Date: 04/01/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House has approved funding for Oregon schools for the next two years. The House voted along party lines to send the $7.3 billion budget to the Senate. The budget was pushed by Democratic legislative leaders, who say the 9 percent increase would allow most districts to offer full-day kindergarten to all students without cutting budgets beyond current levels. Education interest groups have criticized the proposal as inadequate.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Ten computers and four cellphones used by aides to former Gov. John Kitzhaber were seized after federal authorities issued subpoenas in an influence-peddling investigation. The devices were locked in the state’s forensic lab. The Oregonian reports that as Gov. Kate Brown succeeded Kitzhaber, technicians from the state Department of Administrative Services swept up the devices Feb. 19-20 – before the department head at the time, Michael Jordon, put a stop to it.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man who provided investment services to the wealthy has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for defrauding an Oregon widow of more than $1 million during the 2008 recession. The authorities said Robert Keys tried to rescue his struggling Portland firm by persuading the widow to loan $1.1 million to a Florida businessman.
BEND, Ore. (AP) – Wildlife advocates have criticized Bend police for shooting a cougar, saying it could have been tranquilized and relocated, or left alone long enough to leave on its own. A hiker at Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint reported the cougar Saturday a few yards off a trail.
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