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Federal stimulus dollars to create jobs in Oregon

Oregon umployment has reached 11.9%, as of this morning’s report.  This makes Oregon 5th highest in unemployment across the nation, a distinction no state wants to own.

Oregon umployment has reached 11.9%, as of this morning’s report.  This makes Oregon 5th highest in unemployment across the nation, a distinction no state wants to own.

According to a live interview I heard on CNBC this morning, Oregon has received $1.78 billion in stimulus funds, and approximately half of that will be used to create jobs.  A huge focus of those jobs will be 51,000 “green” jobs.  Oregon legislators decided to focus on making Oregon green, in a big way, in 2006.  According to the interview between Erin Burnett of CNBC, and Tim McKay (I apologize if I have mispelled the name), the new goal is for “green employment” to be 14% of all jobs in Oregon, second only to our technology sector.Read Full Article

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