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Campaign-Finance Ruling Looms - Wall Street Journal

Oregon legal newswire - Tue, 12/08/2009 - 03:46

Campaign-Finance Ruling Looms
Wall Street Journal
Federal Election Commission, which challenged provisions of the federal mccain-Feingold Act. The 2002 law built on a longstanding ban on direct corporate ...

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Kurt Schrader: policy decisions - Canby Herald

Oregon legal newswire - Tue, 12/08/2009 - 01:08

Kurt Schrader: policy decisions
Canby Herald
A sit-down conversation with Oregon's Fifth District congressional representative to discuss the issues he's tackling at the national level. ...

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Canby School Board supports Measures 66, 67 - Canby Herald

Oregon legal newswire - Tue, 12/08/2009 - 00:33

Canby School Board supports Measures 66, 67
Canby Herald
For individuals with annual incomes above $125000 or couples with annual incomes above $250000 —less than 3 percent of Oregon taxpayers — it would raise the ...

Oregon is too free with get out of jail early cards - OregonLive.com

Oregon legal newswire - Mon, 12/07/2009 - 23:10

Oregon is too free with get out of jail early cards
OregonLive.com
Whatever the outcome of the January election, the Legislature must close the loopholes in the early-release law and make all violent criminals ineligible. ...

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Ore. Tax Foe, Governor Candidate Wants Quick Trial - New York Times

Oregon legal newswire - Mon, 12/07/2009 - 19:33

Ore. Tax Foe, Governor Candidate Wants Quick Trial
New York Times
Don Hamilton, a spokesman for Secretary of State's office, said there was nothing in Oregon election law that would prohibit Sizemore from running for ...

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Campaign advertising methods cause controversy - Oregon Daily Emerald

Oregon legal newswire - Mon, 12/07/2009 - 05:20

Campaign advertising methods cause controversy
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the start of December, the two groups campaigning for and against a pair of major Oregon tax measures ignited their ...
Proponents provide the cons | Backers of Measures 66 and 67 give arguments ...The Register-Guard

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Next election must not be compromised - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Oregon legal newswire - Sun, 12/06/2009 - 11:41

Next election must not be compromised
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The most promising is Oregon's economical system of mailing ballots to eligible voters, used successfully in April's special election to replace the late ...

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Oregon civics teachers get lessons at the Capitol - Statesman Journal

Oregon legal newswire - Sun, 12/06/2009 - 11:17

Oregon civics teachers get lessons at the Capitol
Statesman Journal
About 100 teachers gathered Friday at the Capitol for the third annual conference sponsored by the Classroom Law Project, a nonprofit organization promoting ...
Experts debate need to rewrite state's constitutionStatesman Journal

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Rep. Gelser files for re-election race - Corvallis Gazette Times

Oregon legal newswire - Fri, 12/04/2009 - 10:26

Rep. Gelser files for re-election race
Corvallis Gazette Times
Gelser, a Democrat from Corvallis, is the youngest woman in the Oregon Legislature. She has served as assistant majority leader since 2006 and is chairwoman ...
Gelser files for re-electionAlbany Democrat Herald

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Spike in registrations as same-sex partner law takes effect - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Oregon legal newswire - Thu, 12/03/2009 - 05:08

Spike in registrations as same-sex partner law takes effect
Seattle Post Intelligencer
New Jersey, California and Oregon are among the states that have laws giving same-sex couples similar rights to married couples. As of this week, ...

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