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Some big news from the past week
It must be the holidays coming up - or it was just one of those weeks around here.
Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Oregon governor orders agencies to review energy tax breaks Following an investigation by The Oregonian about the escalating costs of energy tax credits to Oregon, Gov.
Time for a Coal-Free Northwest
Time for a Coal-Free Northwest guest column By Ivan Maluski of Portland, Oregon.
Governor Kulongoski Reflects On Time Spent with Troops Overseas
Last week, Governor Ted Kulongoski spent two days in Iraq, visiting Oregon National Guard soldiers.
Floatplanes are responsible users of Waldo Lake
The Oregonian's editorial board has said "bravo" to Gov. Ted Kulongoski's effort to enact a new rule to ban motorboat use on Waldo Lake.
Back from Afghanistan, Oregon's governor says president faces tough...
Oregon's Governor, Ted Kulongoski, offers his high opinion of Oregon soldiers to Master Sgt.
My favorite Oregonian text-messaged me with an impressive list that included 'relaxing,' and then wanted to know my answer.
Oregon governor defends green tax breaks
By GOV. TED KULONGOSKI The Sunday, Nov. 1, story by The Oregonian's Harry Esteve, "State lowballed cost of green tax breaks," implied that I or my staff directed former state energy director Mike Grainey to manipulate or falsify cost estimates for the Business Energy Tax Credit when we expanded the program in 2007 to grow Oregon's renewable energy ...
Kulongoski in Iraq At the O, Jeff Mapes reports that Governor Ted Kulongoski arrived in Iraq yesterday to visit with Oregon troops.
Kulongoski spending Veterans Day in Iraq
Gov. Ted Kulongoski will spend Veterans Day today with active-duty Oregon Army National Guard troops stationed in Iraq.
Kulongoski makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has made another surprise trip to Iraq to visit Oregon National Guard troops.
Governor proclaims day for Native American veterans
Gov. Ted Kulongoski proclaimed today as Native American Veterans Day, officials said.
Oregon leads the way on ocean planning
Oregon is gaining a well-deserved reputation as one of three coastal states that have seized the lead in a process called marine spatial planning.
Oregon governor visits Daimler in Stuttgart
Daimler Trucks showed Oregon governor, Ted Kulongoski a selection of its commercial vehicles with alternative drives and safety equipment featured in the company's "Shaping Future Transportation" initiative during a visit to the company's Stuttgart, Germany, headquarters.
Gov. Kulongoski, Mayor Taylor help break casks of sake in grand opening ceremonies for Sanyo Solar of Oregon By Michael Rose * Statesman Journal * November 3, 2009 Sanyo Solar of Oregon LLC officially has started making products at its new Salem factory.
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners has postponed consideration of an order requesting Gov.
State lowballed cost of green tax breaks
Oregon has seen a boom in wind energy projects, such as this one in the Columbia River Gorge not far from Hood River.
In a Tale of Three States, California Is Loser
California, Oregon, and Nevada have taken a harsh battering in the Great Recession, but lawmakers in the three Far West states have reacted very differently.
The arrest of a Gold Hillman on charges of illegal mining last month and a recent announcement by Gov.
PERS is a gift that keeps on giving
One number leapt off the page of Ted Sickinger's report in The Sunday Oregonian on the exploding cost of the Public Employees Retirement System: Higher pension costs facing state agencies over the next two years could equal 60 percent of the $733 million in new taxes that voters will consider in January.
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