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* Gov. Kate Brown directs cease and desist order to Bullseye Glass
* Recall petition against Harney County Judge Steve Grasty validated
* Celilo’s success might be path forward for Columbia River tribal housing — but it wasn’t easy
* Gresham-Barlow School District agrees to pay transgender teacher, add gender-neutral bathrooms after complaint
* Oregon standoff: State police request $2.5 million in reimbursem*nt
* Do opponents of transgender-bathroom rules feel bullied into silence? — Guest Opinion
* Three more days of chinook fishing on Columbia River opens Friday
* U.S. Census Bureau: Eugenes population passed 163,000 last year, but trails Salem
* Our Oregon surpasses signature milestone to put corporate sales tax on ballot
* Governor tells Bullseye Glass to stop using hazardous pollutants
* Census: Portland, Hillsboro growing fast
* Lawmakers will hear impact of proposed tax measure
* Senate bill could fund Central Oregon water projects
* Impact of new tuition grant? At COCC, its TBD
* Editorial: A welcome boost for organic growers — Opinion
* Janet Stevens column: Help save the Oregon Constitution — Opinion
* Need in-home care? New service handles logistics
* Oregon Hospitals To Provide Costs For Procedures
* Toxic Lead Levels At Portland Daycare Leads To Cease And Desist For Bullseye Glass
* Oregon Lawmakers Consider Funding Request To Deal With Costs Of Refuge Occupation
* NW E-Cycle Programs Tested By Electronic Waste Exports
* Maritime rule may slow ports
* Yogi Berra and the Endangered Species Act — Opinion
* Animal health top concern for farmers, veterinarians — Guest Opinion
* Scam Jam educates Pendleton seniors on how to avoid fraud
* Tourism jobs in Oregon grow by the thousands
* Spring storms boost storage in Owyhee Reservoir
* Oregon’s transportation system must be ready for the Big One, Vision Panel urges
* Our View: Harney County voters set an example — Opinion
* Police, fire crews may not be able to respond after Cascadia
* Port hopes for disaster relief funds and grants
* Spring Chinook fishery reopens Friday
* Editorial: GMOs are not the villain or panacea some believed — Opinion
* Column: Why its getting harder to learn what the public thinks — Guest Opinion
* Column: Obamas opioid-addiction proposal is right step — Guest Opinion
* Editorial: Jury’s still out on motor voters — Opinion
* Oregon picks partner to study single-payer health care, other system models– Blog
* Readers: Oregon needs more renewable energy incentives– Blog
* Willamette Valley Beer Production– Blog
* Gov. Kate Brown Orders Bullseye Glass To Cease Using Hazardous Substances
* Representative Earl Blumenauer Says the Opioid Crisis is Helping Him Get Medical Marijuana for Veterans
* Oregon lawmakers promise to investigate why so few sex offenders listed publicly
* Wyden, Merkley busy, from TSA lines to spotted frog habitat, veterans
* CDC: 157 Pregnant Women in the U. S. Have Tested Positive for Zika
* Oregon Ban on Commercial Water Bottling Could Leave Industry High and Dry
* Cannabis Changes the Game of Real Estate
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GOV. KATE BROWN DIRECTS CEASE AND DESIST ORDER TO BULLSEYE GLASS (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to issue a cease and desist order against Southeast Portland’s Bullseye Glass.
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RECALL PETITION AGAINST HARNEY COUNTY JUDGE STEVE GRASTY VALIDATED (Portland Oregonian)
A recall petition filed against Harney County commissioner Steve Grasty has been validated, according to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.
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CELILO’S SUCCESS MIGHT BE PATH FORWARD FOR COLUMBIA RIVER TRIBAL HOUSING — BUT IT WASN’T EASY (Portland Oregonian)
Karen Jim Whitford’s mother watched from a hillside as an entire village and their family home got wiped out by water.
It was 1957. Whitford was 5 years old when the federal government closed the gates of The Dalles Dam, flooding 9,000 years of life at Celilo Village along the Columbia River.
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GRESHAM-BARLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREES TO PAY TRANSGENDER TEACHER, ADD GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS AFTER COMPLAINT (Portland Oregonian)
The Gresham-Barlow School District has agreed to pay $60,000 and make sweeping changes across its nearly two dozen campuses after a transgender elementary school teacher complained of more than a year of harassment from coworkers.
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OREGON STANDOFF: STATE POLICE REQUEST $2.5 MILLION IN REIMBURsem*nT (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon State Police are seeking nearly $2.5 million in reimbursem*nt for responding to the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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DO OPPONENTS OF TRANSGENDER-BATHROOM RULES FEEL BULLIED INTO SILENCE? — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
On May 6, The Oregonian ran an article about Oregon’s new policy on transgender students using school facilities and playing sports. Within 24 hours, the online version of the article elicited more than 1,000 comments; at last check, the number had risen to 2,200. And yet, to date, only two letters to the editor have appeared in the print version of The Oregonian, neither of which took issue with the “sweeping protections.”
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THREE MORE DAYS OF CHINOOK FISHING ON COLUMBIA RIVER OPENS FRIDAY (Salem Statesman Journal)
Anglers will get another three days of chinook salmon fishing on the Columbia River starting Friday, under rules adopted Thursday during a joint state hearing of fish and wildlife officials from Oregon and Washington.
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: EUGENES POPULATION PASSED 163,000 LAST YEAR, BUT TRAILS SALEM (Eugene Register-Guard)
Eugene’s population rose by 2,840 between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, to a total of 163,460 residents, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released Thursday.
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OUR OREGON SURPASSES SIGNATURE MILESTONE TO PUT CORPORATE SALES TAX ON BALLOT (Portland Tribune)
-Union-backed group passes 88,184 needed to qualify for vote-
The union-backed Our Oregon has surpassed the threshold for signatures required to place a corporate sales tax measure on Novembers ballot.
The campaign has collected 125,000 signatures and plans to submit the last batch to the Oregon secretary of states office Friday, May 20, for verification, said Our Oregon spokeswoman Katherine Driessen.
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GOVERNOR TELLS BULLSEYE GLASS TO STOP USING HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS (Portland Tribune)
Gov. Kate Brown issued a cease-and-desist order Thursday to require Bullseye Glass in Southeast Portland to stop using several hazardous air pollutants, including lead, following air monitoring results at a day care near the company that showed an immediate, short-term health risk from lead levels that were four times above the 24-hour benchmark.
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CENSUS: PORTLAND, HILLSBORO GROWING FAST (Portland Tribune)
Portland is now the 26th largest city in the country, according to new figure released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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LAWMAKERS WILL HEAR IMPACT OF PROPOSED TAX MEASURE (Bend Bulletin)
-If passed by voters in November, measure would tax big businesses-
A long-awaited study of the potential effects the largest tax increase in Oregon history could have on the economy is set to be released Monday morning as lawmakers head to Salem for three days of hearings.
For months, state economists in the nonpartisan Legislative Revenue Office have put figures through complex modeling to predict what impact a sales tax on big businesses might have on employment, revenue and other economic factors.
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SENATE BILL COULD FUND CENTRAL OREGON WATER PROJECTS (Bend Bulletin)
-Money would go for conservation, spotted frog habitat work-
A U.S. Senate bill could help pay for Central Oregon water-related projects that aim to conserve water and improve habitat for the Oregon spotted frog.
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously voted the Senate agriculture appropriations bill out of committee Thursday with a bipartisan 30-0 vote, sending the measure to the Senate for a full vote. The bill would later need to merge with a version from the House to become law.
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IMPACT OF NEW TUITION GRANT? AT COCC, ITS TBD (Bend Bulletin)
-This is the first year for Oregon Promise-
It could be good great, even for enrollment, but officials at Central Oregon Community College will have to wait until the fall to see the impact of a new grant program that covers tuition for recent high school graduates.
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EDITORIAL: A WELCOME BOOST FOR ORGANIC GROWERS — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
Oregon’s organic food industry, both growers and handlers, got a boost in the most recent federal farm bill, and there’s still time to take advantage of it.
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JANET STEVENS COLUMN: HELP SAVE THE OREGON CONSTITUTION — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
There’s nothing new about inviting the general public to help raise funds for a worthy cause Joseph Pulitzer did just that when, in 1884, the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty received the statue but could not afford a pedestal to put it on. In an article published in The World newspaper in March 1885, Pulitzer asked ordinary Americans to contribute to the cause, and by August citizens had responded with more than $100,000.
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NEED IN-HOME CARE? NEW SERVICE HANDLES LOGISTICS (Bend Bulletin)
-Homecare Choice Program first of its kind in country-
When it comes to hiring an in-home caregiver, some people prefer to go it alone rather than enlist the help of an agency. That way, they control who shows up at their door.
There are trade-offs, however. It may mean putting an ad on Craigslist and forgoing a background check. It may mean the caregiver wont have access to workmans compensation. And what about taxes?
The Oregon Home Care Commission, a group of nine governor appointees, has just launched a tool it claims is the first of its kind nationwide for anyone looking to hire an in-home caregiver.
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OREGON HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE COSTS FOR PROCEDURES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon hospitals have joined together to say they’ll provide patients with an estimate for services within three business days.
Getting a hospital estimate may not seem like a big deal. But hospital prices are notoriously hard to pin down, and they vary widely.
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TOXIC LEAD LEVELS AT PORTLAND DAYCARE LEADS TO CEASE AND DESIST FOR BULLSEYE GLASS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued a cease and desist order Thursday against Bullseye Glass Co. in Portland.
The move comes after the Department of Environmental Quality found toxic levels of lead in air monitors near a daycare facility.
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OREGON LAWMAKERS CONSIDER FUNDING REQUEST TO DEAL WITH COSTS OF REFUGE OCCUPATION (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon lawmakers are considering a request to spend about $2.5 million to cover the costs of dealing with the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. A legislative budget panel will take up the proposal Monday.
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NW E-CYCLE PROGRAMS TESTED BY ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORTS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
When Washington state inspectors visited the Seattle recycling operation Total Reclaim in March, they found several problems with its handling of hazardous waste. They missed the biggest one.
They discovered an improperly labeled trash can full of shop towels. They noted Total Reclaims failure to check a box on a form identifying itself as a recycler of dangerous waste. They found open buckets full of oil.
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MARITIME RULE MAY SLOW PORTS (Capital Press)
Slowdowns could plague West Coast seaports again depending on how terminal operators, ocean carriers and shippers handle a new maritime rule, the head of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition says.
So far several East Coast terminal operators are following a U.S. Coast Guard declaration and weighing containers with cargo to take the onus off shippers exporters and importers but the West Coast is not following that lead so far, said Peter Friedmann, AgTC executive director in Washington, D.C.
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YOGI BERRA AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT — OPINION (Capital Press)
Yogi Berra said it best. Its like deja vu all over again.
For the fifth time, a federal judge has ruled that NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in coming up with a plan to help threatened and endangered fish that spawn in the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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ANIMAL HEALTH TOP CONCERN FOR FARMERS, VETERINARIANS — GUEST OPINION (Capital Press)
A few weeks ago I attended a college reunion. It was fun and refreshing to see friends from years ago.
Although I returned home feeling fine, apparently the stress of traveling combined with being around a new group of people was too much for my immune system. A few days later, I was sick. Luckily it was a viral infection and I quickly recovered, but not all illness clears up without medication.
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SCAM JAM EDUCATES PENDLETON SENIORS ON HOW TO AVOID FRAUD (East Oregonian)
When it comes to avoiding scams and fraud, education and awareness are key.
Thats why the Oregon Department of Justice sponsors Scam Jam events across the state to teach residents primarily seniors how to recognize scammers, and ways they can protect themselves.
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TOURISM JOBS IN OREGON GROW BY THE THOUSANDS (Argus Observer)
Tourism is big business in Oregon and it continues to build.
That was one of the takeaways from the Tourism Town Hall held at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario Wednesday. The event was hosted by Travel Oregon, the lead agency in promoting tourism statewide.
Among its functions, Travel Oregon is operating nine welcome centers, which provide tourists information, around the state, including the one at the rest area just inside Oregon on Interstate 84.
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SPRING STORMS BOOST STORAGE IN OWYHEE RESERVOIR (Argus Observer)
Spring snow storms and recent rains over the Owyhee River watershed have boosted storage of irrigation water in Owyhee Reservoir, even though irrigation water has been flowing to growers under the Owyhee Project for more than a month.
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OREGON’S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MUST BE READY FOR THE BIG ONE, VISION PANEL URGES (Medford Mail Tribune)
-Oregon’s transportation system must be ready for the Big One, Vision Panel urges-
A statewide panel charged with assessing Oregon’s future transportation needs found the ability to handle a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake a top priority across the state.
The Governor’s Transportation Vision Panel released its final report this week outlining needs and challenges facing the state in coming decades.
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OUR VIEW: HARNEY COUNTY VOTERS SET AN EXAMPLE — OPINION (Medford Mail Tribune)
More than half of eligible Jackson County voters 54.4 percent cast ballots on Tuesday. That’s a respectable showing, but the good folks of Harney County put us to shame.
It’s true there are 126,881 registered voters in Jackson County, while Harney County boasts only 4,371. But 3,152 of them voted on Tuesday. That’s a 72.1 percent turnout the best in the state.
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POLICE, FIRE CREWS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND AFTER CASCADIA (Daily Astorian)
Immediately after a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, emergency responders, including Astorias, will likely be as paralyzed as everyone else.
The city may not be able to respond at all, City Councilor Drew Herzig said.
Residents and visitors unlucky enough to be on the North Coast when the big one hits should plan to take care of themselves, he said.
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PORT HOPES FOR DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS AND GRANTS (Daily Astorian)
The Port of Astoria’s budget for the fiscal year that starts in July will largely depend on federal disaster relief and infrastructure grants.
The Port is proposing a nearly $16 million budget, including a nearly $5 million runway repaving project at the Astoria Regional Airport and $1.5 million in financing for new stormwater treatment.
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SPRING CHINOOK FISHERY REOPENS FRIDAY (Daily Astorian)
Anglers can catch and keep spring Chinook salmon Friday through Sunday on a section of the Lower Columbia River under a three-day extension approved Wednesday by fishery managers from Washington state and Oregon.
Although the latest projection of returning upriver spring Chinook is down slightly from the preseason forecast, representatives from both states agreed it is still strong enough to allow at least one more opening and perhaps more in the lower river this year.
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EDITORIAL: GMOS ARE NOT THE VILLAIN OR PANACEA SOME BELIEVED — OPINION (Daily Astorian)
The controversy over genetically modified organisms will make an interesting chapter in some future historians cultural analysis of our time. Rarely have so many worried so much about so little.
That is the underlying message of a omnibus study released this week by Americas pre-eminent National Academy of Sciences. The academy found GMOs largely seed crops designed to survive weed and insect sprays, or imbued with other theoretically useful traits aren’t risky to eat.
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COLUMN: WHY ITS GETTING HARDER TO LEARN WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS — GUEST OPINION (Daily Astorian)
Opinion research has helped government with planning and policymaking for decades.
But the shifting technological landscape, along with changing demographics and lifestyles, are challenging conventional opinion-research techniques, making it more difficult to learn what the public thinks.
Government officials need to become aware of these changes and their impacts on research methodologies, validity, statistical relatability, cost and project timelines.
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COLUMN: OBAMAS OPIOID-ADDICTION PROPOSAL IS RIGHT STEP — GUEST OPINION (Daily Astorian)
Recently, President Obama outlined an ambitious $1 billion plan to fight the nations opioid epidemic. The sizable budget allocated to the plan would increase the access to substance abuse treatment programs to those who would otherwise find paying for and locating suitable treatment beyond their means.
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EDITORIAL: JURY’S STILL OUT ON MOTOR VOTERS — OPINION (Albany Democrat Herald)
Despite what we argued in an editorial earlier this week, it may be too early to conclude definitively that the states motor-voter registration system had little or no impact on Tuesdays primary election.
Certainly, the overall numbers from Tuesdays election were impressive: Officials expect that final tallies will show that 1.2 million Oregonians cast ballots in the election. If that expectation holds, this will be only the second primary election in state history with more than 1 million ballots turned in.
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OREGON PICKS PARTNER TO STUDY SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE, OTHER SYSTEM MODELS— BLOG (Oregon Business Journal)
The Oregon Health Authority has selected RAND Corp. to conduct an independent study of different ways of configuring Oregon’s health care system, including a single-payer model.
If negotiations are successful, OHA intends to award a contract to RAND, the highest-ranked proposer, according to a memo from a procurement and contract specialist at the Department of Human Services.
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READERS: OREGON NEEDS MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES— BLOG (Oregon Business Journal)
Oregon is a national leader in renewable energy, but many in the clean power industry say it could do better.
Oregon passed landmark legislation in March, doubling the clean energy required in the electricity Pacific Power and Portland General Electric provide to customers in the state while also killing off coal from the power supply.
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WILLAMETTE VALLEY BEER PRODUCTION— BLOG (Oregon Office of Economic Analysis)
Its American Craft Beer week right now so I thought Id show a few graphs of beer production in the Willamette Valley. The data comes from OLCC reports which show only beer produced and sold in Oregon. Out-of-state sales/distributions from Oregon breweries are excluded. This has an impact on the largest brewery trends, but hardly any for the majority of the states breweries.
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GOV. KATE BROWN ORDERS BULLSEYE GLASS TO CEASE USING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (Willamette Week)
Move comes after air quality indicators signal immediate danger.
Gov. Kate Brown today ordered Portland’s Bulleye Glass co. to immediately stop using several of the substances it uses to produce colored glass at 3722 SE 21st Ave.
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REPRESENTATIVE EARL BLUMENAUER SAYS THE OPIOID CRISIS IS HELPING HIM GET MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR VETERANS (Willamette Week)
Thanks to Oregonians, veterans are one step closer to getting prescribed medical marijuana by their actual doctors.
And now for some happy news.
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OREGON LAWMAKERS PROMISE TO INVESTIGATE WHY SO FEW SEX OFFENDERS LISTED PUBLICLY (KATU)
Oregon has the second highest number of registered sex offenders per capita in the United States, according to national statistics.
But as KATU’s On Your Side Investigators showed you on Wednesday, the state’s public sex offender registry website only lists two percent of Oregon’s registered offenders.
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WYDEN, MERKLEY BUSY, FROM TSA LINES TO SPOTTED FROG HABITAT, VETERANS (KTVZ Bend)
-Topics include homeless veterans, letting VA doctors discuss medical marijuana-
Sens. Jeff Merkley issued a trio of news releases Thursday about developments on several issues, from seeking more funding for airport TSA agents to helping with spotted frog habitat in Central Oregon and various programs to help veterans, including with medical marijuana.
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CDC: 157 PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE U. S. HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR ZIKA (National Public Radio)
Over 150 pregnant women in the United States appear to have been infected with Zika virus. That’s in addition to more than 120 women affected by Zika in U. S. territories, mainly Puerto Rico.
Those are the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which has been keeping track of all pregnant women in the U. S. and its territories who have lab tests suggestive of Zika virus infections.
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OREGON BAN ON COMMERCIAL WATER BOTTLING COULD LEAVE INDUSTRY HIGH AND DRY (Wall Street Journal)
-County introduces nations first such sanction, as opposition grows in California and Montana-
The bottled water industry, thirsty for new sources as demand grows, is coming up dry in some places as communities around the country push back against bottling plants, citing drought concerns and environmental impacts.
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CANNABIS CHANGES THE GAME OF REAL ESTATE (Eugene Weekly)
Local businesses worry the cannabis industry is edging them out.
While Oregon may still be the new kid on the legalization block, the two states that beat us to the punch, Washington and Colorado, might have a lesson or two to teach us about whats to come.
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