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Oregon Timber Counties
5:53 am
Tue March 6, 2012

Cash-Strapped Timber Counties Get Spending Flexibility

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon lawmakers have passed legislation to help six southern Oregon counties that are near insolvency. The bill allows the counties to dip into money currently socked away in road maintenance funds. Amelia Templeton reports.

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Ron Paul
6:42 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Ron Paul Draws On Idaho’s Libertarian Streak On Eve Of Caucus

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Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks to a crowd in Sandpoint, Idaho.

SANDPOINT, Idaho - Republican presidential contender Ron Paul paid a visit to north Idaho Monday on the eve of the state’s Super Tuesday caucus. Political analysts expect Mitt Romney to do well in Idaho. But Paul’s campaign say their loyal supporters could garner a good share of Idaho’s 32 delegates.

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Wash. Caucus
5:24 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Attorney Might Sue Over GOP Benton County, Wash. Caucus

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Republican Kim Holdiman of Kennewick, and others were turned away from the Benton County caucus on Saturday.

RICHLAND, Wash. – A Benton County Washington Republican is considering a lawsuit because he is so disgruntled over voters being turned away from overcrowded caucuses. This happened in Kennewick on Saturday. Correspondent Anna King explains.

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Ore. Legislatured
5:07 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Oregon Lawmakers Approach Adjournment

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Oregon Legislature is close to ending its session.

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers appear to be on track to wrap up their legislative session Monday evening. A budget committee approved a package of measures Monday afternoon designed to bring the current spending plan back into balance. There are no new taxes and public schools are shielded from further cuts.

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Washington, Wind Energy, Whistling Ridge
4:34 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Gregoire Approves Controversial Columbia Gorge Wind Facility

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More "clean economy" jobs expect for the West.

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has approved the Whistling Ridge Wind Energy Project in Southern Washington.

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Rent Your Car
3:49 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

Company To Offer Person-to-Person Car Rentals Regionwide

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You will soon be able to rent-out your own car.

Competition in the nascent market for person-to-person car rentals is heating up. The latest entrant regionally says it can help any car owner in the Northwest temporarily rent their wheels to a friend or stranger.

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The Salt
1:49 pm
Mon March 5, 2012

American History Baked Into The Loaves Of White Bread

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Aaron Bobrow-Strain is an associate professor of politics at Whitman College. He specializes in the politics of the global food system.

Originally published on Fri March 2, 2012 11:43 am

White bread, like vanilla, is one of those foods that's become a metaphor for blandness. But it wasn't always that way.

Aaron Bobrow-Strain, professor of food politics at Whitman College, tells Weekend Edition's Rachel Martin that white bread was a deeply contentious food — ever since the early 1900s' ideas of "racial purity" up to the cultural revolution of the 1960s. He documents that cultural legacy in his new book, White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf.

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