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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
July 16, 2007
Oregon’s constitution was written in a time when the state had a population of about 50,000 and the first state budget was closer to $50,000 than the billions it is now.
Things have changed a bit since the 1850s. But Oregon remains one of only a handful of states in which the....