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December
29, 2006
Groups
say Portland TV stations need more political reporting
AP
story run in the Eugene Register Guard, the Yakima Herald, Roseburg
News Review, and the Bend Bulletin.
December
28 , 2006
TV
news fails on elections, group says
FCC - A coalition challenges Portland stations' licenses because each
only devoted 1 percent of coverage to local campaigns
The
Oregonian
December
28 , 2006
Local
TV Fails
Portland
Mercury
December
27 , 2006
Broadcast-license
renewals challenged
Group questions area TV stations' election coverage
Statesman
Journal
December
26 , 2006
A
commendable call for reforming ethics laws
The
Oregonian - Editorial
December
21 , 2006
Panel
backs many ethics-law changes
Statesman
Journal
December
21 , 2006
Panel
stops short of perks ban
The
Oregonian
December
21 , 2006
State
law panel rejects strict curbs on gifts, travel
Register
Guard
December
9 , 2006
Tougher
ethics laws high on Oregon lawmakers' 2007 agenda
AP
story run on kgw.com and in the Salem Statesman Journal, OregonLive.com,
Klamath Falls Herald & News, Roseburg News Review
December
6, 2006
Oregon
ethics reports need accuracy audits
The state needs a comprehensive gift ban, like Colorado's, and an ethics
committee empowered to do more checking
The
Oregonian - Editorial
November
29, 2006
Shelter
from the storm (and its TV coverage)
Willamette
Week
November
20, 2006
Oregon
won't enforce campaign finance measure
AP
Story run in East Oregonian
November
17, 2006
Panel
has proposals to reform ethics laws Ideas for
Salem
Statesman-Journal
November
17, 2006
Political
gray areas in spotlight
Eugene
Register Guard
November
11, 2006
Measure
47 backers expecting challenge
Eugene
Register Guard
November
10, 2006
Winners
and losers from election 2006
Salem
Statesman-Journal
November
8, 2006
Ore.
term limits, campaign spending measures fail
Associated
Press - carried by kgw.com, Roseburg News-Review
November
7, 2006
Panel
suggests raising ceiling for fines in ethics cases with lawmakers
Suggestion will be part of bills voted on by Legislature
Salem
Statesman-Journal
November
2, 2006
Big
stakes in election for
The
Oregonian
November
1, 2006
Democrats
eyeing
Associated
Press - carried by Coos
Bay World, kgw.com, Roseburg News-Review
November
1, 2006
Metsger-York
race second-most expensive in state
Sandy
Post
October
31, 2006
Ethics
group backs 'revolving-door' law for Legislature
Lawmakers would have to wait one year after serving before becoming
a lobbyist
Salem
Statesman-Journal
October
31, 2006
Spending
for open legislative seat surpasses $600,000
Washington
The
Oregonian
October
31, 2006
A
few give a lot in
The
Oregonian
October
20, 2006
Ethics
panel: Lobbyist-paid trips OK
But citizen group suggests limit on gifts to lawmakers
Salem
Statesman Journal
October
16 , 2006
Big
spenders throwing major money at initiative campaigns
OPB
Radio
October
13 , 2006
Special
interests invest big in Measure 40 ads
Bend
Bulletin
October
13 , 2006
Earth
to Legislature: Unpack those golf togs and strengthen laws on lobbyist
gifts
Keizer
Times - Editorial
October
10 , 2006
Legislators
in all their sordid glory
The
Oregonian - Editorial - Steve Duin
October
6 , 2006
Gov.
race could be
AP
Story run in the McMinnville News-Register, Roseburg News Review, kgw.com,
oregonlive.com, and the Capitol Press
October
5, 2006
Social
niceties or payoffs? Lobbyists again under scrutiny
AP
Story run in the McMinnville News-Register, Roseburg News Review, La
Grande Observer, Corvallis Gazette-Times and kgw.com
October
4 , 2006
Hot
suburban contests bring in the big bucks
The
Oregonian
October
1 , 2006
Let's
close an ethics loophole that's big enough to hold Hawaii
The industry-paid
resort junkets being lavished on legislators and their families are
gifts, plain and simple, and we need to tighten up the laws to prohibit
them
The
Oregonian - Editorial
September
30, 2006
Rep.
Wayne Scott named for failing to report
Canby
Herald
September
29, 2006
Prices
and Costs
The
Oregonian - David Sarasohn
September
29, 2006
Four
other legislators didn't report trip to Maui
Lobbying - An ethics panel will look into 2002 and 2004 payments by
a beer and wine group
The
Oregonian
September
28, 2006
Latest
trip to Hawaii pays off for legislators
Lobbying - Three Oregon lawmakers receive $30,000 in
contributions at a beer and wine group's 2006 gathering
The Oregonian
September
27, 2006
Oregon
legislators never reported their trip to resort on Maui that was paid
for by group
Lobbying - The lawmakers face questions about a 2004 tab picked up by
beer and wine distributors
The Oregonian
September
26, 2006
Walker,
Torrey race is centerpiece of Ore. State Senate contests
AP Story picked up by KGW-TV, The Oregonian online
September
25, 2006
Money
rules politics as never before
WesCom News Service Story picked up by The Bend Bulletin, Hermiston
Herald, LaGrande Observer
July
24, 2006
There's
plenty of give-and-take as state revisits ethics reform
Independent law commission will bring ideas to Legislature
Salem Statesman-Journal
July
12 , 2006
Handful
of people bankrolls state measures
Financing reflects will of contributors, some people say
Salem Statesman-Journal
February
16 , 2006
Anti-Public
Finance Campaign Contests Signature Count
Oregon Public Broadcasting
February
2 , 2006
Portland's
powerful pay to fight campaign financing
The Oregonian
January
26, 2006
Guess
who's behind the repeal?
Portland Mercury
January
20, 2006
End
pay-to-play system
The Oregonian, Letter to the editor
January
20, 2006
Ethics
reform packages leave gaping loopholes
The Oregonian
January
20, 2006
Year
two: Potter's call to arms
The Oregonian
January
18, 2006
Battle
over campaign finance reform begins
The Oregonian
January
18, 2006
Murmurs
Willamette Week
January
18, 2006
KINK
Considers: Publicly Financed Elections
KINK-FM
January
17, 2006
It's
getting Potter and Potter in here
Portland Tribune
January
4, 2006
Gunning
for Saltzman: How a city commissioner could lose this year
Willamette Week
January
3, 2006
Campaign
donors could get free rein
Portland Tribune