Governor expands flu readiness authority
SALEM (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed an executive order giving the state public health director more authority to prepare Oregon for a major flu outbreak and manage the response. The governor said the order issued Thursday grants Dr. Mel Kohn ...
 0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 214.0 State overhauls 'green' tax breaks
SALEM (AP) Oregon s Department of Energy has issued new rules aimed at curbing a state program that grants lucrative tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable power plants. The changes are intended to trim the program s cost by making it hard...
2.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 214.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 384.0 Governor to visit Europe
PORTLAND (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski is heading to Europe next week to meet with companies that do business in Oregon. The governor s office says the purpose of the trip is to strengthen the state s relationship with the businesses during this time of...
0.6K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 214.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 185.0 Governor to visit Europe
PORTLAND (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski is heading to Europe next week to meet with companies that do business in Oregon. The governor s office says the purpose of the trip is to strengthen the state s relationship with the businesses during this time of...
0.6K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 214.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 185.0 Kulongoski wants to head off South Coast gold miners
GRANTS PASS Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants to head off recreational miners who are headed for them thar hills in Oregon after California stopped prospectors from using suction dredges to glean flecks of gold from salmon rivers. The governor sent lette...
4.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 289.0 State competes for federal retrofit dollars
SALEM ” Gov. Ted Kulongoski is optimistic about Oregon s chances of being chosen to receive up to $100 million in federal dollars to do energy retrofits of homes, businesses and public buildings around the state. As part of the fe...
2.2K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 185.0 Walker won t lead Oregon Parole Board
SALEM (AP) Former state Sen. Vicki Walker will not head the Oregon Board of Parole and Supervision as planned. The Democrat who quit the Legislature this summer was slated to be confirmed to the board next month along with a former Polk County pros...
0.8K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 185.0 Kitzhaber bid for Ore. governor seems likely
SALEM (AP) Speculation is mounting that former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber will announce this week he s going to run for an unprecedented third term as Oregon s top leader. Kitzhaber is keeping mum for now, but friends believe he s ready to jump...
3.3K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 289.0 Governor will make stop at new park
Gov. Ted Kulongoski will make a stop on the South Coast on Monday to tour the newest state park, Crissey Field State Park. The 40-acre park south of Brookings opened last year as part of the Governor s Park-a-Year Initiative. He s scheduled to be t...
0.6K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 156.0 Governor readies state for flu pandemic
SALEM As many as two out of five Oregonians are expected to come down with the flu this fall and winter, prompting the state to prepare for the possibility of an epidemic that would close schools and threaten the economy, officials said Friday. One...
2.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 208.0 NW wind is a full-blown industry
For the past decade, Northwest policymakers have treated wind energy like a newborn, lavishing it with political love and bathing it in tax credits and other incentives. All the attention has paid off: Wind has grown from a bouncy little bundle of re...
1.2K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 156.0 Conference opens for blinded veterans
PORTLAND (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski is scheduled to give the opening remarks at the Blinded Veterans Association national convention in Portland before meeting with veterans to discuss issues facing them. Sen. Ron Wyden and Secretary of Veterans Affa...
0.5K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 156.0 Governor's office helped Ore. lawmaker get new job
PORTLAND (AP) State Rep. Larry Galizio says he did not switch his vote on the Metolius Basin issue in exchange for a job with the Oregon University System. The House initially defeated the measure aimed at banning large-scale destination resort dev...
1.0K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 214.0 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 307.0 Politically and legally incorrect
A new law signed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski protects the right of almost all Oregon workers to practice their religion on the job. But the law excludes one category of workers public school teachers. Oregon is one of only two states Pennsylvania is t...
1.7K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 208.0 Oregon governor signs consumer protection bills
SALEM Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed two new consumer protection bills Thursday, including one aimed at reducing the number of home foreclosures in Oregon. The legislation, passed in the closing hours of the 2009 Legislature, requires lenders to notify...
2.2K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 223.0 Oregon can contend in this race
The Pacific Northwest deserves a slice of the federal stimulus pie dedicated to the development of high-speed rail projects across the country. Oregon is joining with Washington state in applying for $2.1 billion of the $8 billion i...
1.4K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 156.0 | 
