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Oregon (/ ˈ ɒr ɪ ɡ ən,-ɡ ɒ n / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
Oregon's biennial state budget, $2.6 billion in 2017, comprises General Funds, Federal Funds, Lottery Funds, and Other Funds. [56] Oregon is one of only five states that have no sales tax. [57] Oregon voters have been resolute in their opposition to a sales tax, voting proposals down each of the nine times they have been presented. [58]
Bell attended three meetings of the Multnomah County Common Law Court (possessing no judicial authority according to Federal government laws) in Portland, Oregon, which put government officials on trial in absentia and awarded judgements against them. [10] [11] Bell attended these meetings in order to find government 'plants' in that group. [12]
Steven McGeady is a former Intel executive best known as a witness in the Microsoft antitrust trial.His notes and testimony contained colorful quotes by Microsoft executives threatening to "cut off Netscape's air supply" and Bill Gates' guess that "this antitrust thing will blow over".
[61] [62] Many dioceses had previously allowed their priests to officiate at civil same-sex marriage ceremonies, but the church had not yet changed its own laws on marriage. The church law replaced the terms "husband" and "wife" with "the couple". Individual members of the clergy may still decline to perform same-sex weddings. [63]
At this demonstration was an elder Shasta man who was a father-in-law to Michel Laframboise. [74] Shortly after this peaceable dialogue and trade Emmons ordered the party to depart for "Destruction river" (the Upper Sacramento River) [ 75 ] exiting Shasta lands for those of the Okwanuchu and later the Wintu.
U.S. President Carter signed the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 into law, adding 400,000 acres 625 square miles (1,620 km 2) of wilderness in four western U.S. states to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Fishermen in Japan finished a three day operation to kill dolphins who were in the waters around Iki Island. Starting ...