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• Eagle Point vote throws support to school leaders - 5/22/2013

  Atrio of Eagle Point School Board candidates who were considered supportive of the school district's administration were on their way to winning...

• Eagle Point School District race heats up - 5/19/2013

  The Eagle Point School District race began amid conflict-of-interest allegations between board members in the Voters' Pamphlet.

  
• Kotek opens door to more pension cuts - 5/16/2013

  SALEM — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek on Wednesday backed off her refusal to allow steeper cuts to public-employee retirement benefits,...

• State budget projection to sharpen negotiations - 5/13/2013

  SALEM — Discussions about funding for schools, safety-net programs, and all the other functions of state government will take a big step...

• Esquivel files to kill new driver's licence law - 5/10/2013

  SALEM — Medford state representative Sal Esquivel and a fellow GOP legislator want voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that allows...

• Bill to allow cougar, bear hunting with dogs may get Senate hearing - 5/10/2013

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• RVTD board election features just a single contested position - 5/6/2013

  Four seats are up for grabs on the Rogue Valley Transportation District board in the Regular District Election on May 21, but voters won't have many...

• Prospect school candidates focus on students - 5/5/2013

  PROSPECT — Two positions are contested in the Prospect School Board election, and because all four candidates have children attending Prospect...

• Pair of positions up for grabs on school board in Central Point - 5/4/2013

  CENTRAL POINT — Central Point voters will fill four school board seats in the May 21 election.

• A Study In Philosophy: The Medford School Board election - 5/3/2013

  Three of the seven seats on the Medford School Board are up for a vote in the May 21 election, with incumbents being challenged by newcomers...

• Four run for two RCC board seats - 5/3/2013

  Four people are running for two Rogue Community College board seats being vacated by members whose terms expire at the end of June.

• Senate bill would force companies to remove their wave-energy buoys - 4/30/2013

  SALEM — Oregon lawmakers don't want the state to get stuck with the bill if a wave-energy company installs equipment offshore and then goes...

• State House backs stiffer timber-protest penalties - 4/30/2013

  SALEM — The Oregon House has passed two bills targeting protesters who chain themselves to machinery or block roads to interfere with logging...

• Eagle Point School Board race heats up - 4/29/2013

  EAGLE POINT — Eagle Point School Board candidates agree on one thing — the biggest challenge facing the district is creating a cohesive...