Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with Ark., Ky. wins Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
Obama stands by attacks on Romney's Bain Capital days President Barack Obama sought to undermine Mitt Romney's key rationale for his presidential candidacy Monday, sharply attacking his Republican challenger's background as a venture capitalist and arguing that profit-making alone is not a qualification for the White House.
Ore. budget proposal would eliminate 188 state jobs The recommendation of the Legislative Fiscal Office was developed based on the Legislature's mandate earlier this year to permanently cut $28 million in state government spending.
Mixed reaction to decision to remove Native American mascots (Video) Lebanon High School reacts to mascot changes.
Oregon bans Native American school mascots (Photo Gallery) (Video) The vote Thursday gives Oregon some of the nation's toughest restrictions on American Indian nicknames, mascots and logos.
Vote Thursday on banning Native American mascots The Oregon Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a resolution that would require Oregon schools to retire their Native American mascots within five years or risk losing state funding.
Oregon AG race was major upset Entering the Democratic primary, former federal prosecutor Dwight Holton looked like he was going to walk into the Oregon attorney general's office. But then a late poll showed him trailing former appeals court judge Ellen Rosenblum badly.
"We're going to wreck the train here and see how we can put it back in the future," Stephen Campbell, district attorney for the Southern Oregon county, told The Associated Press.
Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.
Should Oregon join Super Tuesday with an earlier primary?
Romney's April money suggests GOP rallying for him Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama's overwhelming cash advantage.
Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential campaign Monday but urged his fervent supporters to continue working at the state party level to cause havoc for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.