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* Gay marriage opponents lose first round of fight over ballot title for Oregon initiative
* Pot bill puts Salem on the spot — Opinion
* Travel Oregon launches website to help tourism partners boost travel
* Oregon timberlands issue heats up in Congress; exposes split between Wyden and key House members
* Remove all four dams on the Klamath River, environmental analysis recommends
* Conservation groups to file lawsuit over Klamath River water flow
* Riverdale School District pressure on Oregon legislators keeps public school tuition alive
* Window safety week aims to educate parents, kids about fall dangers
* Oregon Legislature revives controversial toll road project connecting I-5 to McMinnville
* Oregon soldiers honor international day of remembrance at Camp Withycombe
* Some Oregon rodeo enthusiasts worried anti-horse-tripping bill could lead to slippery slope
* FEMA, lenders wrongly charge Oregon homeowners flood insurance
* Oregon lawmakers will hold six budget hearings around state
* Oregon gun bills remain on track after marathon hearing in Legislature
* Columbia River Crossing adversaries push for project redesign
* Party-line vote sends PERS bill to Oregon Senate and House floors
* PERS bill is a false fix, critics say
* At Oregon Senate gun hearing, no common ground seen on additional firearm restrictions
* PERS bill heads for Senate, House showdowns at Oregon Legislature
* Intel will sponsor Oregon digital filmmaking initiative
* Oregon should extend concussion safety law — Opinion
* Guns, PERS and cracking down on vending snacks in public buildings: Oregon Legislature today
* In Oregon, the right to vote should be automatic — Opinion
* After hunt for summer child care, I need a vacation — Opinion
* The tragedy of the Oregon public employee pension system, and a solution — Guest Opinion
* Let the public see who’s responsible for river discharge — Guest Opinion
* A closer look at health care in Oregon — Opinion
* Lawmakers hear testimony on gun bills in marathon hearing
* Audits ease issues at State Data Center
* Land board to give awards
* DUII advisory panel to meet
* Traffic safety panel to meet
* Wong: An end to immigrant in-state tuition debate — Opinion
* Key lawmaker still undecided about gun bills
* SB 822 falls short of what’s needed — Opinion
* HB2902 is right path to improving health care — Guest Opinion
* Snowpacks around state mostly below normal
* Anglers group unhappy with steelhead donation
* Oregon inmates making stuffed frogs to help youth
* Christian group sues county
* Trench warfare takes over in Salem
* Bill would allow chip factory
* Hopeful sign for Klamath — Opinion
* Delaying PERS reform will be a disaster for schools — Guest Opinion
* More judicial workhorses — Opinion
* Statue of Limitations
* Agency plans for more NE Ore. forest restoration
* Cities oppose house bill 3453
* Thursday’s Storm Did Not Produce Tornadoes
* Wrapping Around The Little Ones
* Democratic Pension Cuts On Fast Track
* Oregon Delivers Local Seafood From Boat To School
* State Senate Committee Considers Another Way To Govern Education
* Bill Would Ban Horse Tripping While Affirming Right To Rodeo
* CSO Project Gets Back On Track
* Judge tells feds to study owls before selling timber
* Should States Get Out of the Booze Business?
* Relatives of shooting victims testify as Oregon legislators tackle gun bills
* Mater appointed to Oregon Global Warming Commission
* Oregon may get ‘Project Azalea’
* Cultural Competency Training Compromise Likely to Become Law
* Oregon Explores Treadmill Desks for State Workers
* Extremely Rare Japanese ‘Tsunami Fish’ Goes On Display on North Oregon Coast
* Appointee fills spot left by Ed Caleb; starts Monday
* Oregons New Fiscal Impact statement on Lower Columbia gillnet ban to be reviewed by commission May 10
* Oregonians Testify For And Against New Gun Bills
* Pacific Northwest governors urge federal officials to look closely at coal export proposal
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GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENTS LOSE FIRST ROUND OF FIGHT OVER BALLOT TITLE FOR OREGON INITIATIVE (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon attorney general’s office isn’t buying an attempt by gay marriage opponents to radically rewrite the ballot title for a proposed initiative that would allow same-sex marriages in Oregon.
The attorney general’s office on Friday announced its final wording on a ballot title — and it rejected the legal argument from an attorney for the Oregon Family Council that the title should reflect the notion that the initiative would require every governmental agency in Oregon to issue marriage licenses.
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POT BILL PUTS SALEM ON THE SPOT — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Following the defeat last fall of the easily ridiculed Measure 80, the movement to legalize marijuana in Oregon has taken a more sober tack. A coalition of advocates has approached the Legislature and said, in effect, help us do this. It would be a mistake to ignore them.
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TRAVEL OREGON LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO HELP TOURISM PARTNERS BOOST TRAVEL (Portland Oregonian)
Travel Oregon is launching a website aimed at tourism industry partners that will make it easier to get information and collaborate on programs to boost travel in and around their regions.
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OREGON TIMBERLANDS ISSUE HEATS UP IN CONGRESS; EXPOSES SPLIT BETWEEN WYDEN AND KEY HOUSE MEMBERS (Portland Oregonian)
A proposal by three Oregon congressmen to boost logging on the Oregon & California timberlands gained momentum in the U.S. House on Wednesday — but it faces a skeptical reaction from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who now chairs the key committee in the Senate.
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REMOVE ALL FOUR DAMS ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS RECOMMENDS (Portland Oregonian)
The federal government on Thursday recommended that all four aging hydroelectric dams be removed from the Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California to help struggling wild salmon runs, and nearly $1 billion should be spent on environmental restoration.
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CONSERVATION GROUPS TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER KLAMATH RIVER WATER FLOW (Portland Oregonian)
Two conservation groups warned federal agencies Thursday they plan to sue to get more water devoted to protected salmon in the Klamath River.
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RIVERDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESSURE ON OREGON LEGISLATORS KEEPS PUBLIC SCHOOL TUITION ALIVE (Portland Oregonian)
Riverdale School District has found a way to pay for the programs schools across Oregon used to have — music, art, librarians — and to hire enough teachers to keep class sizes to about 23 students.
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WINDOW SAFETY WEEK AIMS TO EDUCATE PARENTS, KIDS ABOUT FALL DANGERS (Portland Oregonian)
During one terrible week last June, four children in the Portland area were injured when they plunged through windows to the ground.
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OREGON LEGISLATURE REVIVES CONTROVERSIAL TOLL ROAD PROJECT CONNECTING I-5 TO MCMINNVILLE (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon Legislature has revived a controversial project that calls for the construction of a private toll road connecting Interstate 5 to the west end of McMinnville.
The $350 million Coastal Parkway project is intended to relieve congestion along the reliably clogged Oregon 99W corridor along Newberg and Dundee, project backers say.
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OREGON SOLDIERS HONOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AT CAMP WITHYCOMBE (Portland Oregonian)
Members of the Oregon Army National Guard took part in an international day of remembrance as the sun came up Sunday morning at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas.
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SOME OREGON RODEO ENTHUSIASTS WORRIED ANTI-HORSE-TRIPPING BILL COULD LEAD TO SLIPPERY SLOPE (Portland Oregonian)
An Oregon bill to ban horse tripping includes a clause aimed at calming the concerns of rodeo aficionados.
An earlier proposal to ban the practice of roping horses legs in competition died in committee in 2011.
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FEMA, LENDERS WRONGLY CHARGE OREGON HOMEOWNERS FLOOD INSURANCE (Portland Oregonian)
Hundreds of Oregon homeowners every year are wrongly told they need costly flood insurance, caught in a system that the state’s National Flood Insurance Program coordinator says lacks oversight and should be fixed.
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OREGON LAWMAKERS WILL HOLD SIX BUDGET HEARINGS AROUND STATE (Portland Oregonian)
The budget committee of the Oregon Legislature will travel the state to hear from the public as they craft a spending plan for the next two years.
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OREGON GUN BILLS REMAIN ON TRACK AFTER MARATHON HEARING IN LEGISLATURE (Portland Oregonian)
A package of four gun bills drafted after the Sandy Hook and Clackamas shootings stayed on track Friday following a marathon hearing that pitted Gov. John Kitzhaber and several victims of gun violence against a National Rifle Association lobbyist and several impassioned gun-rights activists.
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COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING ADVERSARIES PUSH FOR PROJECT REDESIGN (Portland Oregonian)
Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing project dominated a public hearing Thursday on the newly-released transportation budget proposed by Washington House Democrats.
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PARTY-LINE VOTE SENDS PERS BILL TO OREGON SENATE AND HOUSE FLOORS (Portland Oregonian)
The clash over public worker retirement benefits in Oregon has moved onto the Legislature’s big dance floors.
A bill that cuts pension costs by $460 million came out of the Legislature’s budget committee Friday, setting up final showdowns as soon as next week in front of the full Senate and House.
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PERS BILL IS A FALSE FIX, CRITICS SAY (Portland Oregonian)
As far as Oregon’s legislative leaders are concerned, debate over reforms to Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System is done. For the moment.
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AT OREGON SENATE GUN HEARING, NO COMMON GROUND SEEN ON ADDITIONAL FIREARM RESTRICTIONS (Portland Oregonian)
A marathon hearing Friday morning on four gun bills introduced in the wake of the Sandy Hook and Clackamas mall shootings showed no evidence of common ground on gun laws.
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PERS BILL HEADS FOR SENATE, HOUSE SHOWDOWNS AT OREGON LEGISLATURE (Portland Oregonian)
Despite attacks on multiple fronts, a bill to cut into public worker retirement benefits in Oregon took a big leap forward Friday, moving out of a key budget committee to set up final showdowns on the Senate and House floors.
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INTEL WILL SPONSOR OREGON DIGITAL FILMMAKING INITIATIVE (Portland Oregonian)
Intel has signed on to sponsor a new Oregon digital filmmaking incubator, partnering with the Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy and the state’s film office.
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OREGON SHOULD EXTEND CONCUSSION SAFETY LAW — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
“Everyone in Hollywood has a brain injury,” joked Gary Busey at the Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon’s annual awards dinner in Portland recently.
Well, he was kind of joking.
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GUNS, PERS AND CRACKING DOWN ON VENDING SNACKS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS: OREGON LEGISLATURE TODAY (Portland Oregonian)
A lengthy and emotional hearing on four gun-control bills will dominate the hallway buzz at the Oregon Capitol on Friday.
Plenty of attention will also be paid when the Joint Ways and Means Commitee takes up the Democratic proposal on cutting the costs of the Public Employees Retirement system.
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IN OREGON, THE RIGHT TO VOTE SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Every time Oregon holds an election, the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh gets a vote.
Probably, he gets thousands of votes — or at least keeps other people from casting them.
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AFTER HUNT FOR SUMMER CHILD CARE, I NEED A VACATION — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Ideally, my school-age kid won’t need child care this summer vacation. She will spend her 11-week break from Oregon schools with me, on our private island, after we win Powerball.
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THE TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION SYSTEM, AND A SOLUTION — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon’s PERS system debate mirrors similar problems across the country, and tragically the debate revolves around two competing, yet necessary, values. First, as the poet Robert Frost wrote, there are “promises to keep” when employees work for years with the expectation of deferred compensation in the form of pension benefits as they reach retirement age.
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LET THE PUBLIC SEE WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR RIVER DISCHARGE — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Every day, millions of gallons of treated waste are pumped into our rivers and other waterways in Oregon from municipal treatment plants, industrial facilities and other sources.
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A CLOSER LOOK AT HEALTH CARE IN OREGON — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
It might not seem like it on the surface, but health care in Oregon is changing rapidly. Here is what you need to know:
Oregon has perhaps the nations most ambitious plan for transforming health care, moving faster even than the federal government.
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LAWMAKERS HEAR TESTIMONY ON GUN BILLS IN MARATHON HEARING (Salem Statesman Journal)
A four-hour debate on gun control legislation may have appeared partisan Friday, but theres at least one key Democratic lawmaker who remains undecided.
Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee that heard testimony about four gun bills, said hes undecided about how to vote. One of the four bills would ban firearms in K-12 schools unless school districts decide to opt-out.
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AUDITS EASE ISSUES AT STATE DATA CENTER (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Security gaps found during past checkups resolved-
Eight years after the launch of the State Data Center a move that brought into question whether millions of dollars in state funds had been squandered the last of the wrinkles are being smoothed out.
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LAND BOARD TO GIVE AWARDS (Salem Statesman Journal)
The State Land Board will present awards for stream and wetland projects as part of its next business meeting.
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DUII ADVISORY PANEL TO MEET (Salem Statesman Journal)
Agency reports and pending legislation will be on the agenda of the Governors Advisory Committee on Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants.
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TRAFFIC SAFETY PANEL TO MEET (Salem Statesman Journal)
The Transportation Safety Committee, which advises the Oregon Department of Transportation and its policy-making commission, will review reports and hear an update from transportation safety officials.
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WONG: AN END TO IMMIGRANT IN-STATE TUITION DEBATE — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Laura Lanka didnt say a word during the signing of House Bill 2787 last week.
As principal of Woodburn High School a decade ago, she initiated a conversation with Sen. Peter Courtney, D-Salem, who was on the verge of being thrust into the presidency of a tied Senate.
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KEY LAWMAKER STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT GUN BILLS (Salem Statesman Journal)
-About 55 people speak at four-hour hearing-
A four-hour debate on gun control legislation may have appeared partisan Friday, but theres at least one key Democratic lawmaker who remains undecided.
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SB 822 FALLS SHORT OF WHAT’S NEEDED — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Reforming Oregons pension program for public employees is the most contentious and important issue facing state and local government. Without fundamental changes to the system known as PERS, cuts in funding to schools and other basic public services will accelerate.
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HB2902 IS RIGHT PATH TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE — GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Dr. Bud Pierce, president of the Oregon Medical Association, recently wrote a guest opinion opposing House Bill 2902, a bill that would correct serious insurance reimbursem*nt discrepancies in Oregons primary and mental health care system.
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SNOWPACKS AROUND STATE MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL (Eugene Register-Guard)
Oregons tallest peak has raked enough moisture out of passing storms to claim the only normal snowpack in the state.
But the farther a river basin is from Mount Hood, the worse summertime river flows look.
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ANGLERS GROUP UNHAPPY WITH STEELHEAD DONATION (Eugene Register-Guard)
A group that helps stock the South Umpqua River with hatchery winter steelhead is unhappy with the state Department of Fish and Wildlifes decision to donate some of the fish to a local tribe.
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OREGON INMATES MAKING STUFFED FROGS TO HELP YOUTH (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Deputies will give the stuffed animals to the traumatized children they encounter-
From deep inside Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, a group of inmates has devised a way to comfort traumatized children.
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CHRISTIAN GROUP SUES COUNTY (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Teen Challenge International claims discrimination in the denial of a permit for its faith-based addiction center-
A Christian group claims that Lane Countys denial of a permit for a faith-based addiction treatment center amounts to religious discrimination and is asking a federal judge to force the county to allow the project.
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TRENCH WARFARE TAKES OVER IN SALEM (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Emotions run high and familiar battle lines are drawn during a marathon hearing on four firearms proposals-
An emotional four-hour debate on four gun-control bills overshadowed all else at the state Capitol on Friday.
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BILL WOULD ALLOW CHIP FACTORY (Eugene Register-Guard)
-A $1 billion electronics factory could be located in Hillsboro, and lawmakers offer a bill to clear the way-
Oregon lawmakers say the state is in the running to land an electronics factory worth at least $1 billion employing 1,000 workers, and theyre proposing to clear the way for it to be built on a tract in Washington County.
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HOPEFUL SIGN FOR KLAMATH — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
The Interior Department Thursday recommended removing all four dams on the Klamath River. Thats welcome news for Oregonians who hope for the restoration of the shallow and sick river, its struggling salmon runs and the people who depend on sustainable fisheries for their livelihood.
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DELAYING PERS REFORM WILL BE A DISASTER FOR SCHOOLS — GUEST OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
If you could offer our schools a crack at the financial certainty that would allow them to add back teachers, reduce class sizes and expand course offerings, would you do it? Many Oregonians would say yes.
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MORE JUDICIAL WORKHORSES — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Oregon Court of Appeals will gain three members-
The Oregon Court of Appeals is a relatively new institution, created in 1969 to filter the flood of cases that was swamping the state Supreme Court.
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STATUE OF LIMITATIONS (Willamette Week)
-Who deserves a pedestal more, Jason Lee or Mark Hatfield?-
The Oregon Legislature wants to send the late Mark O. Hatfield back to Washington.
A bill with 36 sponsors would mount a full-size bronze of the debonair and determined Republican statesman in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C.
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AGENCY PLANS FOR MORE NE ORE. FOREST RESTORATION (Albany Democrat Herald)
Mother Nature is moving faster than forest managers and restoration can keep up in the Blue Mountains.
The U.S. Forest Service figures it has a backlog of 1.5 million acres here in need of tree thinning, prescribed burns and other work to maintain a healthy ecosystem. At its current pace, the department reaches about 50,000 acres per year.
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CITIES OPPOSE HOUSE BILL 3453 (The Curry Coastal Pilot)
The mayors and city councils of all three Curry County cities have signed a letter to Gov. John Kitzhaber expressing their opposition to a House bill that could let the state take control of specific county services if the May 21 public safety levy fails.
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THURSDAY’S STORM DID NOT PRODUCE TORNADOES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A thunderstorm that brought strong, swirling winds through northeast Oregon and southeast Washington Thursday did not produce any tornadoes, said the National Weather Service.
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WRAPPING AROUND THE LITTLE ONES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Of their four children, Lorraine and her husband have two children with autism and one with a potent mix of autism, depression and anxiety.
They have filed three due process complaints and spent between $100,000 and $200,000 on private treatment.
They have begged the Department of Human Services to open a case against their family, just so the state could recognize their childrens need for better services.
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DEMOCRATIC PENSION CUTS ON FAST TRACK (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A Democratic plan to curb retirement benefits for government workers could reach Gov. John Kitzhaber’s desk by the end of next week.
The Legislature’s budget committee is scheduled to vote Friday to advance the pension-cutting bill, setting the stage for votes in the full House and Senate. Kitzhaber’s office says the governor will sign it.
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OREGON DELIVERS LOCAL SEAFOOD FROM BOAT TO SCHOOL (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The school lunch menu in the Bend-LaPine School District looks more like fine dining under a new program that delivers local seafood to Central Oregon cafeterias.
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STATE SENATE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ANOTHER WAY TO GOVERN EDUCATION (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A Republican state senator and Oregons largest teachers union are asking lawmakers to consider revisiting how state leaders have changed the oversight of education.
A senate committee heard testimony Thursday on bills aimed to change the system Governor John Kitzhaber guided through the legislature, two years ago.
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BILL WOULD BAN HORSE TRIPPING WHILE AFFIRMING RIGHT TO RODEO (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
An Oregon bill to ban horse tripping includes a clause aimed at calming the concerns of rodeo aficionados.
An earlier proposal to ban the practice of roping horses legs in competition died in committee in 2011. It wasnt that opponents loved the idea of roping horses fragile legs after all, the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo is the only Oregon rodeo to run the event. Rather, they saw a slippery slope leading to calf roping and steer roping two of rodeos bread-and-butter events.
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CSO PROJECT GETS BACK ON TRACK (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The citys CombinedSewer Overflow project is back on, after the state of Oregon issued authorization to continue working on the Eighth and Commercial street intersection the site where historic trolley tracks were discovered Monday.
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JUDGE TELLS FEDS TO STUDY OWLS BEFORE SELLING TIMBER (Capital Press)
The U.S. Forest Service must study competition between threatened spotted owls and barred owls before proceeding with a timber project in an Oregon national forest.
A federal judge has blocked logging on more than 2,000 acres in the Willamette National Forest, including about 450 acres of spotted owl habitat that would have been removed or downgraded.
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SHOULD STATES GET OUT OF THE BOOZE BUSINESS? (Stateline)
Pennsylvanians love to complain about their states tangled system for alcohol sales. Consumers cant buy wine at grocery stores and have to go to a state-run store if they want to purchase that or hard liquor. Bars and restaurants are the only outlets authorized to sell six-packs of beer, while beer-specific stores, licensed to sell only by the case or the keg, are the go-to source for variety and volume.
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RELATIVES OF SHOOTING VICTIMS TESTIFY AS OREGON LEGISLATORS TACKLE GUN BILLS (Washington Post)
A National Rifle Association representative, relatives of two people killed in a December mall shooting spree and others took part in a passionate gun control debate Friday as Oregons Legislature began considering bills that would impose new gun restrictions but wouldnt go as far as some lawmakers had hoped.
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MATER APPOINTED TO OREGON GLOBAL WARMING COMMISSION (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Gov. John Kitzhaber has appointed Catherine Mater to a five-year term on the Oregon Global Warming Commission.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission a commission with 11 voting members was created by the 2007 Legislature to recommend ways to coordinate state and local efforts to reduce Oregons greenhouse gas emissions.
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OREGON MAY GET ‘PROJECT AZALEA’ (The Columbian)
-Legislation would benefit rumored high-tech company-
Oregon lawmakers say the state is in the running to land an electronics factory worth at least $1 billion employing 1,000 workers, and they’re proposing to clear the way for it to be built on a tract in Washington County.
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CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING COMPROMISE LIKELY TO BECOME LAW (The Lund Report)
-Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer forged a bill to allow cultural competency as part of education requirements of the state medical boards, earning the support of both the Urban League and Republicans.-
Oregon took a step toward acknowledging its increasing racial diversity when the House Health Committee passed a cultural competency bill for medical professionals that heads to the House floor next week.
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OREGON EXPLORES TREADMILL DESKS FOR STATE WORKERS (Government Technology)
April 3, 2013
Anthony Behrens worries that the Affordable Care Act is going to kill him, but not for the usual reasons cited by opponents of the federal health care law.
Behrens is a senior policy analyst in the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Division. The task of implementing the health law has kept him sitting at his desk 12 hours during the day followed by another few hours at home each night.
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EXTREMELY RARE JAPANESE ‘TSUNAMI FISH’ GOES ON DISPLAY ON NORTH OREGON COAST (Oregon Coast Beach Connection)
Of all the tsunami debris from Japan that’s arrived on the Oregon coast, this one is going to take the cake.
A boat from the Japanese tsunami of 2011 that landed on the Long Beach Peninsula of Washington last month had a few living surprises. One of them is a Striped Beakfish Oplegnathus fasciatus, and it will go on display this weekend at the Seaside Aquarium on the north Oregon coast.
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APPOINTEE FILLS SPOT LEFT BY ED CALEB; STARTS MONDAY (Herald and News)
A former Oregon House representative who served as general counsel for Congressman Greg Walden from 2010 to 2012 has been appointed Klamath Countys new district attorney.
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OREGONS NEW FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON LOWER COLUMBIA GILLNET BAN TO BE REVIEWED BY COMMISSION MAY 10 (Coast River Business Journal)
The planned April 26 Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting has been rescheduled to May 10 to allow additional time for public review of the fiscal impact statement for newly adopted Columbia River fish management and reform rules now being challenged in the states Court of Appeals.
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OREGONIANS TESTIFY FOR AND AGAINST NEW GUN BILLS (Northwest Public Radio)
Hundreds of people turned out to the Oregon Capitol Friday to testify at a Senate hearing on four proposed gun control bills.
One of the measures would ban guns from school grounds, and another would ban people from openly carrying a weapon in public buildings. The third bill would require more training to get a concealed carry permit. And the last would require criminal background checks for all private gun sales in Oregon.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOVERNORS URGE FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO LOOK CLOSELY AT COAL EXPORT PROPOSAL (Public Radio International)
Federal officials are considering a plan to open up federal lands to coal mining, with the idea that the coal would be exported, likely to Asia. But two governors, in Washington and in Oregon, are urging federal officials to look closely at the proposals and consider whether its in the national best interest.
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