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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
July 31, 2008
PORTLAND — Four years before an interstate highway bridge collapsed in Minnesota, Oregon took on more than $1 billion in debt to repair its bridges, an initiative that jibed with the new governor’s penchant for using public dollars to boost....