http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/e90c610e4433426cbcd5610f3a5965e7 Richard Devlin News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3b07605dd9014137ad21ab0af4b7ab86/OR-XGR--Legislature-Budgethttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3b07605dd9014137ad21ab0af4b7ab86/OR-XGR--Legislature-BudgetSALEM, Oregon - The Democrats in charge of writing a new state budget said Friday they're casting aside proposed tax increases and public-employee pension cuts and will begin advancing early pieces of a spending plan for the next two years.]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:58:36 -0400http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/98ef3112123e41de96c7f89a09a04acb/OR--Health-Overhaul-Governments-Oregonhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/98ef3112123e41de96c7f89a09a04acb/OR--Health-Overhaul-Governments-OregonSALEM, Oregon - Oregon's top legislative budget officials say they haven't seriously discussed dropping health insurance coverage for part-time state workers to shift some of their costs to the federal government.]]>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:30:17 -0400