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Top Political News - December 25, 2009
  • Merry Christmas from your Friends at the Oregon Watchdog
  • Family's gift to nation is a legacy of service
  • Wes Lematta, Columbia Helicopters founder dies
  • Portland School District's Attorney Fires Back at WW's Cheerleading Story
  • State extends insurance aid
  • Court decision could help miners
    • Oregon Business News
  • Dow Jones, S&P hit new records
  • Merry Christmas from your lawyer
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  • Don't burn that yule log, air pollution agency says
  • Free parking offered in downtown Portland Dec. 26th
  • Portland police car snatched, crashed near OMSI
  • Rep. Jenson wants another term
  • $400,000 state grant means new Tualatin jobs
  • Imnaha's critter controversy: Wandering cattle stir up complaints
  • State will try to fill in Internet gaps


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    1. AG lists 20 'worst' charities
    2. 'Stripper mobile' coming to Portland
    3. Big union money flowing into tax campaign

    December 24, 2009
  • Thief steals Oregon AG John Kroger's briefcase, badge from parked car
  • Big union money flowing into tax campaign
  • Judge refuses to send DUII case back to lower court
  • Natural gas lawsuit could suck millions from Columbia County tax revenue
  • Representative Jean Cowan calls NOAA threats by Senator an abuse of power
  • Benton County jail will restrict inmates personal mail to postcards in January
  • Brown discusses her first year
  • Capitol ceremonial office nearly restored after 2008 fire
  • Ladd's Addition named top 10 neighborhood
  • Washington state unveils green goals
  • Cascade Locks bridge nativity scene sparks protest
  • Editorial: Big 'cut' left budget same
  • Mid-Valley housing programs get funding help
  • Oregon adds population in past year -- but more slowly
  • Walmart plans new Portland projects
  • Kroger announces cereal settlement with Kellogg
    • December 23, 2009
  • Dudley regrets not voting while on the road during NBA career
  • U.S. Chamber, AOI sue state over new law — card check
  • 'Stripper mobile' coming to Portland — Oregon's lax public indecency encouraged visit
  • Judge denied early release — some violent crime eligible under new law
  • Man extradited from Israel enters not guilty plea in court — Measure 11 guidelines probation caused flight
  • AG lists 20 'worst' charities
  • Oregon gets $2.1 million for broadband
  • PGE's Boardman Coal Plant is Oregon's Dirtiest
  • Wal-Mart to give it another try in Portland — will Adams fight it this time?
  • New PGE Park designs unveiled
  • Russian owner of Oregon Steel gets huge loan
  • City officials back away from plan to raise fees for street maintenance
  • Police Union Polls Portlanders
  • Portland mayor makes his pitch to the software community
  • Portland hires outside auditors to review police internal investigation into James Chasse's death in custody
    • December 22, 2009
  • Merkley amendment roils construction industry — Protects unions
  • With judge watching, Sizemore turns over laptop
  • Delegation seeks push on Siskiyou rail decision
  • Judge's ruling confounds local cyclists
  • New year, new ATV law
  • Oregon lacks legal protection for domestic violence victims after parole
  • Kitzhaber leads in Ore. governor money race
  • Oregon Rep chides Washington senator for trying to block NOAA moving to Newport
  • Oregon ISP Launches First HSPA+ Network
  • OSU study: Housing growth near wilderness may limit conservation value
  • Corvallis public forum to discuss measures 66, 67
  • Douglas Co. challenge to pot order is dismissed
  • After 3 kids hit on TV Highway, Aloha intersection may be upgraded sooner
  • Baker City Council choses city manager
  • Monmouth residents will vote on legalizing hard-liquor sales
  • High-desert resort to pay $200,000 for trespassing
    • December 21, 2009
  • Postal Service union fights consolidation
  • New task force looks to 'cripple drug traffickers'
  • Oregon car dealers told to pay Cash for Clunkers refunds
  • Jackson County quits lobbying organization
  • Obama nominates Rep. Gelser to National Council on Disability
  • All that over 0.1 degrees C — Editorial: Democrat Herald
  • $100,000 state grant will make at least 5,000 e-books available
  • Airline service to Astoria slow to take off
  • Forest experts monitor burned over area in Siskiyou Fire
  • Christmas Eve service set for Capitol rotunda
  • Sellwood's Bike Blvd. could be first of many
  • Salem-Keizer schools seek stimulus grant
  • Tracking children's readiness for school proves complicated
  • Oregon Film Office Wraps Up Best Year Ever for Filming
    • December 20, 2009
  • Tax-increase opponents have most to lose
  • TriMet generous health benefits — Unsustainable
  • Portland mayor's year
  • "Silent Night" removed from Lebanon school concert — audience sang it anyway
  • $100,000 state grant for e-books available
  • Eight youths at MacLaren undergo Aztec ritual
  • Measure 66 - class warfare — it is easier to vote taxes on others
  • Portland isn't as white
  • Walt Edmonds' Appeals Court job
    • December 19, 2009
  • Radicals, now the establishment, 1000 Friends of Ore
  • Bus Project co-founder will run against city Commissioner Saltzman
  • Government grants states Real ID Act extension
  • Sellwood bike blvd — No money & new taxes for the Bridge
  • Throwing some electronics into the garbage, illegal!
  • Federal regulators approve LNG terminal, governor to appeal
  • Fewer states add jobs
  • New seat belt law
  • North Coast razor clamming shut down indefinitely
  • Reynolds superintendent calls it quits
  • Passage of health overhaul hangs in buy offs
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