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6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) Dear Liz: You wrote in a recent column that grandparents could pay tuition directly to a school, and it would not trigger a gift tax return. That’s true, but my daughters have told me — and two private, expensive, and not…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (250+ words) Dear Liz: I’m 65. Can I use a health savings account to pay my Medicare premiums? I do not collect Social Security yet. Answer: If you already have an HSA, then yes, you can make tax-free withdrawals from it to pay…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (643+ words) A City Council-prompted investigation into city staff approval of Zenith Energy’s fuel operations on the Willamette River found no evidence of wrongdoing by city employees or the company, according to a report issued this week. The report found no compliance…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (181+ words) OregonLive.com With one hand, Oregon Democrats are scrambling to save a single industry —professional basketball in Portland — with special tax treatment, (“Moda Center funding bill introduced in Salem with few specifics, broad support from top Democrats,” Feb. 11). With the…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (378+ words) The Skanner, Portland’s dominant Black-owned newspaper, shuttered on Jan. 30. The newspaper was founded in 1975 by Bernie Foster, alongside his wife, Bobbie Dore Foster. The couple, now in their 80s, began publishing the paper in a small office on what is now…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) An Oregon House committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would more tightly enforce the state’s 36% interest rate cap on short-term consumer loans. The bill passed out of the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection on a 6-4, party line vote,…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1704+ words) As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, Oregon and other states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers. For years, many states competed aggressively to land data…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) One daughter, “Marie,” borrowed a large sum of money and agreed to repay it in installments. She paid me back a portion of the money I had loaned her. When the next installment was due, she claimed her first payment…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) DEAR ABBY: My husband developed an addiction to slot machines, but I didn’t realize it. He would leave the house in the early morning before I woke up. Abby, he gambled away every single asset we had accumulated during our…...