News Digest:
Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:19 AM PST
OREGON — Oregon ACLU files free speech suit against TriMet
PORTLAND (AP) — Worries about the effect of Klamath River dams have on salmon have led to a free speech lawsuit against the Portland transit agency TriMet.
The Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union claims TriMet violated the federal and state constitutions by rejecting an ad as too political. The ACLU filed the lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the Karuk Tribe of California and Friends of the River Foundation.
National Guard chief won’t run for Oregon congressional seat
SALEM (AP) — The deputy director of the Oregon Military Department says he’s decided not to run for the congressional seat that Democrat Darlene Hooley is leaving.
Brigadier General Mike Caldwell says he was intrigued by the prospect but concluded it would have been difficult to raise campaign money.
IDAHO
Tamarack investors file for bankruptcy after loan fails
BOISE (AP) — The two largest investors in Tamarack Resort have filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid foreclosure by a financial lender, blaming a credit crunch caused by subprime loans in the U.S. and a banking scandal in France. Cross Atlantic Real Estate LLC, which owns 27 percent of the resort, and VPG Investments LLC, which owns 48 percent, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday in federal court in Boise.
The west
Utah Legislature OKs
alcohol on Election Day
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tourists and locals alike won’t have to wait for polls to close on Election Day before they can order wine or a cocktail at a bar or restaurant under a bill the Legislature approved Wednesday. In Utah, only beer that is 3.2 percent alcohol by weight can be sold on Election Day until polls close at 8 p.m.
Sen. Scott McCoy says it’s time Utah enters the modern era and end the prohibition.
