Read All About It, Oregon: Government Documents News
“Read All About It, Oregon, is a service of the Oregon Documents Depository Program and the Oregon State Library. The blog’s goal is to provide easy access to Oregon state government documents that are in the news, or relevant to current news topics….” (Link to blog.)
An Oregon lawyer blogger has this daunting, but useful list:
What to do when your loved one dies
Thank you to Candice Aiston for the blog post and to Justia Blawgsearch for its easy Oregon blawg search capabilities.
Oregon nonprofits on the free TACS mailing list may already know this, but if not, here’s a reminder from the IRS about tax exempt organizations:
Excerpt: “…The Internal Revenue Service today reminded tax-exempt organizations to make sure they file their annual information form on time. In 2010 the tax-exempt status of any non-profit that has not filed the required form in the last three years will be revoked.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 requires that non-profit organizations that do not file a required information form for three consecutive years automatically lose their Federal tax-exempt status. This requirement has been in effect since the beginning of 2007.
Books to Prisoners is a nonprofit, all-volunteer, organization that sends literature to prisoners.
Prisoners across the country write letters requesting titles/genres/etc. The organization tries to match these requests with books received through donations. A family foundation has recently awarded a 2:1 matching grant for donations.
Visit Books to Prisoners online for more information.
For those who want to read the 2010 Arizona immigration law, SB 1070 (Chapter 113) you can link to the summaries and full-text information at the Arizona Legislature’s website.
You can also link to it from the Arizona Governor’s website.
… in the OC Lawyer Magazine, Criminal Waste of Space column: Carpentry Without Tools, by Justice William W. Bedsworth
Excerpt: “My father was a casketmaker. He taught me not to judge the carpenter if you don’t know his tools. It was just a homey tradesman’s adjuration not to be judgmental, and I remember as a boy being unimpressed by it as a mantra. But I sure appreciate it now. It has helped keep my blood pressure in check for many years.
I think of it often when I encounter an opinion I do not think is the author or panel’s best work. I remind myself that I don’t know how good the briefing was, I don’t know what the record was like, and—perhaps most important—I haven’t sat down and struggled with the cases cited….”(Link to full article.)
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