Governor signs bill protecting nurseries against unfair hoop house tax By Oregon Association of Nursries, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last week that more than 25,000 additional H-2B guest worker visas are now available for the 2009 filing period. Petitions will be accepted immediately. The agency had announced […]

Senator Introduces STOP Act to End Tax Breaks for Oil Speculators U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (OR) WASHINGTON, D.C. – In order to reduce excessive speculative trading in oil and natural gas, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of both the Senate Finance and Energy and Natural Resources Committees, introduced […]

By Stephan Burklin Cascade Policy Institute The city of Portland is perhaps the finest ambassador for the Environmental Protection Agency. Nestled in the idyllic Willamette Valley, the Rose City is the shining environmental vanguard, the poster child for sustainable growth and clean energy.  So when the EPA asks Portland to […]

San Francisco board opposes Coos Bay LNG terminal By Natural Resource Report, When it comes to opposing a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay foes will enlist support where ever they can find it. In July, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution asking Pacific […]

Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America By John Cromartie and Peter Nelson, USDA Economic Research Service Members of the baby boom cohort, now 45-63 years old, are approaching a period in their lives when moves to rural and small-town destinations increase. An analysis of age-specific, net migration […]

Oregon State University Extension Service – A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated. Their findings provide a one-day snapshot of drug excretion that can be used to better understand patterns […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: JOHN DAY, Ore. — According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a severe thunderstorm caused a flash flood in a tributary of the John Day River near Mitchell earlier this week, killing an estimated 4,000 smallmouth bass on a remote four-mile section […]

Natural Resource Report, Green power, green jobs, renewable energy collide with the Endangered Species Act in a proposed wind farm in Southwest Washington. The project calling for between 48-60 megawatts of power is proposed for 3,359 acres of Washington Department of Natural Resources land northwest of Naselle, Washington. The site, […]

From Worksource Oregon, Employment Department, Special Report

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association:  WASHINGTON (August 3, 2009) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) praised legislation introduced by Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA) and John Salazar (D-CO) that would provide farmers and ranchers relief from the death tax.  HR 3524, the Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act, would […]