Democrat Herald
Studded tires in Oregon are out for the season as of today, and a proposed initiative would ban them permanently. The Oregon Transportation Department, which last week extended the end of the studded-tire season from April 1 until Monday night, did not extend it again. The agency said it might still be snowing on some passes from time to time, but the legal use of studded tires was over for now.
Peter Kenagy is worried about Ballot Measure 67. The North Albany farmer fears the agricultural co-op to which he belongs may be hit by the measure’s minimum tax even though it has no earnings as such. Would it be affected? Chris Allanach, an economist for the Legislative Revenue Office, doesn’t know the circumstances of this co-op, but he has an answer for people wondering whether their corporations would be subject to the alternative minimum tax in Measure 67.