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The U.S. House of Representatives has included $350,000 in an appropriations bill to complete the design for a visitor education center on the rim of Crater Lake.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed legislation on July 1, 2009 to prohibit possession of wild animals as pets.

Oregon Congressmen Kurt Schrader, David Wu and Earl Blumenauer voted for the climate change bill.

PORTLAND, Ore. Columbia Square, a 313,000 square foot office building and flagship property in the Melvin Mark Companies real estate portfolio, has been awarded 4 Globes by the Green Building Initiative for achievements in green design and sustainable operations.

Tuesday morning several hundred extra special politicians, journalists, transit nerds and TriMet staffers got a sneak peek at a transit project thirty years in the making: finally, finally, the MAX made its first trip out to the deep southeast nether regions of Lents and Clackamas.

Elected officials and planners scramble Tuesday to get some face-to-face time with U.S. Sen.

Railcar lessor and manufacturer The Greenbrier Cos. is taking on General Electric, and it's got a team of lawmakers on its side.

The House of Representatives passed a historic climate bill by a slim margin late Friday, with three of Oregon's five representatives voting for passage.

BLUMENAUER, WHEELER, SIZER Oregon leaders are not exactly rushing to embrace Portland Mayor Sam Adams, even though Attorney General John Kroger decided not to charge him with any crime related to his relationship with a teenager.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams walked through City Hall on Monday morning and seemed relieved that the criminal investigation was over.

Earl Blumenauer A is back with a bill proposing to rename the U.S. Postal Service office at 630 NE Killingsworth Ave.

Sam Adams arrives at City Hall on Jan. 24, 2009 to meet with city leaders. Attorney General John Kroger said today that he will not pursue criminal charges against Portland Mayor Sam Adams after investigators couldn't confirm accounts from a former legislative intern.

Snark sells, and Washington is trading in it heavily these days. Illustration by Matt Wuerker When Rep.

Oregon soldiers will find it easier to avoid repossessions, keep their jobs, stay in college, get a home loan and spend time with their families because of the 2009 Legislature.

Having a government dignitary turn out to be a cyclist is starting to be yawnsville.

Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told Congress that a government-run health insurance agency would "never" rely on public money after it is established.

Dropped by for some auto body work? Hung out with your crew at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows? Climbed aboard the mechanical bull at the New Copper Penny? Driven in circles for an hour looking for lasting evidence of the millions the Portland Development Commission spent on the fantasy known as the Lents Town Center? I'm guessing not ... or ...

The nation's highway system was built a gallon at a time as pennies from the tax on gas at the pump reliably raised billions of dollars over the past 50 years to build and repair roads, bridges and bike paths in Oregon and every corner of America.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer has introduced several bills to reward efficient state care and significantly improve end-of-life care, with the larger goal of including his language in comprehensive healthcare reform legislation thatA's currently being drafted in the House.

House Democrats are considering options such as raising the payroll tax that funds Medicare and slapping a new "surtax" on wealthier households to help pay for a $1 trillion-plus healthcare overhaul bill, according to a document obtained by CongressDaily .