Posted on July 9, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Pharmacists can’t refuse Plan B pill, appeals court says Pharmacists are obliged to dispense the Plan B pill, even if they are personally opposed to the “morning after” contraceptive on religious grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Green jobs get boost in OR Oregon has been selected by the US Education Department to help develop a training curriculum for the new class of green jobs under a pilot program that could give a much-needed boost to the [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. A BC bridge, abridged for cars Vancouver’s experiment in bicycle-friendly commuting kicks off in less than three weeks, when cyclists will be able to safely pedal across Burrard Bridge — and commuting motorists will have to squeeze into the downtown [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. How many jobs does $3.9 billion buy? Since the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act was passed, Oregon’s been busy divvying up $3.9 billion in stimulus money. But how many new jobs does that money buy? Oregon Public Broadcasting 05/28/2009 2. [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Spending On BC’s Green Economy Grows The red ink in the British Columbia budget hasn’t seeped into the government’s green plan for the province. It’s one of the few areas where the BC government actually increased spending in this year’s [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Western Forests Dying at Increasing Rate Trees in old growth forests across the West are dying at a small, but increasing rate that scientists conclude is probably caused by longer and hotter summers from a changing climate. While not noticeable [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregon Leaders Aim to Create Jobs with Stimulus Legislative leaders unfurled details of a $175 million stimulus package aimed at combating the highest unemployment rate Oregon has seen in more than two decades. The proposal would borrow money to pay [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregon Envisions Gas Tax Based On Miles, Not Gallons The Oregon Department of Transportation is in the early stages of an experiment to meet the expected decline in gas tax revenue by developing a transportation tax system that is based [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Murray Proposes Stimulus Dollars for Hanford Cleanup Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is proposing that $6 billion to $7 billion be included in a national economic recovery package for cleanup work at Hanford and other Department of Energy nuclear sites. Tri-City [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregonians Want Largest Utility to Clean Up, Soon Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission got an earful this week from those who want the state’s largest utility to install modern pollution controls sooner rather than later at its coal-fired power plant 150 [...]
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