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* Utilities, environmentalists join forces to push anti-coal plan at Oregon Legislature
* Klamath Basin: Revived water pact could see aging dams taken down
* Kate Brown’s minimum wage proposal gets first hearing
* Oregon lawmakers consider proposal to sell medical pot at recreational stores
* Oregon doesn’t need to revisit its minimum wage — Opinion
* Reasonable resolution to tribal-mascot debate — Guest Opinion
* Oregon Senate takes up bill to test sexual assault kits
* Corporate tax hike would not be passed along to consumers — Guest Opinion
* Oregon standoff Day 33: What you need to know Wednesday
* Obscure part of Oregon Constitution presents hiccup for minimum wage bill
* Legislature seeks to close gun sales loophole
* Public health advocates, retailers clash on tobacco bill
* Bill to move Oregon off coal power gets hearing
* Businesses balk at Oregon governors minimum-wage plan
* Time to move along — Opinion
* Commission grills utilities on coal deal
* Lawmakers propose tweaks to marijuana law
* Coalition seeks to raise legal tobacco age
* State sets up Web tool to calculate kicker refund
* Dems’ low-carbon plan throws roadblock at GOP transportation funding plan
* Snow depths looking solid west of Bend
* Utilities continue push to back off coal and promote renewables
* Lots of lessons for kids in hunting classes
* Push for a Redmond to Phoenix flight heats up
* Tree Farm development west of Bend moves forward
* Editorial: Legislature should pursue Knopps PERS reforms — Opinion
* Owyhee, Moda In Trouble, Talking Business & Noah Strycker
* Oregons water outlook is good for now, but not a sure thing
* Weatherman: Warmer, wetter spring and summer ahead
* Wildlife refuge employees ready to return to work
* Oregon farm regulators overrule judge on pesticide finding
* Rancher finds himself in middle of standoff
* Legislators work on competing energy bills
* Wolf legislation slated for Thursday hearing
* Langston: The surprising history of controversial Malheur refuge — Guest Opinion
* Lawmakers consider tweaks to pot laws
* Rep. fights increase in 1st speech
* BLM proposes closing up to 164 miles of roads in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
* Since You Asked: Moda isn’t the first arena namesake to hit hard times
* Breidenthal’s Hood River claims don’t jibe with commissioners there
* Our View: Lift the ban on inclusionary zoning — Opinion
* Brown’s revised wage proposal criticized at first hearing
* Deal boosts effort to remove 4 Klamath River dams
* Coos County joins Linn County’s planned class action lawsuit against state
* LUBA gives approval for Pacific Gales project
* All’s not fair in love and politics — Opinion
* A vision for a new economic identity — Opinion
* Coos County, BLM continue to battle Bastendorff Beach issues
* Coalition seeks to raise legal tobacco age to 21
* States set Columbia River spring Chinook seasons
* Editorial: Time to speak up for commercial fishing — Opinion
* Editorial: This would remove tools for suicide — Opinion
* Nyquist: Wage hike would increase costs
* Editorial: Boosting minimum wage is a mistake — Opinion
* Editorial: Legislature won’t be the only test for Brown — Opinion
* As I See It: Stop playing budget games with Oregon’s future — Guest Opinion
* As We See It: BLM misses the mark on Rainbow Ridge — Guest Opinion
* Editorial: Politics cast shadow over session — Opinion
* Legislature eyes Cap and Trade
* Your Guide to the 2016 Oregon Legislature
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UTILITIES, ENVIRONMENTALISTS JOIN FORCES TO PUSH ANTI-COAL PLAN AT OREGON LEGISLATURE (Portland Oregonian)
The Legislature held its first public hearing Tuesday on a far-reaching bill that aims to rid Oregon of electricity from coal-fired plants by 2030 and require utilities to serve half their customers’ demand with renewable energy by 2040.
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KLAMATH BASIN: REVIVED WATER PACT COULD SEE AGING DAMS TAKEN DOWN (Portland Oregonian)
A moribund push to remove a series of dams in the Klamath Basin has returned to life under a new deal announced Tuesday between California, Oregon, PacifiCorp and the federal government.
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KATE BROWN’S MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL GETS FIRST HEARING (Portland Oregonian)
Powerful left-leaning groups lined up behind Gov. Kate Brown’s new minimum wage plan Tuesday, tepidly offering support for $14.50 in Portland and $13.25 statewide.
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OREGON LAWMAKERS CONSIDER PROPOSAL TO SELL MEDICAL POT AT RECREATIONAL STORES (Portland Oregonian)
Recreational cannabis retailers would be able to sell tax-free medical marijuana to patients under a bill being considered by Oregon lawmakers.
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OREGON DOESN’T NEED TO REVISIT ITS MINIMUM WAGE — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon Legislature joined the minimum-wage debate in earnest this week, taking public testimony on a proposal negotiated by Gov. Kate Brown that would, lawmakers hope, head off a pair of dramatic initiative petitions.
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REASONABLE RESOLUTION TO TRIBAL-MASCOT DEBATE — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
I am Reyn Leno, and I’m proud to be an Indian who fought for this country as a warrior in Vietnam.
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OREGON SENATE TAKES UP BILL TO TEST SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS (Portland Oregonian)
A Senate panel Tuesday held the first hearing on a bill to make police follow through with testing sexual assault kits.
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CORPORATE TAX HIKE WOULD NOT BE PASSED ALONG TO CONSUMERS — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Oregonians deserve accurate information when it comes to public policy proposals that would have far-reaching consequences. So it was disappointing to read The Oregonian’s recent editorial disparaging Initiative Petition 28, a proposal to raise corporate income taxes.
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OREGON STANDOFF DAY 33: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WEDNESDAY (Portland Oregonian)
As we enter Day 33 of the standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, here are the latest developments.
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OBSCURE PART OF OREGON CONSTITUTION PRESENTS HICCUP FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL (Salem Statesman Journal)
A little-known section of the Oregon Constitution became a thorn in the side of legislators working to raise the minimum wage Tuesday.
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LEGISLATURE SEEKS TO CLOSE GUN SALES LOOPHOLE (Salem Statesman Journal)
Dylann Roof is accused of shooting killing nine people during a prayer service at a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year.
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PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES, RETAILERS CLASH ON TOBACCO BILL (Salem Statesman Journal)
Public health advocates and tobacco retailers clashed Tuesday at the Oregon State Capitol, as they gave testimony on a bill that would require tobacco and e-cigarette product retailers to be licensed by the state.
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BILL TO MOVE OREGON OFF COAL POWER GETS HEARING (Salem Statesman Journal)
State utility regulators have serious concerns about a proposal to transition Oregon off coal power, legislators learned at a hearing on the bill Tuesday.
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BUSINESSES BALK AT OREGON GOVERNORS MINIMUM-WAGE PLAN (Eugene Register-Guard)
Democratic Gov. Kate Browns minimum-wage proposal drew maximum heat from businesses and some local governments at an initial public hearing Tuesday.
Oregon farmers argued that the wage increase would put them at a disadvantage with their competitors in other states. Restaurant owners pushed to allow a lower wage for workers who also receive tips. And some local government leaders said the additional costs could be an unconstitutional unfunded mandate from the state.
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TIME TO MOVE ALONG — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
After last weeks shooting death of Robert LaVoy Finicum, one of the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, social and mainstream media sites lit up with rumors, speculations and allegations.
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COMMISSION GRILLS UTILITIES ON COAL DEAL (Portland Tribune)
Oregon’s two largest utilities presented the case for legislation to phase out coal energy during a special meeting of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Friday.
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LAWMAKERS PROPOSE TWEAKS TO MARIJUANA LAW (Portland Tribune)
-Removing a two-year residency requirement to start a marijuana business is one of the proposed changes.-
Representatives from the marijuana industry came out in droves Tuesday to speak out on legislation to hone the states infant marijuana laws.
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COALITION SEEKS TO RAISE LEGAL TOBACCO AGE (Portland Tribune)
-Legislation that would have increased the age to buy tobacco to 21 stalled in committee in 2015. –
A coalition of 20 health organizations has launched a campaign to combat a sobering trend: About seven kids every day become new smokers in Oregon.
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STATE SETS UP WEB TOOL TO CALCULATE KICKER REFUND (Portland Tribune)
Want to take your state tax kicker on your 2015 income tax returns? Oregon’s Department of Revenue is setting up a website to help people figure out how to collect their tax credit.
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DEMS’ LOW-CARBON PLAN THROWS ROADBLOCK AT GOP TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PLAN (Portland Tribune)
Democratic leaders in the Oregon House have blocked a $340 million transportation funding bill introduced by a Wilsonville Republican.
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SNOW DEPTHS LOOKING SOLID WEST OF BEND (Bend Bulletin)
Before strapping on their snowshoes to head into the forest near Wanoga Sno-park on Tuesday, Kurt Moffitt and Gabby Coughlin with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service had a good idea what they’d find.
Theres a lot more snow on the ground than there was last year.
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UTILITIES CONTINUE PUSH TO BACK OFF COAL AND PROMOTE RENEWABLES (Bend Bulletin)
-Watchdog: Would proposal actually cut carbon?-
Oregon’s utility watchdog continued its push for answers on whether a proposal to alter the source of most of the states electric supply would increase rates and actually cut carbon as intended.
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LOTS OF LESSONS FOR KIDS IN HUNTING CLASSES (Bend Bulletin)
-Hunter education classes start this month-
Mikayla Lewis torched her hunting boots at the end of a recent elk hunt. She lit the match and they went up in flames. My daughter is 19 years old and, we calculated, has been hunting for 10 years since she passed hunter education.
Her boots have been a symbol of much pain.
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PUSH FOR A REDMOND TO PHOENIX FLIGHT HEATS UP (Bend Bulletin)
-Air service could take off this summer-
A daily nonstop flight from Redmond to Phoenix could be a reality as soon as June, but not without money from the Central Oregon community.
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TREE FARM DEVELOPMENT WEST OF BEND MOVES FORWARD (Bend Bulletin)
-An appeal will be dropped as opposing sides reach an agreement-
A 50-homesite development next to Shevlin Park is expected to move forward with construction this year after an agreement was reached this week between developers and Central Oregon LandWatch.
Most of the 533-acre site will remain as open space and have a trail system connecting to the park.
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EDITORIAL: LEGISLATURE SHOULD PURSUE KNOPPS PERS REFORMS — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
Some say Oregon’s state employee retirement system, called PERS, is nothing to worry about.
The health of the states pension system routinely gets ranked highly when you compare it to other pension systems. An article a few months ago in The Wall Street Journal compared the resources each state has to pay its future retirement benefits. Oregon came in fifth.
So why do some in Oregon like State Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, keep trying to get peoples attention about PERS?
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OWYHEE, MODA IN TROUBLE, TALKING BUSINESS & NOAH STRYCKER (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
OPBs senior political reporter Jeff Mapes tells us what hes been hearing about the chances for an Owyhee wilderness area or national monument.
We talk with Patrick Allen with the states consumer and business services department about how the troubles at Moda Health are likely to affect Oregonians.
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OREGON’S WATER OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR NOW, BUT NOT A SURE THING (Capital Press)
-The snow draping Oregon’s mountain ranges is a welcome sign, but it doesn’t mean the drought is over.-
Oregon’s snowpack looks good as February unfolds, but the hydrologist who tracks it says anything can happen in the next couple months.
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WEATHERMAN: WARMER, WETTER SPRING AND SUMMER AHEAD (Capital Press)
-Art Douglas of Creighton University and a fixture at the Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum, predicts warmer and wetter weather for the region in the coming months.-
Pacific Northwest farmers will see warmer and wetter weather in the months ahead, meteorologist Art Douglas predicts.
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WILDLIFE REFUGE EMPLOYEES READY TO RETURN TO WORK (Capital Press)
-A spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said agency employees are anxious to get back to work at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.-
As an occupation drags on, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees dont know what theyll find when they return to work at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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OREGON FARM REGULATORS OVERRULE JUDGE ON PESTICIDE FINDING (Capital Press)
-A dispute between Oregon farm regulators and a pesticide applicator may be headed for the Oregon Court of Appeals.-
Oregon farm regulators have proposed overruling an administrative judges findings that the emergency suspension of an aerial pesticide applicators license was unwarranted
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RANCHER FINDS HIMSELF IN MIDDLE OF STANDOFF (Capital Press)
-Kurt Spencer, whose Frenchglen, Ore., ranch is just a half-hour drive south of the refuge headquarters and whose property borders refuge land, said the stop at the first checkpoint was scary.-
Rancher Kurt Spencer had a close encounter with the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation situation on Jan. 28.
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LEGISLATORS WORK ON COMPETING ENERGY BILLS (East Oregonian)
-Lawmakers who support the bills said they expect to pass them out of committee and on to the budget writing Joint Committee on Ways and Means by next week.
Oregon lawmakers held the first hearings Tuesday on two major bills to increase limits on carbon emissions.
Legislative committees have not finished taking testimony on the bills. But lawmakers who support the bills said they expect to pass them out of committee and on to the budget writing Joint Committee on Ways and Means by next week.
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WOLF LEGISLATION SLATED FOR THURSDAY HEARING (East Oregonian)
-A bill that would ratify the recent decision to delist wolves in Eastern Oregon is headed for a public hearing Thursday in Salem.-
A bill that would ratify the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions decision to remove gray wolves from the state endangered species list is up for debate in Salem.
Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, and Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, initially submitted slightly different versions of the bill in both the House and Senate, asking for the legislature to back up last falls controversial wolf delisting.
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LANGSTON: THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF CONTROVERSIAL MALHEUR REFUGE — GUEST OPINION (East Oregonian)
National wildlife refuges such as the one at Malheur near Burns have importance far beyond the current furor over who manages our public lands. Such refuges are becoming increasingly critical habitat for migratory birds because 95 percent of the wetlands along the Pacific Flyway have already been lost to development.
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LAWMAKERS CONSIDER TWEAKS TO POT LAWS (East Oregonian)
-Lawmakers have proposed several changes to the state’s marijuana laws.-
Representatives from the marijuana industry came out in droves Tuesday to speak out on legislation to hone the states infant marijuana laws
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REP. FIGHTS INCREASE IN 1ST SPEECH (Argus Observer)
Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, used his first speech in the opening session in the Oregon House Monday to address the issue of a proposed hike in the minimum wage.
A bill introduced in the Legislature would increase the minimum wage, which is $9.25 an hour, to $13.50 an hour by 2019 for most of the state, with a larger increase in the Portland metro area.
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BLM PROPOSES CLOSING UP TO 164 MILES OF ROADS IN CASCADE-SISKIYOU NATIONAL MONUMENT (Medford Mail Tribune)
-Jackson County commissioners voice concerns-
Jackson County commissioners are voicing concerns about a U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposal to close 164 miles of logging roads in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument east of Ashland.
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SINCE YOU ASKED: MODA ISN’T THE FIRST ARENA NAMESAKE TO HIT HARD TIMES (Medford Mail Tribune)
I saw on the news last week that Moda Health Plans is being required by the Oregon Insurance Division to raise capital or reduce its operations. Isn’t this the same company that spent millions to rename the Rose Garden just a couple of years ago?
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BREIDENTHAL’S HOOD RIVER CLAIMS DON’T JIBE WITH COMMISSIONERS THERE (Medford Mail Tribune)
-4 out of 5 Hood River commissioners say they don’t recall meeting him-
Jackson County Commissioner Doug Breidenthals claim that he met with local commissioners after a conference in June 2014 isnt backed up by four of the five commissioners in Hood River County.
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OUR VIEW: LIFT THE BAN ON INCLUSIONARY ZONING — OPINION (Medford Mail Tribune)
It’s no secret that many families in Jackson County are struggling financially, and one of the biggest hurdles they face is finding housing they can afford. A bill before the 2016 Legislature would allow but not require cities to enact “inclusionary zoning” laws to help address that. Oregon is one of only two states that bans cities from enacting such laws, and the ban should end.
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BROWN’S REVISED WAGE PROPOSAL CRITICIZED AT FIRST HEARING (The World)
Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday held their first public hearing on Gov. Kate Brown’s scaled-back minimum wage proposal, and it immediately ran into criticism.
Legislators met at the Capitol in a room packed with union officials, business people, residents, local government leaders and others wanting to weigh in on whether Oregon’s $9.25 hourly minimum wage should be increased, by how much and where, and over what period of time.
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DEAL BOOSTS EFFORT TO REMOVE 4 KLAMATH RIVER DAMS (The World)
An agreement by California, Oregon and the federal government on Tuesday boosted efforts to remove four dams in the Pacific Northwest despite opposition in Congress.
Officials from those two states and the federal government committed in the deal to pressing ahead on plans to remove the four hydroelectric dams on the lower Klamath River, which runs through Oregon to California.
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COOS COUNTY JOINS LINN COUNTY’S PLANNED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE (The World)
Linn County’s planned class action lawsuit against the state of Oregon for the mismanagement of Oregon Trust Forest Lands has added Coos County to its potential list of plaintiffs.
Coos County commissioners met with Linn County Board Chair Roger Nyquist last week during executive session to discuss the merits of the case as well as the costs to Coos County.
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LUBA GIVES APPROVAL FOR PACIFIC GALES PROJECT (The World)
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals gave the proposed Pacific Gales golf course the final go-ahead last week when LUBA ruled against an appeal to the project by the Oregon Coast Alliance.
ORCA had appealed Curry County’s approval of the proposed design for the clubhouse at the golf course north of Port Orford.
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ALL’S NOT FAIR IN LOVE AND POLITICS — OPINION (The World)
The 2016 state legislative session opened yesterday, and boy, is the agenda packed.
If you believe the schedule for this short 35-day session, lawmakers will tackle issues such as: raising the state’s minimum wage, increasing corporate taxes, privatizing the state’s liquor monopoly, phasing out coal power for renewable, overhauling the state’s foster-care system, regulating housing rents, refining the new marijuana laws and strengthening background-check requirements recently imposed on firearm purchases.
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A VISION FOR A NEW ECONOMIC IDENTITY — OPINION (The World)
If you asked a broad cross section of Americans how they identified certain of these United States economically, you’d probably get pretty consistent answers.
Washington state aerospace and high tech. Alaska oil. California agriculture and high tech and Hollywood. Wyoming mining and ranching. Idaho agriculture, especially potatoes, although that’s somewhat stereotypical.
Anyway you get the idea. If you’d asked someone the same question about Oregon a generation ago, they’d most likely say timber.
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COOS COUNTY, BLM CONTINUE TO BATTLE BASTENDORFF BEACH ISSUES (The World)
Slowly, but surely progress is being made at Bastendorff Beach.
But that doesn’t mean county or Bureau of Land Management officials can take their feet off the pedal to push for greater changes to the camping situation otherwise the current predicament could easily spiral out of control again.
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COALITION SEEKS TO RAISE LEGAL TOBACCO AGE TO 21 (Daily Astorian)
-A campaign to raise Oregon’s legal age to buy tobacco was launched Tuesday after a bill last year stalled in committee.-
A coalition of 20 health organizations has launched a campaign to combat a sobering trend: About seven kids every day become new smokers in Oregon.
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STATES SET COLUMBIA RIVER SPRING CHINOOK SEASONS (Daily Astorian)
-Season based on forecast of returning spring salmon-
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington state have set spring Chinook salmon seasons for the Columbia River.
The recreational springer season on the Columbia from the river mouth upstream to Bonneville Dam will be open from March 1 through April 9, with two days off during that period to allow for potential commercial fishing periods.
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EDITORIAL: TIME TO SPEAK UP FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING — OPINION (Daily Astorian)
-The forecast for the important spring Chinook run is about 300,000 to the rivers mouth-
Last week included one of the signature events on the Pacific Northwests annual calendar: the setting of spring fishing seasons on the Columbia River.
The forecast for the important spring Chinook run is about 300,000 to the rivers mouth, about 28 percent fewer than last year but more than the 10-year average of 285,000.
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EDITORIAL: THIS WOULD REMOVE TOOLS FOR SUICIDE — OPINION (Daily Astorian)
-Removing firearms from suicidal people would be a step forward-
Suicide and guns go together. So do suicide and prescription drugs.
A researcher at the University of Washington took that relationship and developed a concept that might lead to a breakthrough in Olympia. The online news outlet Crosscut reported Friday that gun lobbyists joined suicide prevention advocates in supporting a bill aimed at inhibiting guns and prescription drugs availability to suicidal people
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NYQUIST: WAGE HIKE WOULD INCREASE COSTS (Albany Democrat Herald)
Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist today plans to tell a Senate committee reviewing a proposed minimum wage hike, Its ironic under the guise of reducing poverty, government and special interest groups are proposing legislation that will increase grocery prices statewide.
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EDITORIAL: BOOSTING MINIMUM WAGE IS A MISTAKE — OPINION (Albany Democrat Herald)
Let us elaborate on a point we’ve made in passing in recent editorials: Raising Oregons minimum wage, already the second-highest in the nation, is a bad idea. Its bad public policy that runs the risk of devastating local governments and small businesses across Oregon.
So, of course, it seems to be a virtual lock to pass the Legislature in the short session that got underway on Monday in Salem.
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EDITORIAL: LEGISLATURE WON’T BE THE ONLY TEST FOR BROWN — OPINION (Albany Democrat Herald)
Gov. Kate Brown did outstanding work during last years legislative session, when she unexpectedly assumed the states top office after the resignation of John Kitzhaber.
As you probably recall, that happened in the early days of the 2015 session, and one of the very real possibilities in those days was that the session would go off the rails.
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AS I SEE IT: STOP PLAYING BUDGET GAMES WITH OREGON’S FUTURE — GUEST OPINION (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
For the past 25 years the Oregon Legislature has routinely defunded education and public safety. Coincidentally, the growth of social service programs has exploded, growing 250 percent, since 2003. These programs are better funded due to the massive federal matching dollars appropriated at a rate of nearly 6 to 1.
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AS WE SEE IT: BLM MISSES THE MARK ON RAINBOW RIDGE — GUEST OPINION (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
The Rainbow Ridge Timber Sale is located in the Marys Peak Resource Area of the Salem District of the Bureau of Land Management BLM. Twice in the last few years Nov. 4, 2012 and Sept. 28, 2015 the Corvallis Gazette-Times has featured this timber sale as its lead story of the day: first when reporting on a public tour of Rainbow Ridge that we participated in, and second when reporting on a protest by opponents of the timber sale.
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EDITORIAL: POLITICS CAST SHADOW OVER SESSION — OPINION (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
A couple of notable political events took place on Monday: First, of course, Iowa voters participated in their states first-in-the-nation political caucus, and in doing so, kicked the presidential race into high gear.
Closer to home, in Salem, legislators from across Oregon gathered to kick off the Legislatures short session, scheduled for a five-week run.
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LEGISLATURE EYES CAP AND TRADE (Oregon Business Report)
In the upcoming 2016 Short Session, legislators will debate a controversial cap and trade bill, labeled the Healthy Climate Act. In short, the bill proposes to raise billions in new revenue on the backs of unsuspecting businesses and consumers.
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YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2016 OREGON LEGISLATURE (Willamette Week)
On Jan. 14, an Oregon House committee met in Salem for a public hearing because Rep. Vic Gilliam R-Silverton wanted to name the Newfoundland the state dog.
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