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Top Political News - July 30, 2010
  • Dudley woos business leaders
  • Kitzhaber Releases First General Election TV Ad
  • Oregon SEIU backs Kitzhaber in governor's race
  • Animal Liberationists vs. Sheriff in Oregon
  • Ballot initiative sets up fight over lottery money
  • Is Salem's Courthouse Square unfixable?
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  • Oregon Food Bank wins 30,000-pound Tyson donation
  • California provides economic curse, blessing to Oregon
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  • 2010 Lazy Fair Sunday August 1th
  • Redmond Schools to Go Slow With Bond Savings


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    July 29, 2010
  • Campaigns spar over SurveyUSA poll showing tight Oregon governor's race
  • City Council, consultants review issues with police inquiry into James Chasse death
  • Oregon City mayor starts legislative race with blast at leadership
  • TriMet adjusts to MAX line funding cut
  • Water, parks and wildlife measure is the fourth, and possibly final, to make the November ballot
  • 2010 Lazy Fair Sunday August 1th
  • Beaverton drafts downtown urban renewal area — It uses funds from Fire, Police and Libraries
  • I-5 bridge tolls won't impact Clark County growth — A Metro regional government study has concluded
  • Jackson County won't appeal concealed gun permits ruling
  • Judge: Bans applied correctly in Eugene
  • Klamath Falls man proposes a unique water storage idea
  • Law hits home for brewers
  • Oregon Lottery Initiative Makes The Ballot
  • Oregon marriage debate begins again
  • Oregon Treasury updates travel policies in wake of newspaper series, audit
  • Portland City Council pass Plastic-Bags resolution
  • Gold Ray dam tear-down can continue
  • Owners of Lemolo Lake Resort file law suit against government agencies
    • July 28, 2010
  • Western Climate Initiative offers cap-and-trade
  • Oregon Democrats vote against war funding — Walden votes to support troop serge
  • John Kitzhaber Has Had Better Days
  • Judge Rejects Oregon Redistricting Petition Lawsuit
  • Another failed initiative — Wood Village Casino
  • $10M in Klamath drought relief passes Congress
  • Douglas Co. Industrial fire restrictions upped
  • Lakeside Landfill slapped with DEQ fine for closure plan errors — Washington County
  • Marion Co. courthouse Sq. settlement reached — $1.8m
  • Telemedicine links hospitals across Oregon — Lowers cost
  • Forest Park planners want improvements + new cycling trail
    • July 27, 2010
  • Brown: Oregon redistricting measure falls short — but judge has the final say
  • Dudley widens fundraising lead over Kitzhaber
  • With budgets tight, child care subsidy gets cut
  • Feds offer less money for TriMets Milwaukie MAX line — 50% funding leaves $135m gap in budget
  • Group: Rights violated in proposed dam removal
  • Transportation advisory panel for Highway 126 to be chosen
  • Basin employment: Waiting to work
  • Multi-source funding helps restore salmon habitat
  • Portland metro area home sales slide
  • Iberdrola nets $170 million stimulus windfall
    • July 26, 2010
  • Little interest in Oregon loan program to add jobs
  • PERS cost rise thickens clouds over budgets
  • State budget increased by 17% in 2 years — can't move money from roads
  • Legal struggle over Gold Ray continues in federal court
  • Cleanup effort under way at Blue Ledge mine — cost: $11.1 million
  • OSU Polk County Extension Service beats fund drought
  • City will help acquire land — for park
  • Eugene bike path extension - $2.075 million. — city contribution - $215,000
  • Ontario City officials plan budget session
  • Jantzen Beach SuperCenter mulls another redevelopment plan
    • July 25, 2010
  • Oregon budget — We have a spending Problem
  • Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber — on Oregons spending problem
  • Signs- protect plants — we dont want them building a fence or driveway
  • Tigard expects "significantly" higher water rates
  • Greenbrier emerges from depths of recession
  • New staff cuts Oregon State Hospital overtime
  • Aid-services reprieve for Oregon caregivers still leaves questions
  • Democrats will name replacement nominee
  • The Great Oregon Steam — just for fun
    • July 24, 2010
  • PERS- pension rates will more than double
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  • I-5 bridge $42M in federal funding — billions more needed
  • TriMet and union put final offers on the table
  • Feds pay $72,554 for native-fish projects — $184,900 from other sources
  • TriMet, union negotiations stall — it is unsustainable
  • Centennial teachers' union agrees to pay and benefit raise and
  • Killing spurs increase in security at Portland's New Columbia ( villa)
  • Sam Adams delays plastic bag ban
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