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By Kristian Foden-Vencil, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Prices for a single-family home in Oregon are expected to fall by about four percent this year - according to a forecast released Thursday.
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By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian (Portland)
Oregon veterans wait longer for disability benefits than veterans elsewhere because local medical centers fail to schedule and report the required medical exams, the inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs reported Wednesday.
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Oregon energy tax incentives face new limits
By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian (Portland)
A host of reforms aimed at reining in Oregon's budget-busting subsidies for green energy projects were signed into law Thursday by Gov. Ted Kulongoski -- a year after he vetoed a similar bill.
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GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill
By Naftali Bendavid, The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.
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Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup
By William McCall, The Associated Press, Oregon Public Broadcasting
PORTLAND -- The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.
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Portland based EcoTrust unveils carbon credits from Olympic forest
By Scott Learn, The Oregonian (Portland)
A for-profit subsidiary of Portland-based EcoTrust has signed its first deal to sell carbon credits from forest land it owns, putting 3,276 acres on Washington's Olympic Peninsula into the market for credits designed to offset business and government greenhouse gas emissions.
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State hospital chief promises better communication
By Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal (Salem)
Oregon State Hospital Superintendent Roy Orr apologized Thursday to the hospital's advisory board, saying he was "personally remiss" in failing to notify board members about a scathing federal critique of patient care before it hit the press.
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Crossing sponsors mull plan changes
By Erik Robinson, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)
Eliminating freeway exits in downtown Vancouver and on Hayden Island should be considered under a refined Columbia River Crossing project, local officials on both sides of the river suggested Thursday.
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An alternative to 'alternative' assets
By Gina Chon, The Wall Street Journal
Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?
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The empire strikes out
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
 New York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.
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