http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/ Copyright 2008 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:25:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Republican Senator Gordon Smith Friday again called on Congress to pass the children's health care measure known as SCHIP. Smith says the measure could still become law, even though the president vetoed an earlier version of the bill in... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11292007_oregon.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11292007_oregon.php Oregon Considered Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:25:29 -0800 It’s three feet long, it smells like a lily and it can spit at attackers. But so far the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service doesn't want to pay to study the giant Palouse earthworm. Environmental groups plan to sue to... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11282007_the_hu.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11282007_the_hu.php Oregon Considered Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:36:36 -0800 Tuesday outside of Portland bankruptcy court, a world-renowned planemaker appears to have purchased Bend-based Columbia Aircraft for what many say is a bargain price. The deal is being finalized and if a bankruptcy judge accepts the terms, Kansas-based Cessna... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11272007_cessna.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11272007_cessna.php Oregon Considered Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:12 -0800 Asking for money from strangers is never easy. In two Oregon cities, it will soon be even tougher. That’s because leaders there are trying to put an end to panhandling along the side of the road. Complete article... Oregon ACLU... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11262007_panhan.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11262007_panhan.php Oregon Considered Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:08:04 -0800 On the Washington coast, an economically distressed timber county is going green. Grays Harbor County wants to transform itself from a community of extraction to a community of renewables. As part of our series on Northwest communities reinventing themselves, correspondent... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11152007_grays.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11152007_grays.php Oregon Considered Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:37:26 -0800 The southern coast of Oregon is one of the most isolated parts of the state. But leaders in one coastal town want to turn the seclusion to their advantage. As part of our series on Northwest communities re-inventing themselves, correspondent... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11142007_coos_b.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11142007_coos_b.php Oregon Considered Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:58:42 -0800 For more than a decade, Northwest environmentalists have waged a war on what they consider unsustainable logging practices. They’ve filed lawsuit after lawsuit to stop timber sales. That’s why in timber towns, environmentalists are often blamed for ruining the... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11132007_a_timb.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/11132007_a_timb.php Oregon Considered Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:23:58 -0800 You might expect fancy loft living in downtown Portland and Seattle. But how about this? Now there are lofts going up in downtown Yakima and Pendleton, Oregon! Richland correspondent Anna King takes us for a closer look at how... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1182007_big_cit.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1182007_big_cit.php Oregon Considered Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:26:36 -0800 After years of conflict over Oregon’s land-use planning system, voters Tuesday approved a measure billed as a compromise. Measure 49 limits development under property compensation initiative, Measure 37, which passed in 2004. It also changes the process for reviewing... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1172007_measure.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1172007_measure.php Oregon Considered Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:09:23 -0800 Chances are if you're asked where dinner's coming from, you probably think that means a choice of restaurants or supermarket chains. At least that's how it occurred to Oregon historian Ann Vileisis. She's the author of Kitchen Literacy: How We... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1162007_oregon.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1162007_oregon.php Oregon Considered Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:39:39 -0800 In 1852, beer came to the Northwest quenching the thirsts of loggers, miners, fisherman and farmers. Today, Portland is the beer capital of the world. Learn the story of the industry through compelling and amusing anecdotes of the Oregon... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1152007_beervan.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1152007_beervan.php Oregon Considered Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:54:09 -0800 Individual states are stepping up to provide more help to returning soldiers and sailors. A novel program under the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs uses nature to heal the wounds of war. Vets also get experience in environmental... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1112007_veteran.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/11/1112007_veteran.php Oregon Considered Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:08:55 -0800 For most of us, Halloween is about candy, costumes, and spooky stories. But at the roadside attraction known as the Oregon Vortex in Southern Oregon Halloween marks the end of a long season. It’s Oregon’s so-called “mystery spot” -- where... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10312007_oregon.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10312007_oregon.php Oregon Considered Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:51:41 -0800 It took years of planning, and it was over in a matter of seconds. As onlookers cheered, four earthen levees were destroyed with thousands of pounds of explosives. The dikes were built in the 1950’s to create more farmland... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10302007_explos.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10302007_explos.php Oregon Considered Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:44:10 -0800 The quietest square inch in the continental United States is -- drumroll please -- at a rock placed on a moss-covered log in the Hoh Rain Forest of Olympic National Park. An Olympic Peninsula man identified the spot as part... http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10292007_the_qu.php http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonconsidered/archives/2007/10/10292007_the_qu.php Oregon Considered Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:56:18 -0800