A deal proposed by Nike Inc. to create hundreds of jobs in Oregon in exchange for a guarantee that the state won't change a favorable corporate tax structure has prompted state lawmakers to approve emergency legislation. Critics have questioned the timing and purpose of the special session. But rather than head out on holiday vacations, the state's part-time legislators met Friday in Salem on four days' notice and voted to give the world's largest athletic shoe and apparel company the assurances it demanded. The deal was evidence of the lengths Oregon leaders will go to in order to protect the state's...
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