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* Cover Oregon, other tech problems, could be avoided if lawmakers had more oversight…say lawmakers
* Oregon corrections workers facing probes ‘rarely’ stationed at home, agency says
* Cover Oregon health insurance exchange fiasco spawns problems for low-income Oregonians’ health plan
* Cover Oregon: Carolyn Lawson, departed IT director, says she’s been unfairly scapegoated
* Energy Trust of Oregon data casts doubt on energy savings efforts as gas prices stay low
* Tech tax breaks eyed for empty Eugene fab gain Senate approval
* Oregon Legislature’s high-speed annual session draws fire
* Oregon House ends week early after medical marijuana showdown
* Teachers in Beaverton leading the way on state educator survey
* New normal for Portland-area high schools: Huge classes, overloaded teachers, short school years, gaps in students’ days
* Dave Camp tax reform plan could provide clues for Oregon tax reformers
* An email from Oregon’s death row? Murderer Christian Longo weighs in on ‘murderabilia’
* Longshore union says review requested by Kitzhaber of Port of Portland cargo operations will be tainted
* Prepaid cell phone tax gets unanimous approval
* Oregon lawmakers pass new public record exemption to save sage grouse
* Oregon House passes land use ‘grand bargain’ in unanimous vote
* Department of Environmental Quality issues stormwater and waste fines
* Oil train risks can’t be assessed fast enough — Opinion
* Kindergarten assessment makes case for greater educational investment — Guest Opinion
* Time for doubters to give immunization a shot — Opinion
* High-tech Internet voting may beckon in Oregon, but pulling the plug wins out — Opinion
* Readers say ‘no’ to Legislature’s ballot-title rewrite poll result — Opinion
* Kindergarten assessment no more cruel than Sesame Street — Guest Opinion
* Summer Lake teeming with late winter waterfowl, including 30,000-plus ducks, geese
* Catch and eat more fish to remain healthy says Portland native and national fisheries figure
* Oregon Top Five: Ideas for Oregon state parks
* Up close and personal with medical marijuana dispensaries
* State workers ask legislature for safer working conditions
* Plan to create Grouse Mountain State Park falls apart
* Gas station owner cited for unregistered tanks
* Growing beer industry keeps people working
* Hughes: Communication is vital skill for crisises — Opinion
* Legislature ambles toward finish — Opinion
* Sunday Profile: Lobbyist reflects on five decades
* Hughesisms: Work ethic trumps talent — Opinion
* Examining how the new medical marijuana dispensary law will affect growers
* First Data continues Cover Oregon analysis
* Hearing covers college tuition models
* Marijuana vote delayed by mix-up
* Judge appointed in Marion County
* Bill to clarify student grading law clears Senate
* GOP representative complains about lack of information on federal, health care waivers
* State’s economy needs boost — Opinion
* First Data to brief governor on Cover Oregon findings in March
* Successor named to Judge Norblad
* Telling the difference between a massage and inappropriate touching
* Bill marks a step toward revival of Hynix site
* Software designer coming to Eugene
* Allow local pot sales bans — Opinion
* Too many children lack protection against nasty diseases — Guest Opinion
* Financial help just got a little easier for Oregon insurance buyers
* White House Opens Tax Credit Options After Cover Oregon Launch
* Seattle Company Plans More Geothermal Work In Central Oregon
* Mascot Law Heads To Governor
* Polk County Sheriff: Deputies Will No Longer Respond to All Emergency Calls
* Clock Ticking On Major Cancer Research Grant
* IBM Seterus Did Not Allow State Agents To Meet With Laid Off Workers
* Cover Oregon Explores All Options For Ailing Website
* OSP investigating wolf poaching in Umatilla County
* House OKs rewrite of drivers license ballot title
* Why people support GE food labels — Guest Opinion
* As Oregon wolves spread, so does ranchers unease
* Oregon Senate approves 911 tax for prepaid phones
* Governor steps into dispute over fate of 6-year-old girl
* Marine Board seeks public comment on two proposed rule
* New state parks guide available
* ODFW puts fishing on ice at Diamond Lake workshop Oregon Outdoors
* Oregon To Launch Medical Marijuana Dispensary Registration
* Obamacare rule eased for states with website troubles
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COVER OREGON, OTHER TECH PROBLEMS, COULD BE AVOIDED IF LAWMAKERS HAD MORE OVERSIGHT…SAY LAWMAKERS (Portland Oregonian)
Problems with big technology and computer projects such as the Cover Oregon fiasco — could be avoided if the Legislature had more oversight, a group of lawmakers argued Friday.
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OREGON CORRECTIONS WORKERS FACING PROBES ‘RARELY’ STATIONED AT HOME, AGENCY SAYS (Portland Oregonian)
The state Corrections Department is making “appropriate” use of administrative leave to assign workers to home duty while under investigation, the agency has concluded.
Colette Peters, department director, told legislators this week that the agency did an “exhaustive” review of its practices.
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COVER OREGON HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE FIASCO SPAWNS PROBLEMS FOR LOW-INCOME OREGONIANS’ HEALTH PLAN (Portland Oregonian)
Nearly 4,000 applicants for a state program that provides undocumented immigrants with pregnancy services were instead enrolled in full Oregon Health Plan coverage, contrary to federal law, thanks to problems with the Cover Oregon health insurance exchange.
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COVER OREGON: CAROLYN LAWSON, DEPARTED IT DIRECTOR, SAYS SHE’S BEEN UNFAIRLY SCAPEGOATED (Portland Oregonian)
Carolyn Lawson, the former senior IT manager forced to resign after the Oregon’s disastrous health care exchange rollout, said she’s wrongfully been made the scapegoat for the technology fiasco.
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ENERGY TRUST OF OREGON DATA CASTS DOUBT ON ENERGY SAVINGS EFFORTS AS GAS PRICES STAY LOW (Portland Oregonian)
A new report by Energy Trust of Oregon suggests that one of the highest profile residential energy efficiency programs in the state Clean Energy Works Oregon is also the least cost effective vehicle for delivering residential energy savings.
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TECH TAX BREAKS EYED FOR EMPTY EUGENE FAB GAIN SENATE APPROVAL (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon Senate greenlighted a bill on Friday that expands the reach of tax breaks for tech companies to five more areas across the state.
House Bill 4005 now goes to the governor.
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OREGON LEGISLATURE’S HIGH-SPEED ANNUAL SESSION DRAWS FIRE (Portland Oregonian)
Maybe its the influence of the recent Winter Olympics, but listening to the hallway chatter about Oregons annual legislative sessions is like channeling Nancy Kerrigan after her 1994 knee-whacking.
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OREGON HOUSE ENDS WEEK EARLY AFTER MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOWDOWN (Portland Oregonian)
A showdown over one of the last controversial bills floating through the 2014 Oregon Legislature led to an early and abrupt adjournment Friday afternoon.
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TEACHERS IN BEAVERTON LEADING THE WAY ON STATE EDUCATOR SURVEY (Portland Oregonian)
Barnes and Bonny Slope elementaries are neck and neck when it comes to the percentage of teachers completing a statewide educators survey.
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NEW NORMAL FOR PORTLAND-AREA HIGH SCHOOLS: HUGE CLASSES, OVERLOADED TEACHERS, SHORT SCHOOL YEARS, GAPS IN STUDENTS’ DAYS (Portland Oregonian)
From Hillsboro to Lake Oswego to Clackamas, metro Portland’s high schools routinely pack 30 or more students into a class, offer so few courses that some students have part-day schedules and fall short of the state requirement that each course include 130 hours of instruction.
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DAVE CAMP TAX REFORM PLAN COULD PROVIDE CLUES FOR OREGON TAX REFORMERS (Portland Oregonian)
Congressman Dave Camp, R-Mich., unveiled a tax reform plan last week that is either the start of a major debate, dead-on-arrival, or not what Camp purports it to be, depending who you ask.
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AN EMAIL FROM OREGON’S DEATH ROW? MURDERER CHRISTIAN LONGO WEIGHS IN ON ‘MURDERABILIA’ (Portland Oregonian)
Infamous Oregon murderer Christian Longo, once named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, wrote an email to The Oregonian a few weeks back from death row.
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LONGSHORE UNION SAYS REVIEW REQUESTED BY KITZHABER OF PORT OF PORTLAND CARGO OPERATIONS WILL BE TAINTED (Portland Oregonian)
The West Coast longshore union is blasting a review requested by Gov. John Kitzhaber of conditions at the Port of Portlands container terminal before it even gets started.
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PREPAID CELL PHONE TAX GETS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon lawmakers found a tax they could agree on Friday.
In a unanimous vote, the Senate gave final passage to a bill that establishes a tax on prepaid cell phones, with the money going toward 9-1-1 emergency services.
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OREGON LAWMAKERS PASS NEW PUBLIC RECORD EXEMPTION TO SAVE SAGE GROUSE (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon lawmakers broadly approved a bill protecting conservation agreements from public disclosure.
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OREGON HOUSE PASSES LAND USE ‘GRAND BARGAIN’ IN UNANIMOUS VOTE (Portland Oregonian)
The Oregon House unanimously approved a bill that could settle an ongoing debate over the Portland regions 50-year growth plan.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ISSUES STORMWATER AND WASTE FINES (Portland Oregonian)
-Scroll down to Violations section for content-
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OIL TRAIN RISKS CAN’T BE ASSESSED FAST ENOUGH — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio is no stranger to complexity in the Byzantine ways of federal regulation.
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KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENT MAKES CASE FOR GREATER EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon this month made an important leap forward in better understanding the achievement gap in the state with the release of the first-year results from the new Kindergarten Readiness Assessment KRA.
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TIME FOR DOUBTERS TO GIVE IMMUNIZATION A SHOT — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Urged by pediatricians, Oregon lawmakers passed an immunization law that went into effect Saturday. The law now requires children to have shots if they attend public or private schools, preschools and childcare facilities in Oregon.
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HIGH-TECH INTERNET VOTING MAY BECKON IN OREGON, BUT PULLING THE PLUG WINS OUT — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
Bruce Starr killed his own bill this week. The Washington County state senator visited his peers in the House and asked them, respectfully, to give it the heave-ho.
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READERS SAY ‘NO’ TO LEGISLATURE’S BALLOT-TITLE REWRITE POLL RESULT — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
We asked readers Thursday to weigh in on a legislative push to rewrite the ballot title for Novembers referendum on the states controversial driver-card law.
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KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENT NO MORE CRUEL THAN SESAME STREET — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
For decades now, our youngest children have been subjected to a rigorous demand that they learn one letter, its sound, and one number every day. Because of this, the innocence of early childhood is being turned into a demanding focus on literacy and numeracy.
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SUMMER LAKE TEEMING WITH LATE WINTER WATERFOWL, INCLUDING 30,000-PLUS DUCKS, GEESE (Portland Oregonian)
Guess where I’m headed this week Here’s the current Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife viewing report for Summer Lake in Lake County, about 100 miles southeast of Bend.
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CATCH AND EAT MORE FISH TO REMAIN HEALTHY SAYS PORTLAND NATIVE AND NATIONAL FISHERIES FIGURE (Portland Oregonian)
With hunting seasons behind us, the eyes of March turn to what many anglers believe could be a banner fishing year.
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OREGON TOP FIVE: IDEAS FOR OREGON STATE PARKS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Lisa Van Laanen doesnt need my advice.
The new Oregon Parks and Recreation Department director has held a leadership position at OPRD since 2007 and knows the minutiae of state parks better than I ever will.
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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES (Salem Statesman Journal)
Walking into the Human Collective medical marijuana dispensary, the first thing you notice is the absence of marijuana.
To your left is a counter that looks like it came from a doctors office where an employee is waiting to check your ID, your Oregon Medical Marijuana Program card and collect a fee in cash or credit.
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STATE WORKERS ASK LEGISLATURE FOR SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS (Salem Statesman Journal)
About three weeks ago, Gordon Lorsung found himself and his coworkers confronting a woman brandishing a pointed, broken piece of bamboo as police officers stood nearby, serving as back up.
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PLAN TO CREATE GROUSE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK FALLS APART (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Opposition from Grant County puts end to the deal-
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department had high expectations for what it hoped would become Grouse Mountain State Park.
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GAS STATION OWNER CITED FOR UNREGISTERED TANKS (Salem Statesman Journal)
State environmental regulators have fined Salem resident Jeffrey Sawyer $6,621 for failing to register four underground storage tanks he owns at a closed Texaco gas station.
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GROWING BEER INDUSTRY KEEPS PEOPLE WORKING (Salem Statesman Journal)
Oregon is among the states leading the nation in the addition of new breweries in 2013.
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HUGHES: COMMUNICATION IS VITAL SKILL FOR CRISISES — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. Instead, state officials last week dug deeper.
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LEGISLATURE AMBLES TOWARD FINISH — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
No great accomplishments. Few failures. The Oregon Legislature likely will wind up its 2014 session this week being neither awesome nor awful.
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SUNDAY PROFILE: LOBBYIST REFLECTS ON FIVE DECADES (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Barrow’s life of politics began early-
After the Oregon House defeated a proposed 1969 ban on the sale of beer in nonreturnable containers a precursor of Oregons bottle bill several opponents celebrated with their lobbyist.
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HUGHESISMS: WORK ETHIC TRUMPS TALENT — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
State Senate President Peter Courtney is the Michael Jordan of Oregon politics. starts on the second page of the article
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EXAMINING HOW THE NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY LAW WILL AFFECT GROWERS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Steve is clean shaven with short, cropped hair, broad shoulders and a ruddy complexion. Hes in his 50s and votes Republican.
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FIRST DATA CONTINUES COVER OREGON ANALYSIS (Salem Statesman Journal)
First Data, the contractor conducting an independent review of Cover Oregons troubled rollout, is processing the 2,500 documents and 65 interviews to help answer the questions it was hired to investigate.
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HEARING COVERS COLLEGE TUITION MODELS (Salem Statesman Journal)
State lawmakers on Friday got a glimpse into some of the financial challenges the state may face as officials move forward with studying policy ideas that could make college more affordable for students.
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MARIJUANA VOTE DELAYED BY MIX-UP (Salem Statesman Journal)
A missing pronoun likely is the reason Oregon’s House adjourned early on Friday afternoon.
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JUDGE APPOINTED IN MARION COUNTY (Salem Statesman Journal)
Cheryl Pellegrini, chief trial counsel for the Oregon Department of Justice, has been named to the Marion County judgeship left vacant by the recent death of Albin Norblad.
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BILL TO CLARIFY STUDENT GRADING LAW CLEARS SENATE (Salem Statesman Journal)
The Senate passed a bill Thursday to clarify the intent of a 2011 law that has resulted in some school districts significantly changing how they grade their students.
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GOP REPRESENTATIVE COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION ON FEDERAL, HEALTH CARE WAIVERS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend, said in a statement on Friday that Gov. John Kitzhabers office failed to provide information about the federal waivers it was pursuing on behalf of Oregonians who were negatively impacted by Cover Oregons faulty rollout.
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STATE’S ECONOMY NEEDS BOOST — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
A spate of recent reports has established a consistent theme: The Oregon economy is improving, but not fast enough to provide relief to many of the people bruised by the Great Recession much less those who were suffering before the financial and housing collapse.
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FIRST DATA TO BRIEF GOVERNOR ON COVER OREGON FINDINGS IN MARCH (Salem Statesman Journal)
First Data, the contractor conducting an independent review of Cover Oregons troubled rollout, is processing the 2,500 documents and 65 interviews to help answer seven questions it was hired to investigate.
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SUCCESSOR NAMED TO JUDGE NORBLAD (Salem Statesman Journal)
Cheryl Pellegrini, chief trial counsel for the Oregon Department of Justice, has been named to the Marion County judgeship left vacant by the recent death of Albin Norblad.
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TELLING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MASSAGE AND INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING (Salem Statesman Journal)
Groping. Lifting the sheet too many times. Massaging in sexual areas for extended periods of time.
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BILL MARKS A STEP TOWARD REVIVAL OF HYNIX SITE (Eugene Register-Guard)
The Oregon Senate gave unanimous final legislative approval Friday to an expansion of a state tax incentive program that could help land a developer for the Hynix site in west Eugene.
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SOFTWARE DESIGNER COMING TO EUGENE (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Green Energy Corp. plans to hire dozens in Oregon, an industry publication says-
Green Energy Corp., a company that designs software for the renewable energy industry, is moving its headquarters to Eugene from Raleigh, N.C., according to state officials.
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ALLOW LOCAL POT SALES BANS — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Cities, counties should be able to bar dispensaries-
Oregon legalized medical marijuana 16 years ago sort of. Patients have no way to legally obtain the drug except by growing their own or arranging for someone to grow it for them.
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TOO MANY CHILDREN LACK PROTECTION AGAINST NASTY DISEASES — GUEST OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
An important law that goes into effect today will make it more difficult for Oregon parents to enroll unvaccinated children in school and child care centers.
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FINANCIAL HELP JUST GOT A LITTLE EASIER FOR OREGON INSURANCE BUYERS (Oregon Business Journal)
Gov. John Kitzhaber is hailing a federal decision that will allow Oregonians to get federal tax credits for their health insurance, even if they had to buy coverage outside Cover Oregon due to the exchanges now-notorious technical glitches.
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WHITE HOUSE OPENS TAX CREDIT OPTIONS AFTER COVER OREGON LAUNCH (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A memo issued by the Obama administration on Thursday opened up alternative avenues for Oregonians to make up for lost coverage time and federal tax credits caused by the technical problems at the Cover Oregon health insurance exchange.
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SEATTLE COMPANY PLANS MORE GEOTHERMAL WORK IN CENTRAL OREGON (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Members of the public have until the last week of March to weigh in on a proposal that would expand geothermal exploration near the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Central Oregon.
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MASCOT LAW HEADS TO GOVERNOR (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Gov. John Kitzhaber is expected to sign legislation that would allow schools such as Rogue River High School to keep their Indian mascots if they can work out agreements with local tribes.
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POLK COUNTY SHERIFF: DEPUTIES WILL NO LONGER RESPOND TO ALL EMERGENCY CALLS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Polk County, 740 square miles on the west side of Salem, has become the latest local government in Oregon to announce it can no longer respond to 9-11 calls 24 hours a day.
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CLOCK TICKING ON MAJOR CANCER RESEARCH GRANT (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Nike chairman Phil Knight is offering a prominent Oregon medical school $500 million for cancer research. However, it comes with a huge string attached.
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IBM SETERUS DID NOT ALLOW STATE AGENTS TO MEET WITH LAID OFF WORKERS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The Oregon agency that responds to large layoffs says it has not received information from IBM about layoffs in Beaverton last Friday. The layoffs took place at an IBM subsidiary called Seterus that handles mortgages for clients like banks.
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COVER OREGON EXPLORES ALL OPTIONS FOR AILING WEBSITE (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
100 Oracle employees who worked on building the Cover Oregon website are pulling out. But Cover Oregon could decide to part company with its site, and go with something else.
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OSP INVESTIGATING WOLF POACHING IN UMATILLA COUNTY (Capital Press)
-Oregon State Police are investigating wolf poaching near Tollgate in Umatilla Count-
Oregon State Police continues to investigate a wolf poached Dec. 5 near the small community of Tollgate in northern Umatilla County.
The male pup from the Umatilla River pack was shot dead near Lincton Mountain, according to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlifes 2013 Wolf Conservation and Management annual report.
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HOUSE OKS REWRITE OF DRIVERS LICENSE BALLOT TITLE (Capital Press)
-The Oregon House has voted to rewrite a ballot title fora referendum to restore driving privileges for people who can’t prove they’re in the United States legally-
The Oregon House voted Thursday to rewrite the ballot title for a referendum to restore driving privileges for people who cant prove theyre legally in the United States, taking the rare step of throwing out language written by the attorney general.
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WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT GE FOOD LABELS — GUEST OPINION (Capital Press)
-George Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety writes on GMO labels-
Oregonians value healthy farms, clean water, and good food. Our pioneer spirit places a priority on personal freedom and individual choice about how we live our lives.
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AS OREGON WOLVES SPREAD, SO DOES RANCHERS UNEASE (Capital Press)
-Annual report says Oregon’s wolf population is growing, and tracks on Mount Hood may indicate they are dispersing-
News that a wolf traipsed across the east slope of Mount Hood in December may have drawn cheers from conservation groups, but ranchers responded with grim resignation.
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OREGON SENATE APPROVES 911 TAX FOR PREPAID PHONES (KATU)
The Oregon Legislature has given its final approval to extending 911 emergency taxes to prepaid cellphones.
The state Senate unanimously approved the measure on Friday, sending it to Gov. John Kitzhaber.
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GOVERNOR STEPS INTO DISPUTE OVER FATE OF 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL (KATU)
Kerrie Lechuga held a going away party this week for her six-year-old granddaughter.
Oregons Department of Human Services wants to send the girl to live with her father, Alfonso Pantoja-Samano, who was deported to Mexico as a convicted felon.
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NEW HEALTH FIX OFFERS SUBSIDIES FOR INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT OUTSIDE EXCHANGES (New York Times)
The Obama administration said Friday that it would allow some people to receive federal subsidies for health insurance purchased in the private market outside of health insurance exchanges.
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MARINE BOARD SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON TWO PROPOSED RULE (Lebanon Express)
The Oregon State Marine Board would like to gather feedback from the boating public about two potential rules.
The first rulemaking pertains to the Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Program and would establish procedures that will allow enforcement agencies to apply for reimbursem*nt for the removal of derelict and abandoned vessels from the Marine Board’s Salvaged Vessel Account.
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NEW STATE PARKS GUIDE AVAILABLE (Lebanon Express)
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has announced the launch of a new Oregon State Parks Guide, a full-color, magazine-style brochure featuring detailed information about more than 200 of Oregons most popular state campgrounds, day-use areas, trails, bikeways and heritage sites.
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ODFW PUTS FISHING ON ICE AT DIAMOND LAKE WORKSHOP OREGON OUTDOORS (Lebanon Express)
ODFW will show anglers how to make the best of snowy, icy conditions at a March 8 Family Ice Fishing Workshop on Diamond Lake.
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OREGON TO LAUNCH MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY REGISTRATION (NW News Network)
Until now, medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon have operated under a grey area of the law. But starting Monday, they can apply for legal recognition.
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OBAMACARE RULE EASED FOR STATES WITH WEBSITE TROUBLES (CBS News)
As Obamacare was envisioned, consumers who purchased private insurance coverage through the new Obamacare marketplaces — and only through the Obamacare marketplaces — could potentially qualify for federal tax credits to help pay for it.
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