State Library eClips
* Newport’s Yaquina Bay may soon need a second bridge, but how to pay for it?
* Government Camp rest area to remain open as part of deal between ODOT, county, legislators
* Residents struggle on in Crook County, with Oregon’s highest unemployment rate
* Oregon Supreme Court rules PERS can recoup overpayments from 2000-2004 retirees
* Rep. Mike Schaufler says he had no sexual intent toward the woman he is accused of groping
* Rep. Mike Schaufler says groping incident was ‘innocent horseplay’
* Oregon prison officials call for $608 million in new spending
* ‘I’m ready,’ Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen tells judge; may face execution Dec. 6
* Rep. Mike Schaufler stripped of committee duties after reports that he groped a woman
* University of Oregon gets okay for safety officers to be full-fledged police
* Amanda Marshall takes oath of office as Oregon’s top federal prosecutor
* Oregon Department of Revenue to appeal Comcast property tax decision to Oregon Supreme Court
* ODS Health Plan members face average premium hike of nearly 9 percent
* Kaiser tops Consumer Reports list as best Oregon health plan
* University of Oregon pay raises catch the eyes of faculty at other state campuses
* Harsh weather may cut short season at Oregon’s newest state park
* Google in our schools — Opinion
* In the public interest: PERS records deserve look — Opinion
* Taking a chance online — Opinion
* Oregon needs No Child Left Behind waiver — Guest Opinion
* Patients suffer when reimbursem*nts for mental health care are reduced — Guest Opinion
* Ending federal timber payments to Oregon: Rural economic collapse will harm metro area, too — Guest Opinion
* Death penalty debate is revived
* Routines on death row are ‘mind-numbing,’ condemned man says
* Dozens of death sentences reduced through court system
* Damage complaints rarely lead to actual payments
* Area universities receive portion of grant money
* New member takes oath in state House
* State Land Board to consider two plans
* Conference set on water law issues
* Capitol is visited by seminar attendees
* Occupy Salem to begin Monday with rally, march
* Business can’t reduce employee’s salary for partial-day absences
* It’s not too early to begin speculating about 2012 possibilities — Opinion
* State’s building regulations must change — Opinion
* Tour of state hospital shows positive change — Guest Opinion
* Haugen’s execution date set
* Oregon officials say 3 more prisons needed
* Ethics charges won’t be changed
* State official praises efforts
* State representative Mike Schaufler relieved of role, denies harassment allegation
* Measures 66, 67 averted deeper cuts in state — Guest Opinion
* Oregon’s $392 million unemployment mistake — Guest Opinion
* Raising taxes on higher-income Oregonians, corporations — Opinion
* Deferred dilemma
* Lawmakers may restore eligibility for some
* UO puts solar to the test
* Talk of coastal resort brings swift state response
* A nightmare/fairy tale — Opinion
* Triangle Lake residents need credible pesticide review — Guest Opinion
* Poachers spared lock-up; theres no room in jail
* Board OKs campus police force
* Groping allegation leads to dismissal
* Gov. wants Wild Rogue listed as a ‘crown jewel’
* House Dems Strip Schaufler of Key Committee Post: Updated — Blog
* Finding a solution
* Plan would keep rest area open
* Merkley Bill Aims To Stop Rural Post Office Closures
* Oregon DOJ Settles With California Mortgage Company
* U of O On Course To Get Own Police Force
* Home rule presents advantages, drawbacks
* Govt. Camp Rest Area Will Stay Open
* Wine harvest walks a fine line
* Oregon AG Targets Loan Modification Scams
* State Trims ODS Rate Hike Request
* Oregon Sues California Loan Modification Company
* Pensions Wrestle With Return Rates
* Oregon Death Row Inmate Cleared for Execution
* Oregon Will Export Blueberries to S. Korea
* Oregon Schools In Need Of Improvement
* Yamaha OHV Funding Includes Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest Trail System
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NEWPORT’S YAQUINA BAY MAY SOON NEED A SECOND BRIDGE, BUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT? (Portland Oregonian)
October 06, 2011
The 75-year-old Yaquina Bay Bridge isn’t the easy cruise it used to be.
These days, you may easily find yourself in a traffic jam, crawling along 135 feet above the bay with more than ample time to appreciate the view.
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GOVERNMENT CAMP REST AREA TO REMAIN OPEN AS PART OF DEAL BETWEEN ODOT, COUNTY, LEGISLATORS (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
Officials have come up with a plan to keep a popular and well-used, if decrepit, restroom on in Government Camp on Mount Hood open for the foreseeable future.
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RESIDENTS STRUGGLE ON IN CROOK COUNTY, WITH OREGON’S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
The cable guy swung his truck into Marga Krugle’s yard the other day with an apologetic smile. He had come to cut off her TV service, the only real luxury she still had.
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OREGON SUPREME COURT RULES PERS CAN RECOUP OVERPAYMENTS FROM 2000-2004 RETIREES (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the state can start collecting overpayments issued to tens of thousands of public retirees, settling an issue that has been percolating in the courts for years.
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REP. MIKE SCHAUFLER SAYS HE HAD NO SEXUAL INTENT TOWARD THE WOMAN HE IS ACCUSED OF GROPING (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
Mike Schaufler, the Happy Valley state representative who was accused of groping a womans breast during a labor convention in Eugene, said his action had no sexual intent and “was not any kind of sexual advance.”
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REP. MIKE SCHAUFLER SAYS GROPING INCIDENT WAS ‘INNOCENT HORSEPLAY’ (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
An Oregon state lawmaker who was stripped of his committee leadership position after allegations that he groped a woman’s breast defended himself Saturday, saying the incident was a result of “innocent horseplay” over a campaign sticker and there was no sexual intent.
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OREGON PRISON OFFICIALS CALL FOR $608 MILLION IN NEW SPENDING (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
State prison officials say they will need to open two mothballed prisons and build a new one to hold 2,000 inmates expected to join the current population over the next decade.
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‘I’M READY,’ OREGON DEATH ROW INMATE GARY HAUGEN TELLS JUDGE; MAY FACE EXECUTION DEC. 6 (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
This time, Gary Haugen made no long speeches about how the legal system is broken and its money misspent. No talk about dying with dignity or any detailed explanation about why the 49-year-old twice-convicted killer would rather end his life than spend his days on Oregon’s death row.
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REP. MIKE SCHAUFLER STRIPPED OF COMMITTEE DUTIES AFTER REPORTS THAT HE GROPED A WOMAN (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
Oregon Legislative leaders booted Rep. Mike Schaufler from a legislative committee Friday and stripped him of his prized co-chairmanship after reviewing allegations that the Happy Valley Democrat groped a woman’s breast at an organized labor event nearly two weeks ago.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GETS OKAY FOR SAFETY OFFICERS TO BE FULL-FLEDGED POLICE (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
The State Board of Higher Education wrestled with questions about guns and police on campus Friday before voting unanimously to let the University of Oregon convert its public safety officers into full-fledged police.
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AMANDA MARSHALL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS OREGON’S TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
Amanda Marshall officially became Oregon’s new U.S. attorney Friday when she was sworn in by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in a small ceremony.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO APPEAL COMCAST PROPERTY TAX DECISION TO OREGON SUPREME COURT (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
The Oregon Department of Revenue has filed a notice of appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court over the Comcast property tax appeal decision.
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ODS HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS FACE AVERAGE PREMIUM HIKE OF NEARLY 9 PERCENT (Portland Oregonian)
October 07, 2011
More than 26,000 members of ODS Health Plan will see an average 8.94 percent increase in premiums, according to a rate hike announced today.
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KAISER TOPS CONSUMER REPORTS LIST AS BEST OREGON HEALTH PLAN (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
For many workers, the annual open enrollment period to compare and change health insurance plans offered by employers has arrived.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON PAY RAISES CATCH THE EYES OF FACULTY AT OTHER STATE CAMPUSES (Portland Oregonian)
October 09, 2011
As University of Oregon tenured professors pocket an average $4,800 pay increase this year, faculty at other Oregon campuses want fat raises, too.
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HARSH WEATHER MAY CUT SHORT SEASON AT OREGON’S NEWEST STATE PARK (Portland Oregonian)
October 09, 2011
Cold, blustery autumn weather is threatening to keep Oregon’s newest state park from having a long or memorable first season.
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GOOGLE IN OUR SCHOOLS — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 09, 2011
The ferment in Oregon public education right now is not that our schools are crowded and underfunded. It’s that they’re going online in a big way.
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IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: PERS RECORDS DESERVE LOOK — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 09, 2011
Those of us who work at newspapers have a passion for open records. This often brings us into conflict with governments, school districts and other entities funded by public tax dollars.
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TAKING A CHANCE ONLINE — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
Amid all the clawing to find money, the Oregon Lottery is about to launch a new website called The ORcade in an effort to engage new gamers.
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OREGON NEEDS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WAIVER — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
The critical move is now in Oregon’s hands. The state must do its part to help schools get the freedom they need from the federal No Child Left Behind law NCLB. Doing so will help guarantee the real accountability and meaningful results our students and communities deserve.
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PATIENTS SUFFER WHEN REIMBURsem*nTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE ARE REDUCED — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
Your editorial “Sick, insured, and nowhere to turn” Oct. 2 exposed tactics that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has used to decrease the financial impact of their insured customers with mental illness on the company’s bottom line.
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ENDING FEDERAL TIMBER PAYMENTS TO OREGON: RURAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE WILL HARM METRO AREA, TOO — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
October 08, 2011
If you aren’t hungry or worried about your next meal as you read this, be grateful. One of every five Oregonians is now receiving food stamps.
If you aren’t checking Craigslist for a job or sending out rsums, be thankful. Almost 10 percent of Oregon’s workforce is in the unemployment line.
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DEATH PENALTY DEBATE IS REVIVED (Salem Statesman Journal)
-As date for Oregon’s first execution in 14 years, attention focuses on death row residents-
Oct. 9, 2011
A rare Oregon execution, tentatively set to occur on Dec. 6 at the state penitentiary in Salem, is reviving a long-dormant debate about the morality, popularity and costs of state-sanctioned killing here.
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ROUTINES ON DEATH ROW ARE ‘MIND-NUMBING,’ CONDEMNED MAN SAYS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 9, 2011
Condemned killer Gary Haugen sums up life on Oregon’s death row this way: fatty food, stagnant cell time, mind-numbing routines.
“It kills your spirit,” the 49-year-old twice-convicted murderer told the Statesman Journal.
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DOZENS OF DEATH SENTENCES REDUCED THROUGH COURT SYSTEM (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 9, 2011
Death row has a revolving door.
Since Oregon voters reinstated the death penalty in 1984, dozens of death row inmates have been handed reduced sentences through appeals, court rulings and plea deals with prosecutors.
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DAMAGE COMPLAINTS RARELY LEAD TO ACTUAL PAYMENTS (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Harm to cars from road construction is an insurance issue-
Oct. 9, 2011
The Issue: Lisa Hendric of Salem is upset.
Hendric says the Oregon Department of Transportation owes her for the money for damage her car suffered while driving through the construction zone on the Marion Street Bridge.
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AREA UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE PORTION OF GRANT MONEY (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Western Oregon University and Willamette University are among 16 campuses statewide that received a part of a $700,000 grant to encourage college students to volunteer in their communities.
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NEW MEMBER TAKES OATH IN STATE HOUSE (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Alissa Keny-Guyer of Portland is the newest member of the evenly split Oregon House.
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STATE LAND BOARD TO CONSIDER TWO PLANS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
The State Land Board will consider adoption of management plans for the Elliott State Forest on the south coast and 7,423 acres of state lands in Central Oregon.
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CONFERENCE SET ON WATER LAW ISSUES (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
The 20th annual Oregon Water Law Conference is set for Nov. 3-4 at the Hotel Monaco, 506 SW Washington St., Portland.
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CAPITOL IS VISITED BY SEMINAR ATTENDEES (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
About 130 out-of-state visitors toured the Capitol and spent time in training sessions Tuesday as part of professional development seminars under the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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OCCUPY SALEM TO BEGIN MONDAY WITH RALLY, MARCH (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 9, 2011
A local version of a national movement that began in New York City will launch Monday with a rally at the Capitol steps, an organizer said.
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BUSINESS CAN’T REDUCE EMPLOYEE’S SALARY FOR PARTIAL-DAY ABSENCES (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Question: My business has a manager who is a salaried exempt employee. While driving the company vehicle on a business trip, she suffered an on-the-job injury. She filed a workers’ compensation claim which was accepted by our insurance company.
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IT’S NOT TOO EARLY TO BEGIN SPECULATING ABOUT 2012 POSSIBILITIES — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
While it may be too early to forecast which political party will win a majority in the Oregon House in the 2012 general election 13 months away it’s never too early to speculate on the possibilities.
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STATE’S BUILDING REGULATIONS MUST CHANGE — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
-More oversight could have prevented expensive mess-
Oct. 8, 2011
The next Courthouse Square debacle could be just waiting to happen unless Oregon updates its building regulations.
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TOUR OF STATE HOSPITAL SHOWS POSITIVE CHANGE — GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Seven members of a Marion County Grand Jury, including me, recently had the opportunity to tour the updated Oregon State Hospital.
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HAUGEN’S EXECUTION DATE SET (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Judge rules inmate is mentally competent to drop his appeals, and tentatively
sets date for lethal injection in December-
Oct. 8, 2011
A Marion County judge on Friday cleared the way for the execution of Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen, deeming him mentally competent to drop his appeals and legally sane to be put to death.
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OREGON OFFICIALS SAY 3 MORE PRISONS NEEDED (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Oregon prison officials say they’ll need to open three more prisons to hold 2,000 new inmates expected in the next decade.
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ETHICS CHARGES WON’T BE CHANGED (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Three state treasury officers sought review-
Oct. 8, 2011
Three state treasury investment officers apparently will not have their reprimands changed by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, which chose Friday not to act on their request to reconsider their cases.
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STATE OFFICIAL PRAISES EFFORTS (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Kate Brown says all are pushing for jobs-
Oct. 8, 2011
Although her agency has other main tasks, Secretary of State Kate Brown said Friday that she has taken steps big and small to help Oregon’s economy.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE SCHAUFLER RELIEVED OF ROLE, DENIES HARASSMENT ALLEGATION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
The co-speakers of the Oregon House moved Friday to remove a state representative from a committee chairmanship after he was alleged to have made an unwanted advance toward a woman at a state labor convention.
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MEASURES 66, 67 AVERTED DEEPER CUTS IN STATE — GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
Policymakers across the nation and the Obama administration are rightly looking at Oregon Measures 66 and 67 as a guide for how to deal with revenue shortfalls that threaten deeper cuts to education, health and human services and public safety contrary to the unsupported and misguided claims in the Statesman Journal’s Oct. 5 editorial.
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OREGON’S $392 MILLION UNEMPLOYMENT MISTAKE — GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oct. 8, 2011
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, almost $19 billion in state unemployment benefits were paid in error over the last three years. Oregon paid an estimated $392 million in error about 12.2% of all state unemployment benefits paid during that period.
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RAISING TAXES ON HIGHER-INCOME OREGONIANS, CORPORATIONS — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Medford Mail Tribune, Sept. 25, 2011-
Oct. 8, 2011
When lawmakers sought to shore up a battered state budget in January 2010 by raising taxes on well-to-do residents and corporations, opponents warned darkly that businesses would flee the state to escape the higher tariffs.
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DEFERRED DILEMMA (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Changes in the rules of a state tax benefit have affected some seniors-
Oct. 9
After swimming and grocery shopping, 85-year-old Ruby Mohr spends afternoons lying on a lounge chair on her front deck, listening to the distant roll and crash of ocean waves.
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LAWMAKERS MAY RESTORE ELIGIBILITY FOR SOME (Eugene Register-Guard)
Oct. 9
Oregon lawmakers may retreat from their decision to cut about 3,000 seniors this year from the states property tax deferral program.
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UO PUTS SOLAR TO THE TEST (Eugene Register-Guard)
-The university is part of a systemwide effort to produce clean energy and learn more about it-
Oct. 9
Two of the University of Oregons biggest athletic buildings will soon sport new headgear as part of a statewide campus solar energy project.
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TALK OF COASTAL RESORT BRINGS SWIFT STATE RESPONSE (Eugene Register-Guard)
Oct. 9
Curry County commissioners are back to the drawing board with a plan to swap land with the state for a recreational vehicle park and golf course, after a letter from the director of the state Parks and Recreation Department put a damper on the idea.
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A NIGHTMARE/FAIRY TALE — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Difficult rescue of rail line should have happy ending-
Oct. 9
It says much about the sorry state of Americas railroads when Oregonians get amped up over the reopening of a rail line on which track conditions will prohibit speeds of more than 10 mph.
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TRIANGLE LAKE RESIDENTS NEED CREDIBLE PESTICIDE REVIEW — GUEST OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
Oct. 8
The toxic mix of misinformation and hysteria that Barbara Kelley and Kim Kaufman presented in their Sept. 6 guest viewpoint does a disservice to science and residents of the Triangle Lake-Highway 36 area.
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POACHERS SPARED LOCK-UP; THERES NO ROOM IN JAIL (Eugene Register-Guard)
Oct. 8
The Oct. 1 start of Oregons deer hunting season was supposed to start jail season for a Springfield father and son convicted of leading the states largest-ever deer poaching ring.
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BOARD OKS CAMPUS POLICE FORCE (Eugene Register-Guard)
-The UO will move ahead with sworn officers, but a decision on arming them will come later-
Oct. 8
The University of Oregon got approval to establish its own sworn police department Friday, but that doesnt guarantee that its officers would be allowed to carry guns.
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GROPING ALLEGATION LEADS TO DISMISSAL (Eugene Register-Guard)
-The co-chairman of the House Business and Labor Committee is thrown off the panel-
Oct. 8
State Rep. Mike Schaufler, a Happy Valley Democrat, has been stripped of his position as co-chairman of the House Business and Labor Committee and dismissed from the committee entirely after reports surfaced that he allegedly groped a womans breast at a labor union convention at the Hilton Eugene last week.
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GOV. WANTS WILD ROGUE LISTED AS A ‘CROWN JEWEL’ (Medford Mail Tribune)
October 08, 2011
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has sent a natural-treasures wish list to Uncle Sam that includes a portion of the Lower Rogue River drainage.
In a Sept. 27 letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Ed Shepard, state director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Oregon, Kitzhaber nominated the proposed 58,000-acre Wild Rogue wilderness area in the BLM’s Medford District as a national “Crown Jewel.”
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HOUSE DEMS STRIP SCHAUFLER OF KEY COMMITTEE POST: UPDATED — BLOG (Willamette Week)
October 7th, 2011
Oregon House Democratic leadership responded today to allegations that Rep. Mike Schaufler D-Happy Valley groped a female employee of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries last week at the AFL-CIO statewide convention.
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FINDING A SOLUTION (Argus Observer)
October 7, 2011
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and other senators Thursday introduced legislation to keep remote rural post offices open to protect services provided to the residents of those communities, including five in Malheur County.
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PLAN WOULD KEEP REST AREA OPEN (Bend Bulletin)
October 09. 2011
Officials have come up with a plan that could help keep open a popular but decrepit restroom on U.S. Highway 26 in Government Camp on Mount Hood.
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MERKLEY BILL AIMS TO STOP RURAL POST OFFICE CLOSURES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
October 7, 2011
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a bill in the Senate Thursday that would prevent the U.S. Postal Service from closing some rural post offices.
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OREGON DOJ SETTLES WITH CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE COMPANY (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
October 7, 2011
Oregons Department of Justice announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with a California loan modification company accused of violating Oregon consumer protection laws.
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U OF O ON COURSE TO GET OWN POLICE FORCE (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
October 7, 2011
The University of Oregon is on course to become the first public university in the state with its own police force — but the officers won’t be allowed to carry guns.
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HOME RULE PRESENTS ADVANTAGES, DRAWBACKS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
October 8, 2011
Morrow County voters who wonder what home rule might bring need look no further than their neighbor to the east.
Umatilla County voters in 1992 enacted a county charter under the Oregon Constitution home-rule provision. That provision allows counties greater leeway in how they govern themselves; most Oregon counties are general law counties, meaning they follow the Legislatures lead.
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GOVT. CAMP REST AREA WILL STAY OPEN (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
October 9, 2011
Oregon’s Department of Transportation and three other groups have reached an agreement to preserve the rest stop at Government Camp, on the slopes of Mount Hood. ODOT had planned to close the rest stop October 31st.
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WINE HARVEST WALKS A FINE LINE (Yamhill Valley News Register)
7 Oct 2011
Lets not offer excuses serving to sugarcoat the pill. The wine harvest in Northwestern Oregon is facing a difficult situation. The Oregon State University Extension Service released the following statement Wednesday: Oregon appears to be on the brink of its worst wine grape harvest since the vineyard industry started a few decades ago. Oregon State University experts say the late spring and wet early fall are threatening to keep wine grapes from ripening in time for harvest.”
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OREGON AG TARGETS LOAN MODIFICATION SCAMS (KTVZ Bend)
October 7, 2011
Attorney General John Kroger announced a lawsuit Friday accusing California-based loan modification company NOD Consultants, LLC of illegally collecting about $90,000 in fees from nearly three dozen Oregon homeowners and then refusing to provide refunds after the company failed to obtain promised loan modifications. It was one of two actions he announced Friday involving loan modification scams.
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STATE TRIMS ODS RATE HIKE REQUEST (KTVZ Bend)
October 7, 2011
Officials at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday the approval of an of an 8.94% rate increase on ODS individual policies, down one percentage point from the proposed 9.94% average rate hike, the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group reported.
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OREGON SUES CALIFORNIA LOAN MODIFICATION COMPANY (Salem News)
October 7, 2011
Attorney General John Kroger today announced a lawsuit accusing California-based loan modification company NOD Consultants, LLC of illegally collecting about $90,000 in fees from nearly three dozen Oregon homeowners and then refusing to provide refunds after the company failed to obtain promised loan modifications.
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PENSIONS WRESTLE WITH RETURN RATES (Wall Street Journal)
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Turmoil in Europe, the sluggish economy and low interest rates are intensifying pressure on public pension-fund systems to reduce the annual-performance assumptions they use to determine contributions from taxpayers and employees.
“After 10 years of listening to the experts be wrong on the downside more than half the time, I would like to be more cautious,” said James Dalton, chairman of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System.
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October 7, 2011
An Oregon death row inmate finally got his wish. Gary Haugen, 49, is scheduled to die by lethal injection in December.
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OREGON WILL EXPORT BLUEBERRIES TO S. KOREA (kdrv.com Medford)
October 7, 2011
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has announced an agreement that will allow Oregon blueberries to be exported to South Korea.
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OREGON SCHOOLS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT (kdrv.com Medford)
October 7, 2011
The state’s annual school report card is out and more Oregon schools are in need of improvement compared to last year.
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October 7, 2011
Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.’s OHV Access Initiative continues to support riding areas across the country including a number of GRANTs Guaranteeing Responsible Access to our Nation’s Trails that are helping protect waterways and other natural resources.
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