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Newsletters for the 76th Legislative Assembly:
May 24, 2013 Gaming Oregon's Constitution
May 16, 2013 Honoring Oregon's Seniors...In Their Homes
May 9, 2013 Oregon's Medicaid Experiment
May 2, 2013 New Law: Driver Card for Illegal Immigrants
April 26, 2013 Drivers' Cards for Illegal Immigrants
April 19, 2013 Paying Your Fair Share: $275 Million Tax Increase
April 12, 2013 Is PERS Fixed? (Updated data--$350 m. Deferred Payment)
April 5, 2013 IT'S HALFTIME IN OREGON
March 28, 2013 National Popular Vote vs. Electoral College: Should Oregon Change How It Elects the President?
March 22, 2013 What Happened to Oregon?s Health Reform Savings?
March 15, 2013 Are Proposed PERS Reforms Legal?
March 8, 2013 2013-15 Democratic Co-Chairs? vs. Republican Leadership Budgets
March 1, 2013 PERS Crisis: OSBA Introduces Substantial PERS Reform Bill
February 15, 2013 March 2013 Revenue Forecast Released Today:?Oregon 2011-13 Revenue Up; 2013-15 Revenue Down
February 8, 2013 Oregon Budget Creation Process Begins for 2013-15
December 17, 2012 School Safety & Campus Responders
December 14, 2012 Oregon Governor & Legislators Pledge to Nike, No-New-Taxes
October 19, 2012 2012 Oregon Ballot Measure Analysis
September 28, 2012 Richardson on Jobs, China, Taxes, Marijuana, & Education
June 28, 2012 Repeal Oregons Death Tax You Decide.
May 4, 2012 Teachers' Union Uses Students to Leverage Contract Settlement
March 7, 2012 Final Gavel Falls-2012 Legislative Session Adjourned
February 24, 2012 Final State Budget Rebalance Plan Announced by Co-Chairs
February 17, 2012 Crisis in Oregon Budget Rebalance
February 8, 2012 Oregon Revenue Down; Important Jobs Bill Up
February 1, 2012 Co-Chairs Agree on $201 Million Rebalance Plan
December 21, 2011 Oregons Gift to Mentally Ill Patients
November 17, 2011 Oregons Revenue Forecast DropsAgain
October 10, 2011 Ending Federal Timber Payments to Oregon;
Economic Collapse of Oregon Rural Counties,
A Statewide Concern
September 23, 2011 The Oregon-China Strategy
August 26, 2011 The State of Oregon's Economy--A Modest Plan for Restoring Oregon Prosperity
July 22, 2011 Oregons 2011-13 Budget Built on $650 Million Assumptions
June 30, 2011 2011 Legislative Session AdjournsSine Die
June 24, 2011 End of Session Delayed--Indefinitely
June 17, 2011 Should Oregon Continue Paying 100% of Employee Health Benefits
June 10, 2011 Made in Oregon-Oregon's Plan for Prosperity, Part 2
June 6, 2011 Oregon's Unsustainable Sustainability
May 27, 2011 Reining In Oregon's Fee Policy
May 20, 2011 Oregon's Debt Load to Grow...Again
May 12, 2011 Oregon's Plan for Prosperity
May 6, 2011 Oregon's 2011-13 Budget - Final Phase Begins
April 29, 2011 Hands Across the Waters: How Confucius Classrooms are Fostering Important China-Oregon Bonds
April 22, 2011 Oregon's All Funds Budget
April 13, 2011 K-12 School Budget Passes Legislature: Bipartisan Cooperation Replaces the "Politics of Delay"
April 8, 2011 Oregon's Political War Has Begun
March 29, 2011 Oregons 2011-13 Co-Chairs Budget--Released Today
March 25, 2011 Managing Oregon's Workforce, Reforming "Span of Control"
March 18, 2011 Oregon: Confusing "Debt" with Revenue
March 11, 2011 The Price of Justice -- Ensuring Citizen Access to Oregon Courts
March 4, 2011 Citizen Action Could Save Oregon $584 Million
February 25, 2011 Wisconsin Turmoil -- Lessons for Oregon
February 18, 2011 Oregon Rebalance and Revenue Forecast
February 11, 2011 Economic Lessons for a Better Oregon
February 4, 2011 Governor's Recommended Budget - A Step Forward to Revenue-Based Budgeting
January 21, 2011 Oregons Legislature and Governor Working TogetherUnited We Stand
Newsletters for the 75th Legislative Assembly:
November 19, 2010 Oregon's December Forecast & Charting A New Course
October 21, 2010 2010 Ballot Measure Analysis
September 17, 2010 Good News for Oregon's Economy
August 26, 2010 Oregon in Freefall--Revenue Drops $377.5 Million
July 2, 2010 Oregons Financial Status
April 5, 2010 Oregons Emergency & SolutionPart II, Oregon PERS & the 2011-13 Budget Options and Solutions --
March 18, 2010 Oregons Emergency & SolutionPart I, Oregon PERS & the 2011-13 Budget The Looming Crisis
February 26, 2010 Session EndsBalanced Budget, Annual Sessions and Chinese Language Opportunities for Oregon Students
February 20, 2010 Oregons Emergency & SolutionJobs, Jobs, Jobs
February 12, 2010 Oregons Economic Plan Spend More, Tax More, Borrow More
February 5, 2010 Special Session Report 1 You Be The Judge
January 9, 2010 Measures 66 & 67: Economy and Jobs
Newsletters for the 74th Legislative Assembly:
November 13, 2009 Part III. China - Oregon World Class Education Opportunity
November 6, 2009 Part II: China Bullet Trains and Oregon Amtrak
October 19, 2009 Part I. 2009 Oregon Legislative Delegation to China- Forest and Timber Management: Challenges and Opportunity
September 30, 2009 Oregon's Gullible Gulls
August 28, 2009 Health Care Reform: The Oregon Base Plus (OBP) Health Care Plan
July 2, 2009 Oregon --Common Sense Budgeting
June 26, 2009 Closing Days of Oregons 75th Legislative Session
June 19, 2009 Education in OregonThe House the OEA Built
June 12, 2009 10th Amendment and Taxes
June 5, 2009 Oregons 21st Century Health Care System -- HB 2009-C and the Oregon Health Authority
May 28, 2009 House Raises Payroll Taxes, Despite Agency Financial Abuses
May 19, 2009 2009-11 Co-Chairs Budget Released
May 15, 2009 Oregon Revenue Forecast, Back to Basics Budgeting, and Change We Can Believe In
May 8, 2009 Oregon Prepares for Final Budget Phase
May 1, 2009 Oregon Income TaxesPaying a Fair Share
April 24, 2009 Taxes, Tax Bills & How to Prepare for Hard Times Ahead
April 17, 2009 Taxes, Peaceful Passing Preparation and Portland Tea Party
April 10, 2009 Honoring the Elderlyin Their Homes
April 3, 2009 Governors Budget Strategy: Trash and Tax
March 27, 2009 Eliminate Gas Taxes: New Solutions for Oregons Roads & Bridges
March 20, 2009 Oregon Economic News: The Good, Bad and the Ugly
March 13, 2009 Electing The President: National Popular Vote Or Electoral College
March 6, 2009 Solving Oregons Budget Crisis: What Oregonians Have To Say
February 27, 2009 Budget Cuts, N. G. Redeployments and Statewide Issues Survey
February 20, 2009 Oregon Budget Cuts & Consequences
February 13, 2009 Budget Cuts, Stimulus Status & Oregon National Guard Redeployments
February 5, 2009 Oregon: Digging With A Shovel Named Debt
January 29, 2009 Extra: Main Street Incentive Plan- Taking the Capitol By Storm
January 23, 2009 Oregons $177 Million Stimulus PackageBrilliant Or Boondoggle
January 15, 2009 Oregon Budget ForecastStormy Days Ahead
Newsletters for the 73rd Legislative Assembly:
July 18, 2008 "Tax For A Tax": Making It Happen
July 1, 2008 Oregon Timber Counties Face Insolvency
March 26, 2008 Sleeping When the Cold Winds Blow
February 22, 2008 Oregon Special SessionFinal Week: Pay the Tab and Go Home
February 15, 2008 Oregon Special SessionWeek 2: Representative Democracy At Work
February 8, 2008 Oregon Special SessionWeek 1 Issues: Health Care; State Revenue
January 18, 2008 Honoring Oregons Fallen War Heroes
Newsletters for the 72nd Legislative Assembly:
December 21, 2007 Healthy Kids Program -- Measure 50's Post Mortem
November 8, 2007 United We Can Solve Any Challenge
October 12, 2007 Measure 49The Dark Politics of Public Deception
August 30, 2007 How States Are Raising Revenue Without Raising Taxes
August 1, 2007 Oregons Revenues, Fees & Debt: Cycles for Boom & Bust
June 29, 2007 Legislative Session--Final Report
June 22, 2007 End of Session Legislation--Good, Bad and Ugly
June 15, 2007 Constitutional Right to Health Care--High Road to Disaster 
June 8, 2007 Federal Real ID ActUncle Sam or Big Brother
June 1, 2007 Power Has Corrupted the Legislative Process
May 25, 2007 Oregon's Record Breaking K-12 Budget Approved
May 18, 2007 Oregon Tax Reform A Tax For A Tax
May 11, 2007 Budgeting Strategies -- Time Is Running Out
May 4, 2007 Education, State Debt, Loan Sharks & Measure 37
April 27, 2007 Fix Measure 37--A promise is a promise
April 20, 2007 A Tragic Week in Review
April 14, 2007 Will Oregon Get Health Care Reform This Session
April 6, 2007 Gay Rights, Civil Rights & Citizen Rights
March 30, 2007 State PolicePublic SafetyH.B. 3535
March 23, 2007 Co-Chairs Budget Unveiled--Happy Day Are Here Again
March 16, 2007 O & C County Funding Crisis
March 9, 2007 Hats off to Oregons Big Corporations
March 1, 2007 Oregon's Legislative Rainy Day FundCorporate Kicker Agreement
February 23, 2007 Oregons Plan for Universal Access to Health CareWill It Happen
February 16, 2007 Oregon EducationCosts & Comparisons
February 9, 2007 Measure 37Voters Patience Running Thin
February 2, 2007 The Oregon Stability and Investment Plan - OSIP
January 26, 2007 Healthy, Well-Educated Kids--Governing With The Heart & The Head
January 19, 2007 Oregon Health Care Reform Begins
January 12, 2007 Oregons 2007 Legislative Session--Let the Spending Begin
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