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Loren Parks is a man of many interests. The 81-year-old multimillionaire made his bundle from Parks Medical Products in Aloha, OR. Before moving to Nevada in 2002, Parks gave more than $6 million to Oregon politicians and ballot initiative campaigns, most of them conservative. After he left the state, the money kept pouring in – some $600,000 to support ballot measures in 2006, plus another ...
if you are a Republican. Unlike our junior Senator Coleman at least he did not take $20,000 from Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. WASHINGTON - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign.
Sun, Aug 3, 2008 (12:06 a.m.) Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign. The two-term Republican recently touted his work with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. And now he's aligned himself with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
Eight initiative petitions have qualified for Oregon's Nov. 4 ballot, according to Secretary of State Bill Bradbury. Two failed to qualify, lacking a sufficient number of valid signatures.
Lake Oswego attorney James Leuenberger announced Friday that he is a candidate for Oregon attorney general. Leuenberger, 51, was nominated by the Constitution Party. He'll face Democrat John Kroger in the November election. No Republican candidates ran in the May primary.
The Brookings Planning Commission and the public will get its first look Tuesday at the detailed plans for a proposed Southwestern Oregon Community College campus that's to be built on U.S Borax's Lone Ranch development site.
SALEM, Ore. -- Two years ago, state Sen. Ben Westlund admitted to giving a legislative staffer an unwanted hug when rumors cropped up of an inappropriate act in his past.
With the announcement of the formation of an all inclusive discussion of the democratic platform on behalf of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, the recently named...
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 (3:06 p.m.) Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign. The two-term Republican recently touted his work with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. And now he's aligned himself with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
Sandy computer owners now have little excuse to miss city meetings. And they can go straight to the parts that interest them. The city of Sandy is one of the few in Oregon to offer live streaming and video archives of City Council and Planning Commission meetings.
Forget all these screwy initiatives Bill Sizemore perpetually dumps on the November ballot. What Oregon really needs is an initiative to ban Bill Sizemore.
