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Coquille doubles down on Medford casino
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.A one-casino-per-tribe policy in Oregon faces a tough test as the Coquille Indian Tribe pursues a Medford gaming operation. Gov. John Kitzhaber and the tribe have been at odds over a so-called gentleman's agreement limiting each of the nine tribes in...Tags: Regional Authority, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Government, Executive Branch
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: Wildlife, U.S. Department of the Interior, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Warren Buffett, Natural Disasters
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May Day activists cheer state immigration laws
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has picked up momentum across the country. Among the patchwork changes to state law...
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Nike campaign was broad, complex
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.Washington state officials, eyeing the rare opportunity to capture a big piece of a Fortune 500 corporation and to transform Clark County's economy with one masterstroke, pursued a planned expansion by Nike Inc. with everything they had. The officials...Tags: Personal Income, Economic Policy, Real Estate Sellers, Local Government, Nike, Inc.
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In the Northwest, rising coal exports to Asia stir huge fight
Seattle TimesAt Spring Creek Mine, a broad black seam of coal, reaching depths of 80 feet, runs like a subterranean river through arid, sagebrush-covered hills. This is a world-class seam formed from the remnants of ferns, grasses and other plants that flourished...Tags: Montana Legislature, Judges, Conservation, Global Change, George W. Bush
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Without light rail, new span across Columbia is history, Oregon governor says
Seattle TimesOregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to remove light rail from the project. "Governor Kitzhaber has been clear from the start: No light rail. No project. No kidding,"...Tags: Republican Party, Federal Aviation Administration, Ray LaHood, Regional Authority, Washington Legislature
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Victims, Gunman ID'd in Deadly Oregon Mall Shooting
CNNPORTLAND, Oregon -- Investigators identified a 22-year-old as the gunman responsible for shooting three people -- two of them fatally -- at a mall in suburban Portland, Oregon. Sheriff's investigators believe that Jacob Tyler Roberts acted alone in...Tags: Sears, Witnesses, Shootings, General Growth Properties, Inc., Macy's
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Governors call for renewing wind energy tax credit
The fate of a tax credit that advocates say is needed to maintain tens of thousands of wind energy jobs will be decided during high-stakes, last-minute negotiations between President Obama and House Republicans over fiscal issues, officials said Tuesday....
Tags: Tax Credits, Republican Party, Elections, Barack Obama, Mike Pompeo
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Governors push for extension of wind energy tax credit
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWarning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states are calling on Congress to renew an expiring tax break. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R), Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) and Oregon...Tags: Siemens, Tax Credits, Republican Party, Tim Huelskamp, Barack Obama
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Oregon judge: Death row inmate who wants to die can reject governor's reprieve
FOX12 OregonA death row inmate who wants to be executed can reject Gov. John Kitzhaber's reprieve, a judge ruled Friday. The govenror will likely appeal. Gary Haugen, who has been pushing for his execution for more than a year, challenged Kitzhaber's moratorium on...Tags: Judges, Credit and Debt, Prisons, Death Penalty, Regional Authority
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PCC Introduces the Largest Solar Array in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College is taking onsite renewable energy generation to the next level. The college just introduced a 35,000-square-foot, 2,000-panel solar array, based at the Rock Creek Campus, that’s expected to produce...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Energy Saving, Government, Executive Branch
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Seattle headed back to what it knows best: rain
Nation NowWinter storms in the Pacific Northwest: Seattle is in for a snow melt, as Oregon continues to battle flooding from rising rivers and creeks....
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