Sep 24 2009

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Boeing continues to scramble for that air tanker business, but the Pentagon says it is opening up another round . . . A fine first-person blog post from Chuck Sheketoff, getting very specific on how people are being misled about the actual impact of this year’s pair of Oregon tax increases . . . Oregon Representative Chip Shields named senator in a Democratic Portland district . . . Democratic Senator Rick Metsger won’t run again, in what has been a close-margin district, which will lead to GOP targeting in that area . . . King County animal control going away, transitioning, or something . . . A Chicago Tribune editorial touts Boise State President Bob Kustra as a prospect for University of Illinois presidency . . . Twin Falls Times-News opines, “The governor needs $159 million to make the budgetary pot right. He’d already have most of it except for all those tax incentives the state gave away recently, to the likes of Micron Technology and Albertsons. How’d that work out for Idaho, anyway?” . . . Boise continues battle over air traffic control, may lose some of those functions to Salt Lake . . .

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Senator Ron Wyden speaks against an online sales tax bill.

 

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