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May 2012

The Wall Street Journal
05/03/2012. Oregon Gets Extra Funds to Test New Medicaid Method.     PDF

Washington Post
05/04/2012. White House makes $1.9 billion bet: Oregon can fix health care.     PDF

The Oregonian
05/14/2012. Oregon leaders push ahead on prison, crime reforms.     PDF
05/04/2012. Gov. John Kitzhaber celebrates federal health pact, says real test lies ahead.     PDF
05/06/2012. Build the Portland dream acre by remaining acre.     PDF

April 2012

Portland Business Journal
04/26/2012. OSU teams with Oregon Industry Cluster Network.     PDF

The Times
04/18/2012. Reports: Shortage of industrial land hurting region's economy.     PDF

OPB News
04/04/2012. Kitzhaber Brings Good News On Water.     PDF

March 2012

Statesman Journal
03/28/2012. Supreme Court ruling may mean tweaks to state's health care redesign.     PDF

The Columbian
03/16/2012. Oregon lawmakers hear from CRC critics.     PDF

Oregon Business
03/15/2012. Education reforms raise funding questions.     PDF

February 2012

MacRumors
02/21/12. Apple Confirms Plans for Another Large Data Center in Prineville, Oregon.     PDF

Portland Business Journal
02/13/12. Oregon health exchange bill hits a snag.     PDF

Democrat Herald
02/13/12. Morse budget reform bill likely dead.    PDF

Statesman Journal
02/29/12. Kitzhaber makes deal on two bills.     PDF
02/25/12. Gov. Kitzhaber: Using the 'bully pulpit.'     PDF
02/24/12. Governor's health care bill approved by Oregon House.     PDF
02/23/12. What Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber sort of said at his press conference this morning.     PDF
02/23/12. Gov. Kitzhaber pushes for education, health care and economy legislation.     PDF
02/11/12. Lawmakers develop kicker plan.     PDF

The Oregonian
02/28/12. Oregon adds 5,400 jobs as unemployment falls to 8.8 percent in January.     PDF
02/23/12. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber invites business leaders for press conference; House Republicans show up too.     PDF
02/21/12. Oregon consumer-run health plan among the first out of the starting blocks.     PDF
02/12/12. Prospects excellent that governor's plan for 'achievement compacts' will become law.     PDF
02/08/12. Panel endorses governor's plan to require schools and colleges to sign outcome-focused 'achievement compacts'     PDF
02/05/12. Sweeping changes to Oregon's early childhood programs would start with small steps.     PDF
02/02/12. Columbia River Crossing triggers testy debate in House committee.     PDF
02/02/12.  Oregon Senate Committee moves Kitzhaber-backed health reform over Republican objections. PDF

January 2012

Portland Business Journal
Business energy agenda light in the face of budget  PDF

December 2011

The Forest Grove News-Times
A decade later, job not finished     PDF

Portland Business Journal

Slideshow: Oregon Leadership Summit

Leadership Summit: Kitzhaber 'optimistic' about Oregon     PDF
Leadership Summit: Wyden touts Portland patent office     PDF
Leadership Summit Kicks Off With Ambitious Agenda     PDF
Kitzhaber Proposes Streamlining State Permitting Processes     PDF
Education a Hot Topic at Oregon Leadership Summit
Leadership Summit:  Surviving health care reform     PDF
Big Issues Loom at Oregon Leadership Summit

OPB News
Kitzhaber: Oregon Jobs Outlook is Brighter     PDF
Legislators Skeptical of Kitzhaber Tax Reform     PDF

Portland Tribune
Leadership, ideas build stronger economy     PDF
Oregon leaders gather to focus on economy      PDF

The Oregonian
For Oregon leaders, it's all together now     PDF
Kitzhaber, Business Leaders Say Oregon is Bouncing Back Despite Slow Economic Recovery     PDF
Portland Incomes Still Lagging, Hurting Schools and Public Services     PDF

Oregon Business Magazine
Food Processing Jobs Go Unfilled for Lack of Skilled Workers, Employers Say     PDF

Associated Press
Political, Business Leaders Discuss Ore. Economy     PDF
Business Officials Push Tax Overhaul at Summit     PDF

The Oregon Catalyst
Oregon Leadership Summit Ignoring the Obvious     PDF

Eugene Regster Guard
Talking Tax Reform     PDF

News/Talk KBND
Kitzhaber Committee to Study Oregon Business Climate

Lake Oswego Review
Oregon Should Confront Variety of Economic Issues     PDF

AGC-Oregon.org
The Oregon Leadership Summit     PDF
 

November 2011 

Portland Business Journal
Oregon Leadership Summit is Dec. 12 & 13

KCBY.COM
Cleaning up Oregon's complex regulatory system     PDF

Oregon Business
Annual summit expands to 2 days

October 2011

The Portland Business Journal
Oregon Business Plan summit slated for Dec. 12     PDF

KBND.COM
Senator Telfer appointed to Governor's Business Regulatory Advisory Committee     PDF

June 2011

The Register Guard
A promising shake-up     PDF

The Portlander
Major Education Reform Bills Pass the House & Senate

Portland Business Journal
Kitzhaber discusses economic progress  PDF
Industrial lands bill sails through Senate  PDF
Health exchange bill heads to Kitzhaber     PDF

The Portland Tribune
Focus on jobs, jobs, jobs for a better economy (editorial)  PDF

The Oregonian
Governor John Kitzhaber, Business Leaders Join in Proclaiming Legislative Successes  PDF
Oregon Legislature unleashes flood of education bills, from open enrollment to all-day kindergarten     PDF
Massachusettes Health Insurance Exchange Provides Lessons for Oregon  PDF
Don't bow to defenders of status-quo schools (editorial) PDF
How the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange will work  PDF
As Oregon legislators seek deal on education, Teacher's Union opposes key to Gov. John Kitzhaber's plan  PDF
Industrial lands bill passes Senate, heads to Oregon House  PDF
State House approves health insurance exchange to cover all Oregonians  PDF
Oregon House shrugs off attacks from the left and right to pass Health Exchange bill  PDF
Oregon House to decide final passage for health insurance marketplace today
     PDF

May 2011

Clackamas Review
Can schools cope with fewer funds?     PDF

Statesman Journal
Governor recruits economic allies     PDF

KTVZ.com
Ore. Senate GOP Forces Water Bill Vote     PDF

Yamhill Valley News Register
Legislature should pass full kicker reform plan     PDF

Portland Business Journal
Exchange bill passes House committee     PDF
Business groups push legislative agenda     PDF

Oregon Business Report
Business coalition lays out top bills     PDF

The Portlander
Oregon Business Groups Push for Job Creating Legislation     PDF

The Oregonian
Oregon Live: Frustration grows over job bills at Oregon Legislature     PDF
Oregon business associations try to revive kicker, capital gains package in Legislature     PDF
Three Corvallis startups announce $20 million in venture backing     PDF
House committee grapples with big ideas of bill to combine all levels of Oregon Education     PDF
Oregon Senate panel approves kicker shift, capital gains cuts     PDF

The Register Guard
Deal changes 'kicker' refunds     PDF

April 2011

Business News Daily
State tax policies on small business spark debate     PDF

The Lund Report
Insurance exchange bill likely to progress without much change     PDF

Sustainable Business Oregon
Get ready to say bye-bye to BETC     PDF
Solar Nation prefers Oregon but faces barriers to work here     PDF
Kitzhaber airs plan for 10-year energy strategy for Oregon     PDF

Statesman Journal
Governor: State's improving     PDF
Oregon Senate votes to create insurance exchange     PDF
Editorial Blog: Legislature should fundamentally reform Oregon education service districts     PDF
Kitzhaber's plan to change Oregon's dysfunctional health care system     PDF
Health insurance exchange bill clears committee     PDF
House approves schools budget amid cries that its "too little" or "too much"       PDF

Mail Tribune
It's time to reform the kicker     PDF

The Oregoninan
The good, the bad and the ugly of Oregon taxes     PDF
Will this state ever save?      PDF
Appointed superintendent: an overdue change to Oregon's education leadership     PDF
Governor John Kitzhaber wants to give Oregon Health Plan a boost with better, less costly healthcare     PDF
Gov. John Kitzhaber begins lobbying in the Oregon Legislature to create a new statewide education board   PDF 

Portland Business Journal 
Industrial land battle underway in Salem
     PDF   
 

 February 2011

Blue Mountain Eagle
Focus of regional centers:  JOBS

The Spokesman-Review
Oregon sees fuel, jobs in forests     PDF

The Dalles Chronicle
Developers blast state over wetlands process

KVAL.com
Oregon's economy continues slow recovery     PDF

Portland Business Journal
Oregon Senate considers business incentive plan    PDF
PBA calls for tax, revenue reform     PDF

Biomass Magazine
Oregon governor announces biomass grant program     PDF

The Oregonian

Oregon lawmakers pitched on new incentives for business expansion     PDF
Ready for action: Finally, a real savings plan     PDF
Gov. John Kitzhaber plans a powerful education board, connecting school funding to performance     PDF
Business leaders tie 'kicker' change to capital gains cut     PDF
Governor John Kitzhaber names statewide education team    PDF
 

New Brunswick Business Journal
New Brunswick business leaders use Oregon Business Plan as a model for economic strategy
Business Plan helped growth in Oregon.
 

Register Gaurd
Governor's RedesignKitzhaber proposes broad cuts in his search for a new way of delivering services      PDF

Statesman Journal
Kitzhaber Budget Will Mean the Beginning of Legislative Business
Oregon lawmakers take first look at changing kicker
Kitzhaber's biomass strategy faces hurdles
Actions indicate Kitzhaber will govern differently this time
State wants health insurance cap, end to PERS pickup
 

Sustainable Business Oregon
Businesses:  save money, help the economy and the environment.       PDF

January 2011

The Oregonian
In Salem, Its Anything But Business As Usual     PDF 
Career Readiness Certificate Program Rolling Out Across Oregon     PDF
Governor John Kitzhaber Calls First Press Conference To Outline Initial Steps to Create More Jobs     PDF
Oregon Has A New Commander-in-Chief
     PDF

Portland Business Journal
Legislature Focuses on Deficit     PDF

Daily Journal of Commerce
Innovative Industrial Land Plan Proposed for Oregon     PDF

Bloomberg
Governor Announces First Oregon Job-Creation Ideas     PDF

Oregon Natural Resources Report
Business Summit Urges Changes/Business Summit Plan     PDF 

KBNW News Radio Central Oregon
House Democrats See Budget, Education, Key to Upcoming Session     PDF

Register Guard
Kitzhaber Emphasizes Jobs     PDF

Statesman Journal
Kithzaber Inauguration Remarks     PDF

Other:
House Democrats See Budget, Education Keys to Upcoming Session     PDF 

 

December 2010

The Oregonian:
Death spirals and dead horses      PDF
We haven't come along way, baby     PDF
Kitzhaber: Hold me accountable for income gains     PDF
Fixing Oregon's economy means fixing Oregon's schools first     PDF
Kitzhaber vows to remake healthcare coverage;chooses GOP aid      PDF 
Changing Tide in Oregon: OHSU moves to adapt to new economic and health care realities     PDF

Portland Tribune:
Kitzhaber calls for transforming state government     PDF
Local leaders say ther is 'no time to waste' ending business as usual     PDF

Albany Democrat-Herald:
Leaders: Tough times before they get better     PDF
Kitz needs more teams     PDF

Bend Bulliten:
Business leaders plan state's fiscal restoration     PDF

Portland Business Journal:
Leadership summit tackles big challenges     PDF
Oregon in death spiral     PDF
Summit: a new budget strategy     PDF   
      
Register Guard:
Oregon's sputtering economy     PDF

Oregon Business:
On the scene: leadership summit returns     PDF
Leaders pull no punches     PDF

Other:
 
Oregon's death spiral     PDF
Kitzhaber: Fiscal crisis calls for spending overhaul     PDF
Only business can build prosperity     PDF
Kitzhaber: Rural as important as urban jobs     PDF
Summit will promote a sustainable economy     PDF

Oregon Leadership Summit News