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16 hrs ago | KDRV

Kristy Lee Cook to perform for So. Oregon Veterans

Selma native Kristy Lee Cook will perform at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Oregon Fallen War Heroes Memorial in Central Point.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

KMTR

Oregon's inmate release program draws flak

Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance spokeswoman Tara Lawrence said Friday that courts and district attorneys around Oregon are being saddled with extra costs and workload from having to conduct thousands of resentencing reviews.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Oregon, State Prisons

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Blog Town, PDX

Only 45% of Oregon Supports Same Sex Marriage

A new public opinion study published in the American Political Science Review ranks Oregon 13th nationwide in support for same sex marriage rights, with about 45 percent of Oregonians supporting the cause.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Gay/Lesbian

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Statesman Journal

Prison officers reject contract

Oregon corrections officers have voted down a tentative contract with the state, balking at proposed pay cuts tied to unpaid furlough days, union officials said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Oregon

KPIC - News - Local & Regional

Should Oregon let medical marijuana users obtain concealed handgun permits?

The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Oregon, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Willamette Week

What Washington And Maine Election Results Mean For Same-Sex Marriage in Oregon

Last night's election results in Maine and Washington left Basic Rights Oregon executive director Jeana Frazzini stressing this morning that she's a "half-glass-full" kind of person.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Gay/Lesbian

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Press-Enterprise

State finds child abuse and neglect at school

The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Oregon, Prineville, OR, Crook County, OR

Statesman Journal

Oregon aims to curb green energy tax credits

Oregon's Department of Energy has issued new rules aimed at curbing a state program that grants lucrative tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable power plants.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Oregon signs up 10,000 children for health plan

More than 10,000 children have been added to the state health plan under a new law aimed at expanding health insurance coverage to nearly every child in Oregon, officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Health Insurance, Health, Kids, Family

KTVL News10

Child care providers say new state rule is delaying their payments

Some people who provide child care so parents in low-income families can go to work say new precautions by an Oregon state agency are delaying their payments.

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Related Topix: Oregon

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Oregonian

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.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Hood River, OR, Ted Kulongoski, US Governors

Sun Nov 01, 2009

WisInfo

Wisconsin Department of Corrections defends swine flu vaccine

MADISON - Responding to a state lawmaker's complaints about inmates receiving swine flu vaccine while other citizens wait, state Department of Corrections officials said most of the vaccine was going to staff, not inmates.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Oregon, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Taycheedah Correctional Institution, State Prisons, Prison

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WSAW

Wis. Corrections Dept. Defends Vaccine for Inmates

The state Department of Corrections says its inmates aren't getting better access to swine-flu vaccine than are others citizens.

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Related Topix: Oregon

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Appeal Tribune

Oregon senators back public option as start for health reform

Oregon's senators backed a preliminary Senate plan released Monday that would give states the option to go with a public health care program as part of a massive medical overhaul.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader, Ron Wyden, Oregon, Health Insurance, Health

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KTVN Reno

Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths

Statins, frequently used to cut cholesterol levels, may also help prevent death from severe flu, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Influenza, Oregon, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Science Blog

Poor in rural Oregon face 'double binds' when getting food

A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that those in poverty in rural Oregon often know what kinds of foods they should be eating, but face tough choices between eating well and spending less money for meals.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Oregon State University, Anthropology, Science, Home, Mortgage

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Oregonian

Food broker gets prison in Oregon bribery scandal

A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Maryland businessman to three months in prison for his role in Oregon's prison food bribery scandal, but saved some of the harshest language for the person missing from the courtroom - fugitive Fred Monem.

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Related Topix: Oregon

Mon Oct 26, 2009

K103

Sex slave operation busted in Portland

The FBI won't reveal where the raids occured, because more arrests may happen, but eight pimps, 29 adult prostitutes and one john were arrested.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Oregon, Kids, Family

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Oregonian

Health fight seeks cure for living in Oregon

It's not just all politics that's local. So is all medicine, and all health care reform.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Earl Blumenauer, Democrat, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Oregon, Medicare, Health

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Mountain Ear

Oregon candidate uses Segway to help deal with MS

He's zipping - on a Segway. Using the personal transporter is one way the Democratic politician deals with the effects of multiple sclerosis .

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Related Topix: Oregon, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Medicine, US News, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, The West Wing, Entertainment, Drama, Television, US Governors, Ted Kulongoski

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