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Politics Lane only timber county to pass law enforcement tax Lane only timber county to pass law enforcement tax
By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Published: May 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM PDT
Voters in two Oregon timber counties with the lowest property taxes in the state — Curry and Josephine — turned down tax increases Tuesday that would have funded law enforcement, but a jail levy passed in a third, Lane County.

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Politics Portland rejects fluoride but both sides may meet again Portland rejects fluoride but both sides may meet again (Video)
By Steve Benham KATU.com Politics Editor Published: May 21, 2013 at 5:43 PM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 6:49 PM PDT
Fluoride advocates admitted defeat Tuesday night after unofficial election results showed Portlanders strongly against adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. But there were indications new battle lines may be drawn in the future.

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Politics Food stamp cuts worry recipients: 'That's how we get our food' (Photo Gallery) (Video)
By Published: May 21, 2013 at 2:04 PM PDT
According to the Department of Agriculture, 1 in 7 Americans rely on the supplemental nutritional assistance program, commonly known as food stamps. The program cost the U.S. $80 billion last year. Last week a U.S. Senate committee approved over $4 billion dollars in cuts to the progam over the next 10 years.
Politics Timber country: 'A beautiful place to live, a hard place to make a living' (Photo Gallery)
By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Published: May 21, 2013 at 2:28 PM PDT
Nearly 1 million people live in Oregon's timber country. The region's troubles have reached a tipping point since the expiration last year of federal subsidies that were sent to rural counties across America for 11 years to offset revenue losses caused by reduced logging on federal lands to protect endangered and threatened species.
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Politics Washington releases draft rules for growing, selling legal marijuana Washington releases draft rules for growing, selling legal marijuana
By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 3:13 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:20 AM PDT
The state released preliminary draft rules Thursday on the emerging recreational marijuana market, covering an array of topics ranging from how pot should be grown and tested for quality assurance to what types of security should be required at state-licensed pot businesses.
Politics Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths (Photo Gallery)
By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press Published: May 14, 2013 at 7:36 AM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 12:08 PM PDT
It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.
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