Editorials
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011
Our View: School leaders who altered scores lack any ethics
The outrageous scandal apparently affected the Atlanta, Ga., system from top to bottom.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
Our View: Overall, Legislature gets a solid grade of B
Our report card says it wasn't an outstanding session, but many parts were above average.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
Our View: Kotzschmar Organ deserves shot at renewal
Portlanders own the nation's first municipal organ, so let them decide on fixing it up.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2011
Our View: Saying goodbye to shuttle not a farewell to the future
For all its glory, tragedy and sacrifice, its chapter is over -- but the story will continue.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
Our View: Casey Anthony is ‘not guilty,’ not ‘innocent’
Once again, our justice system worked the way it was designed to work – justly.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2011
Another View: Why does business owner want state to finance his expansion?
He renounced a tax cut he could have used for that, but instead expects taxpayers to pay.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2011
Our View: State workers’ group keeps list of locations where care counts
Covered employees get a discount for picking hospitals by quality of outcomes.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2011
Our view: Want more revenue?Simplify the tax code
The Internal Revenue Service is worried: Too many Americans are underreporting their income, either deliberately or by making mistakes on their tax returns.<br><br> The net result, the IRS reports, is that there is a "tax gap" between what's owed and what's actually paid that amounts to as much as 16 percent of federal taxes going uncollected.<br><br> The last survey of the problem is a full decade old, and estimates from 2001 say $345 billion was going uncollected then. Today, the amount could be between $410 billion and $500 billion, and the IRS is planning another study within a year or so.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2011
Our View: Political ‘fix’ bad policyfor school funding law
The saying goes "to the victor goes the spoils," and that's apparently how Senate President Kevin Raye read the results of the last election . . .
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Declaration of Independence
In Congress, July 4, 1776: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
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