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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 Measure 101: ‘Health care is a right that we will protect’ Continued from Page 1A “Tonight’s vote is an affir- mation of our belief that Ore- gon is better off with a robust Medicaid program for our most vulnerable citizens,” Davidson said in a statement. State House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, praised voters. “Oregonians were loud and clear tonight: Health care is a right that we will protect,” she said in a statement. “By passing Measure 101, Oregon voters affirmed that everyone has a right to access afford- able health care — regardless of where they live or where they work. Thank you, Ore- gon voters, for keeping the state moving forward.” State Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaver- ton, is a family physician who leads the budget-writing sub- committee that would have been tasked with reconcil- ing the state’s budget had the measure failed. “This win means we can get back to doing what we need to do without reinvent- ing the wheel,” Steiner Hay- ward said. State Rep. Julie Par- rish, R-Tualatin/West Linn, who with fellow Rep. Ced- ric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, led the campaign to get the taxes on the ballot, maintains that she and Hayden were trying to “blow the whistle” on what she feels is an unfair system of paying for public health care. “The real story is like 11 months from now, when the budget is in a crisis, because the Legislature didn’t get the Medicaid budget funded cor- rectly,” Parrish said. House Minority Leader Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, said in a statement that Tuesday’s loss meant that leg- islators needed to address inefficiencies in the state’s health care system. In the past year, Gov. Kate Brown has ousted and replaced top leadership at the Oregon Health Author- ity amid a publicity scandal, and the health agency has also dealt with problems deter- mining patient eligibility and making accurate payments to providers. “Our state’s health care programs have suffered from chronic failures for years,” McLane said. “This culture of incompetence cannot be excused or forgotten in the wake of this ballot measure.” The secretary of state reported unofficial turnout of 39.5 percent, or more than 1 million ballots. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Gymnastics doctor sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison Associated Press AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander, left, is hugged by Kaylee Lorincz after giving her victim impact statement during the seventh day of Larry Nassar’s sentencing hearing Wednesday in Lansing, Mich. LANSING, Mich. — The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of med- ical treatment was sentenced today to 40 to 175 years in prison by a judge proudly told him, “I just signed your death warrant.” The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hear- ing in which scores of Larry Nassar’s victims were able to confront him face to face in a Michigan courtroom. “It is my honor and privilege to sentence you. You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again. You have done nothing to control those urges and any- where you walk, destruction will occur to those most vul- nerable,” Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said. Nassar’s actions were “precise, calculated, manipu- lative, devious, despicable,” she said. When the hearing ended, the courtroom broke into applause. Victims and prose- cutors embraced at the conclu- sion of the grueling 16-month case. It was the second long- term prison sentence for the 54-year-old physician. He has also been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes. Starbucks gives workers raises Stock grants coming this year due to tax law By JOSEPH PISANI Associated Press NEW YORK — Starbucks is giving its U.S. workers pay raises and stock grants this year, citing recent changes to the tax law. All employees will soon be able to earn paid sick time off, and the company’s paren- tal leave benefits will include all non-birth parents. Star- bucks Corp. said today that the changes affect about 150,000 full-time, part-time, hourly and salaried employees, most of whom work as baristas or shop managers. The new benefits apply to workers at more than 8,200 company-owned stores but not at the 5,700 licensed shops like those found inside supermarkets. Starbucks is the latest to say it’s boosting pay or ben- efits due to the passage of the Republican tax plan, which slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. Walmart, for example, raised its starting hourly salary from $9 to $11 earlier this month, and also expanded its parental leave benefits. Beyond changes to the tax law, other factors are affect- ing retail working conditions. Larger employers are having a hard time attracting and keep- ing workers because of his- torically low unemployment rates. Job seekers can be pick- ier about where they work, and companies are trying to make themselves more attractive. Target had also announced in October that it would raise its starting hourly wage to $11, and said it would raise wages to $15 by the end of 2020. Starbucks said workers will get a pay raise in April, their second increase this year. The company declined to spec- ify how much more workers will be paid or what it pays them now. The job and recruit- ing site Glassdoor says baris- tas make about $9.60 an hour, based on an average of sal- aries shared by Starbucks employees. The company will give at least $500 worth of Starbucks stock in April to employees at stores, support centers or bean roasting plants. Store man- agers will get $2,000 in stock grants. Scare: ‘This was a great scenario to put us through’ Continued from Page 1A Brown said that if the fed- eral alert had occurred during daytime hours, her office would have likely followed up with some clarification locally and used the experience as an educational tool. Because the tsunami watch was issued at 3 a.m., and the magnitude and characteristics of the earth- quake did not cause immedi- ate concern, she said it did not make sense to wake people up. “People don’t always THE DAILY ASTORIAN understand where an alert is coming from. The alert was issued by NOAA from one of the U.S. tsunami centers, which was very general,” Brown said. “On the backside, I’m getting more alerts from NOAA that are more granular — where the danger is anticipated, where it is expected to hit, which at the time the Hawaiian Islands were the concern. But if you boil it down to a broad, surface-level message, all you see is ‘Ah! Tsunami warning!’” Between the false alarm tsunami sirens issued by Sea- side and a false missile alert in Hawaii this month, Brown said being judicious is even more important to avoid panic. “There was nothing to warn people about,” Brown said. “There’s enough uncertainty around the system. Between Seaside and Hawaii, this is really bringing mass notifica- tion systems to the forefront.” None of the cities in Clat- sop County decided to issue any tsunami alerts Tuesday, for similar reasons as Brown. 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The majority of the 18,000 residents registered are on landlines, with only 3,200 reg- istered on cellphones — a fac- tor that could stunt the county’s SCHEDULE W EDNESDAY E VENING A Many sent out statements over social media that local first responders were monitoring the situation. In Cannon Beach, police and fire officials went as far as to arrange an Emergency Operations Center with Arch Cape and Falcon Cove. “This was a great scenario to put us through. I’d rather plan ahead than play catch-up,” Cannon Beach Fire Chief Matt Benedict said. “With this occurring near Alaska, it gave us some time. We had several hours to get ducks in a row.” A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach ability to get the word out in an actual emergency. “Yes we have this system, and it can do amazing things, but it only notices those who are registered,” Brown said. “After today, I think we’re going to hear citizens say, ‘Wow, we really need to get prepared. 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