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MARCH 2009: FORUM, ONLINE SURVEY MEDIA HABITS Have an opinion? E-mail [email protected]
MARCH 2009: FORUM, ONLINE SURVEY MEDIA HABITS Have an opinion? E-mail [email protected]
Green jobs were the toast of Oregon in April 2002 when Gov. John Kitzhaber, Sen. Gordon Smith and Portland Mayor Vera Katz joined executives from Vestas, the world’s largest wind power manufacturer, to announce the construction of a new factory in Portland that would create more than 1,000 jobs by 2004.
In an attempt to boost residential building, the Springfield City Council in January approved a new program that authorizes it to defer all planning, building and systems development fees for builders until final occupancy permits are secure.
In late January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released national data that showed unions, despite the economy, grew for the second year in a row in 2008.