Oregon Legislative Assembly

Type: Organization

Name: Oregon Legislative Assembly

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Let's collaborate to promote college affordability: Guest opinion

By College students recently testified before the Oregon Legislature, and the pain of increasing tuition was clear on their faces, stressed from overworking, overborrowing and the constant worry that the next bill may be the tipping point.Many economic ... [Published Oregonian - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Oregon, Oregon University System, Oregon Legislative Assembly, Education

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

David Sarasohn: Tough Thursday in Salem; the news was too good

SALEM --In John Kitzhaber's first tour as governor, in the economically booming '90s, the Legislature would wrestle over the budget for three months. Then the May revenue forecast would drop half a billion dollars out of the sky and everything would be ... [Published Oregonian - 18 hours ago]

Entities: David Sarasohn, John Kitzhaber, Brent Barton, Vicki Berger

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Oregon

Letters to the editor for May 17, 2013

Health care is not socialist agendaTo the Editor:In a recent letter, the statement that Universal Health Care is a socialist agenda that we dont want and shouldnt have to afford indicates a fear that we will pay more than we are currently paying and that ... [Published La Grande Observer - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Health Care, Teaching, Oregon

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Programs for addressing hunger in Oregon do work: Guest opinion

By , Bill Hall and Daniel RobertsonToday, too many Oregon families struggle to pay the rent and keep food in their cupboards. During times of economic downturn and hardship, we all might have moments of needing assistance. Fortunately, here in Oregon, ... [Published Oregonian - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Oregon, DANIEL ROBERTSON, Bill Hall, Department of Human Services

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Republican Party (US)

Revenue forecast shines, but no deal on PERS, taxes at Oregon Legislature

SALEM -- Oregon's steadily improving economy delivered a pleasant surprise to state lawmakers Thursday in the form of a $271 million windfall that can be spent on schools and safety net programs.It was the rosiest revenue projection in years. State economists ... [Published Oregonian - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly, Taxes, Republican Party (US), John Kitzhaber

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Oregon Legislative Assembly

A PERS bill for a slain corrections officer: Oregon Legislature today

In 2011, Oregon corrections officer Buddy Herron was stabbed to death near Pendleton when he stopped to help what he thought was a stranded motorist on the roadway.On Friday, the Legislature's budget committee will take up a bill that would provide a ... [Published Oregonian - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, Oregon

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

May forecast gives Oregon Legislature more than $270 million additional revenue

Christian Gaston, The Oregonian By Christian Gaston, The Oregonian The OregonianEmail the author | Follow on TwitterView/Post CommentsView full sizeFrom left: Rep. Jules Bailey, Sen. Diane Rosenbaum, Rep. Tobias Read and Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson ... [Published Stateline - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly, Taxes, Diane Rosenbaum, Tobias Read, John Kitzhaber

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Kitzhaber says additional public pension reform is dead

Additional pension reform apparently is off the table in the Oregon Legislature. ... [Published Statesman Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Ore. bill guards workers' social media passwords

The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill barring bosses from demanding employees or job applicants turn over their ... [Published Statesman Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Social Media, Workers, Oregon Legislative Assembly

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Revenue forecast; wildfire damages: Oregon Legislature today

SALEM -- All eyes will be trained on the 8:30 a.m. state revenue forecast, which will go a long way in determining how the 2013-15 state budget shakes out.Gov. John Kitzhaber delivered an ultimatum to lawmakers Wednesday as they struggle to cut public ... [Published Oregonian - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wildfires, Oregon Legislative Assembly, Microbe, Moonlight Fire

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

Hospital taxes; energy efficient appliances: Oregon Legislature today

SALEM -- The Oregon House could have its hands full today with a couple of controversial bills, one dealing with hospital taxes, the other with energy efficient appliances.The House is scheduled to vote on House Bill 2216, which extends a tax on hospitals ... [Published Oregonian - May 14 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly, Taxes, Oregon, Harry Esteve

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

Oregon Legislature Says No Seaplanes or Motorboats on Waldo Lake

The Oregon House voted Monday to ban the use of seaplanes and motorboats on Waldo Lake. Lawmakers voted 37 to 20 to reaffirm a decision by the Oregon Marine Board to allow only human- and electric-powered watercraft.The restrictions are designed to protect ... [Published KLCC - May 14 2013]

Entities: Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon, Paul Holvey, Watercraft

Quotes

Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, insists, "I don't know that the forecast, robust as it is, changes anything" and that the process should continue...

David Sarasohn: Tough Thursday in Salem; the news was too good [Published Oregonian - 18 hours ago]

"We either need the timing down better so there is a narrower gap or we need a detour" DiLorenzo said Friday

Clackamas County, ODOT agree to start design on Tolbert Overpass, but don't appease suing busines ... [Published Oregonian - May 17 2013]

It's not all income taxes boosting the budget, McMullen said. "Instead, we have our smokers, our drinkers, our predatory lenders, our criminal defendants."

Revenue forecast shines, but no deal on PERS, taxes at Oregon Legislature [Published Oregonian - May 17 2013]

...In that speech and subsequent comments to The Oregonian editorial board, the governor urged legislators to "commit to a framework to move beyond the current partisan impasse and agree on additional changes to PERS and additional revenue."

May revenue forecast delivers new numbers, clear choices [Published Oregonian - May 17 2013]

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The Oregon GOP don't want to win elections in O... [Published BlueOregon - May 17 2013] I don't know when this happened, but apparently the Republican caucus in the Oregon Legislature decided that Oregonians were really hoping they'd act exactly like Republicans at the federal level. Because really, the federal level style of GOP obstructionism ...
In name of "jobs", another giveaway to big busi... [Published BlueOregon - May 16 2013] By Jody Wiser of Portland, Oregon. Jody runs the citizen watchdog group, Tax Fairness Oregon . Previously, she contributed "The enormous tax break for the rich hidden in Measure 84" . Yet again, in the name of “jobs,” legislators have an idea for ...
The Oregon Senate and Gun Safety- Let's Have A ... [Published BlueOregon - May 09 2013] Since right now it's looking like we're not going to get a brave Republican and Senate President Peter Courtney says that the votes for the very common sense gun legislation aren't there for passage, the bills are held up in the Senate Rules Committee. ...
Gun Violence Control: An Argument for a Compreh... [Published BlueOregon - May 07 2013] Sometimes the "perfect" really is the enemy of the "good." In these instances advocates for change realize, often too late, that incremental progress was possible - if only for a moment, if only for a small tweak to the plan. There was a day not that ...
Insurance companies should play by the same rul... [Published BlueOregon - May 07 2013] By Erik Kancler of Bend, Oregon. Erik works in government and media relations and is writing on behalf of Economic Fairness Oregon. A former BlueOregon contributor, Erik has previously worked as a scientist, journalist, nonprofit director, and ...