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Kirk Siegler/NPRThere is a marijuana boom in Ontario, Oregon, just across the river from the Boise metro area where pot is illegal. It's the latest flashpoint for conservatives who want Idaho to annex eastern Oregon. -
CITIZENS FOR GREATER IDAHOIdaho legislators gave a warm reception Monday to an Oregon group that wants to redraw state lines so that conservative eastern and southern Oregon would become part of the expanded state of "Greater Idaho."
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Some residents are so frustrated with Democratic politics that they are trying to change the map so that most of Oregon and a chunk of Northern California would break off and join red-state Idaho. -
The State of Jefferson separatist movement has competition: some Northwest residents want to make Idaho bigger, to take in parts of Oregon and Northern… -
Before the proposed State of Jefferson ignited the passions of disenchanted residents of Southern Oregon and Northern California in 1941, a similar scheme…
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With a population just under 40 million, California has more people than Canada. And Iraq and Poland, too. So it should surprise no one to find that… -
The State of Jefferson gets some recognition from the Oregon Historical Society in its latest publication. The Oregon Historical Quarterly's latest issue… -
What does the world just outside the "State of Jefferson" make of our corner of the world? We'll soon find out. Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon… -
The plan would create states with names such as Jefferson, Silicon Valley, South California. The constitutional amendment needs more than 800,000 signatures to qualify; backers say they have enough. -
Forget the political implications of a "State of Jefferson" for a moment. What would that state be like as a tourism destination? Spectacular! And an… -
If you believe in evolution, does that make you a Democrat? That IS the general trend in America, and one of the topics in this week's VENTSday segment,… -
Modoc County California officials have joined Siskiyou County in voting to secede from the state. The Redding Record-Searchlight reports supervisors voted…
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The "State of Jefferson" concept never translated into an actual state, but the idea is alive and well. Siskiyou County Supervisors recently voted to…
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Siskiyou County wants to break free of California and its high taxes. It wants to form its own state. Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Kobseff, a member of the county Board of Supervisors that passed a declaration this week to do just that.
