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• Ashland voters OK meals tax extension by a wide margin - 11/4/2009

  ASHLAND — Ashland voters Tuesday handily approved a 20-year extension of the town's 5 percent meals tax that is used to support wastewater...

• Tax to aid Rogue River Fire District approved - 11/4/2009

  The Rogue River Fire District will not have to trim its services after voters overwhelming decided to accept a tax to continue its current level.

• Ashland meals-tax vote returns remain sluggish - 10/31/2009

  Jackson County Elections Division officials said less than a third of Ashland voters had turned in their ballots by 2 p.m. Friday.

• Ashland meals tax foes offer alternate proposal - 10/30/2009

  ASHLAND — Business representatives who have organized to fight a 5 percent local meals tax say the city could sell its 829-acre Imperatrice...

• Alba Park fills with the sounds of protest - 10/30/2009

  MEDFORD — They're back and feisty as ever.

  
• Howe again challenges Esquivel in District 6 - 10/23/2009

  Lynn Howe, who ran for House District 6 in Medford in 2008, is officially a candidate again for the representative seat held by Republican Sal...

  
• Atkinson suspends his try for governor - 10/22/2009

  MEDFORD — Republican state Sen. Jason Atkinson suspended his campaign for governor Thursday because of family health problems.

  
• Candidates agree on key issues - 10/20/2009

  A day after the three Democratic gubernatorial candidates made their first joint appearance at the party's "Summit" conference in Sunriver, the trio...

• Ashland park land funding overstated in voters pamphlet - 10/17/2009

  Information submitted by supporters of an Ashland meals tax for inclusion in a League of Women Voters voting guide overstated the meals tax's role in...

• Ashland restaurant in hot water over tax - 10/12/2009

  ASHLAND — After 32 years as a fixture in town, Geppetto's restaurant owner Ron Roth faces a $31,000 fine for failing to pay $1,350 in...

  
• Citizens protest speech decision - 9/12/2009

  Demonstrators rallied at the Medford School District offices Friday to oppose Medford School Superintendent Phil Long's decision not to show...

  
• State tax increases spark political battle - 9/4/2009

  Local political groups are engaged in a war of words over recent tax increases passed by the Oregon Legislature.

• Atkinson again will seek governor's job - 9/3/2009

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• Kitzhaber cites health care as reason for running - 9/3/2009

  Former Gov. John Kitzhaber ended months of speculation Wednesday when he announced he would run for his third term as governor in 2010.