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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 Legislature advances sick leave, retirement fund bills By PETER WONG Capital Bureau 6$/(0 ² 0DMRULW\ 'HPRFUDWV LQ WKH 2UHJRQ /HJLVODWXUH KDYH DGYDQFHG UHTXLUHPHQWV IRU EXVLQHVVHV WRSURYLGHSDLGVLFNOHDYHDQG RIIHU VWDWHVSRQVRUHG UHWLUH PHQW VDYLQJV SODQV WR ZRUN ers. 7KH VWDWH 6HQDWH SDVVHG WKHVLFNOHDYHUHTXLUHPHQWRQ D YRWH:HGQHVGD\ DQG PRYHG6HQDWH%LOOWRWKH VWDWH+RXVH 7KH +RXVH SDVVHG WKH UH WLUHPHQWVDYLQJV RSWLRQ RQ D YRWH :HGQHVGD\ DQG PRYHG+RXVH%LOOWRWKH 6HQDWH %RWK ELOOV DUH H[SHFWHG WR come up for votes in the other chamber soon. 6HQ %HWV\ -RKQVRQ RI 6FDSSRRVHZDVWKHVROH'HP RFUDW WR MRLQ WKH 5HSXEOL FDQVLQRSSRVLWLRQWR6% 5HSV 'DYLG *RPEHUJ RI 2WLV DQG &DGG\ 0F.HRZQ RI &RRV %D\ ZHUH WKH 'HP RFUDWV ZKR MRLQHG 5HSXE OLFDQV LQ RSSRVLWLRQ WR +% 2QH'HPRFUDWDQGRQH 5HSXEOLFDQZHUHH[FXVHG 7KH ELOOV SDVVHG DIWHU GH bates of more than an hour in WKH6HQDWHDQGPLQXWHVLQ WKH+RXVH Retirement savings ³)DU WRR PDQ\$PHULFDQV DQG2UHJRQLDQVDUHQRWVDYLQJ HQRXJK IRU UHWLUHPHQW´ VDLG 5HS 7RELDV 5HDG '%HDYHU ton, one of the chief sponsors of +%³:HFDQPDNHLWHDV LHUIRU2UHJRQLDQVWRGRZKDWLV LQWKHLURZQEHVWLQWHUHVWV´ $ WDVN IRUFH OHG E\ VWDWH 7UHDVXUHU 7HG :KHHOHU DG YDQFHG WKH UHWLUHPHQWVDYLQJV ELOO ZKLFK ZRXOG PDNH 2UH JRQWKHWKLUGVWDWHWRSDVVVXFK OHJLVODWLRQDIWHU&DOLIRUQLDDQG Illinois. 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Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Mostly cloudy 52° Friday Portland 52/73 Corvallis 49/78 Eugene 48/77 The Daily Astorian The Dalles 57/79 Astoria 52/63 Pendleton 54/82 Salem 50/76 Albany 49/77 Ontario 60/87 Bend 43/78 Saturday Burns 44/82 Medford 55/89 Breezy with clouds giving way to sun Klamath Falls 48/85 Sunshine and some clouds Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 63° 50° 63° Sunday Monday Partly sunny 66° 50° Clouds giving way to some sun 50° 64° 51° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 63° Low ............................................ 54° Normal high ............................... 63° Normal low ................................. 49° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.51" Normal month to date ............. 1.02" Year to date ............................ 27.17" Normal year to date .............. 34.38" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Friday .................. Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Hi 77 78 72 77 63 85 89 58 63 Fri. 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