardy. At issue is how much money lawmakers should keep in reserve to guard agains...
2.3K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 249.0 Oregon Senate fails to pass tax increases
SALEM (AP) - A move by Democrats to raise taxes on businesses and upper-income individuals got sidetracked Wednesday night when Senate backers failed by a single vote to pass the $733 million plan to help pay for schools and other key servic...
3.5K - Jun. 11, 2009; scored 1000.0 Investigators: Woman cut open, baby taken
HILLSBORO (AP) - A pregnant 21-year-old newcomer to Oregon who was found dead in a crawl space of a suburban home had been cut open and the infant delivered from her womb, investigators said Monday. It couldn't be determined if the son of Heather Sni...
3.8K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 1000.0 Budget cuts spill from Capitol into homes
SALEM (AP) - Mary Browne's day usually starts at 7 in the morning with a knock at the door and a pair of happy little feet. Those would be the feet of Sarah, the handful of a 5-year-old she watches most every day. As Sarah sings and squeaks along to ...
5.9K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 1000.0 State's $300M transportation package advances
SALEM After months of dealmaking, lawmakers have unanimously approved a $300 million-per-year transportation package funded through increases in the gas tax and registration, title and license plate fees. Legislators estimate the increased...
4.8K - May. 23, 2009; scored 249.0 Oregon House expands benefits for veterans
SALEM - The Oregon House unanimously approved two bills expanding state benefits for veterans and their families. One expands a program that allows service members to secure low interest on home loans. The current rule limits the benefit to veterans ...
2.0K - May. 21, 2009; scored 249.0 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 1000.0 Dems' budget includes tax increase
SALEM Lawmakers plan to raise $800 million in new taxes while cutting $2 billion in state services to balance a budget that has been sunk by the economic downturn. Those figures translate into shorter school years, bigger class si...
5.5K - May. 19, 2009; scored 1000.0 Top Oregon Democrats eye $1.5 billion in cuts
Ryan Kost, Associated Press Writer SALEM - Oregon House leaders expect they'll have to cut at least $1.5 billion from the state's budget to help close a gaping $4 billion deficit. At that level, all areas of the public sector would ...
3.3K - May. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 Republicans propose no-new-tax budget
SALEM - Republican lawmakers unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday that would keep state spending flat while forgoing any tax increases. Democrats and social service advocates immediately pounced on the plan, calling it unrealistic and vague. The plan c...
4.3K - May. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 | 
