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Oregon daily news roundup

Oregon Latinos seek power in numbers



Like California's 30 years ago, Oregon's growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics.
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Oregon proposal for higher dock, other fees has owners fuming



A state proposal to increase fees for docks, floating cabins and even riprap along public waterways has some people sputtering mad.
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Oregonians both embrace, question home buyer tax credit


Oregon real estate brokers, mortgage bankers and home builders cheered Congress' decision Thursday to dole out another $11 billion in tax credits to prop up the housing market.   Read More
Gore to host fundraiser for Bradbury


Bill Bradbury, Democratic candidate for governor, has scored the first big fund-raising coup of the race, booking former Vice President and Nobel prizewinner Al Gore for an event later this month.   Read More
Ecotrust lands tax credits to benefit jobs and environment in Northwest's rural, struggling communities


Rural and disadvantaged communities in the Northwest could receive an economic boost thanks to $30 million in new markets tax credits allocated to Portland-based Ecotrust.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.   Read More
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Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: January 2011

 

State capital: Salem
State nickname: The Beaver State
Secretary of State Kate Brown (D)
Attorney General John Kroger (D)
Senate President: Peter Courtney (D)
House Speaker: Dave Hunt (D)
  
  


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