$665 million. That’s how much Oregon taxpayers will fork over in the next two years for corporate tax subsidies intended for economic development. And what are we getting in return? Jobs? More revenue? Investments in communities? We don’t know because state officials won’t tell us. With the stroke of a pen, Governor Kitzhaber could bring Oregonians the transparency they deserve. Powerful interests want to keep these deals a secret, but we can get the Governor to act if we keep up the pressure. That’s why he needs to hear from you.

The fields at Bristol Central are not sufficient. They present a safety hazard and disadvantage for both teams. It's time that we get a facility that supports our hardworking and dedicated athletes.

Boeing is flying high as one of the most successful corporations in the world, raking in billions of dollars each year. The company's CEO, Jim McNerney, has been rewarded handsomely for these record stock prices with a $265,575 pension every month. On top of this, just last week Boeing extracted another $9 billion in tax breaks from our legislature. Boeing is following the 21st century playbook for greedy corporations around the country. They divide us and force states to compete against neighboring states to offer the biggest tax breaks and the weakest environmental protections. They blackmail workers with threats of moving to another state or country with lower wages and weaker benefits. Then Wall Street bankers reward greedy CEOs with huge paydays and golden parachutes for expertly rigging the system against working families. When the machinist workers rejected Boeing's demands on Wednesday, they rejected this broken economic system and stood up for all working families. We need to stand with the Boeing workers and tell the Boeing executives to build the 777X here without holding Washington hostage!

Everyone who cares about functioning government should support rules reform for judicial confirmations. No other President has seen such fierce opposition to D.C. Circuit judicial nominees. If Republicans are determined to break the system, we need new rules to prevent that.

The majority citizens of St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois want Metro to pay its African American subcontractors who successfully complete Metro projects. Metro pay its non-minority prime contractors that they have referred to as poor performers. In my case, Metro paid an out-of-state prime contractor who never showed up to perform its contract work (for over eighteen months). Metro terminated them for non-responsiveness. But, Metro refused to pay its local African American subcontractor it retained after terminating the above mentioned prime contractor. Metro's contractor referred to the subcontractor as "a very good subcontractor", and advised Metro to pay its subcontractor who performed one hundred percent of the contractor's work in addition to performing extra work requested by Metro for it's six hundred million dollar "High Speed Cross County Extension Light Rail" project. Metro calculated and admitted that it owed the local African American contractor over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But, Metro have refused to pay the local African American subcontractor until the subcontractor produced a contract with Metro for performing the work. Metro willfully never prepared a contract or a change order for the local African American subcontractor, after it terminated its prime contractor, even after repeated requests from the local African American subcontractor to do so. Tell Metro to pay its African American subcontractor for work it completed under Metro's orders, supervision, approval, acceptance and which it continue to benefit from, and to end slavery against the bi-state (St. Louis Missouri and East St. Louis Illinois) African American community.

As someone born and raised in Hawaii, I have seen our homeless population grow over my lifetime. We need smart and effective policies to ensure that we are creating solutions and NOT treating people like criminals.

The students of Booker T. Washington High School have been getting ill due to mold exposure at school since August 2013. The APS Board of Education has voted to relocate students of another school who are not facing a major health hazard into a new location; however, despite pleas by students, parents and community leaders to relocate the students and teachers at Booker T. Washington to another location while the mold is remediated, the APS Board of Education has refused. The students and teachers at Washington High School deserve a healthy learning environment and the same consideration and respect that is given to other students and teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools system. In order to prevent further illness, they must be relocated NOW!

We are washing away because of the dredging on both ends of our island and the government tells us we have to let nature take its course. They are destroying the habitats of countless animals as well as destroying an entire communities livelihood. We can stabilize the coastline with natural reefs providing marine life with a place to flourish as well as building a beach for the land animals to live and grow. All of this will protect the humans that have lived here for thousands of years as well!

Our nation is continuing in the trend of disinterested voters. I think the current age gap between the first year someone decides to vote, and the first time they could have voted is too long.

The proposed building of multi-family condominiums with access from Arch Hill Drive via Cedar Crest Drive will create a congestive and unsafe amount of traffic diverting through the Balcones Village/Spicewoood neighborhood. Cedar Crest Drive is a narrow road with no sidewalks that currently serves as the main pass-through between Balcones Village and Spicewood. Cedar Crest is also the main thoroughfare for parents and buses taking children to Spicewood Elementary from Balcones, and Canyon Vista Middle School from Spicewood. Allowing access to the proposed development from inside the BV/S neighborhood (and possibly Anderson Mill Road) will encourage commuters to create a route through the neighborhood to access Hwy 183 in lieu of using Anderson Mill. Furthermore, the increased traffic of that would result if condominium residents must use interior streets to access their homes, the neighborhood roads would become even more congested and dangerous. Please sign this petition to help us Stop the Condo development that is proposed.

It's time to put an end to Republicans' unprecedented obstruction of President Obama's executive and judicial nominees. Through a simple majority vote, the Senate could change the rules and make sure that people in America have a government that works. Right now, dozens of judicial nominations are tied up in the Senate. Many other presidential nominations, including ambassadors, commission members and department leaders are also being denied an up or down vote. (You can see the entire list here: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_cmtec.htm) Tell the Senate to change the rules of the Senate and create a government that will truly work for the people.

State operated districting and voting regulations are politically corrupt and do not provide citizens with equal voting opportunity.