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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Friday, February 20, 2015 Sides in damaging coastal seaport dispute still talking 1HZVOHWWHUFRYHULQJVWDWH government debuts today EO Media Group By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press /26 $1*(/(6 ² 1HJRWLDWRUV for dockworkers and their employers spent Thursday renewing their efforts to reach a new contract that would re- VWRUHODERUSHDFH²DQGWKHIUHHÀRZ of international trade — to West Coast seaports. It was the third day that the U.S. labor secretary oversaw talks in San Francisco which began nine months ago but broke down in recent weeks. As negotiators haggle, billions of dollars of cargo sits on ships anchored outside the 29 ports. They cannot dock because of historically bad cargo bottlenecks at ports that handle about $1 trillion of trade annually, much of it with Asia. Though the economic impact has EHHQ KDUGHVW RQ VSHFL¿F LQGXVWULHV — U.S. produce and meat exporters, for example, and smaller importers of consumer goods — no less than Wal- Mart Stores Inc. warned Thursday that congestion at the ports could affect se- lection in the retail giant’s stores. Thursday also saw continued pres- VXUHIURPHOHFWHGRI¿FLDOVWRUHDFKD deal. “Every day that goes by without a resolution only adds to the economic pain for the West Coast and the en- tire country. This cannot continue,” California’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, wrote to the leaders of the International Longshore and Ware- KRXVH8QLRQDQGWKH3DFL¿F0DULWLPH Association of employers. The associ- ation represents companies that own, AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A man in foreground talks on the phone Tuesday in the San Pedro sec- tion of Los Angeles as cargo ships are anchored near the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. load and unload massive ocean-going ships. 1HLWKHU VLGH LV PDNLQJ SXEOLF comments, but they do appear more engaged than before. On Wednesday, talks extended into the evening. The sticking point is not health care or wages, but whether to change the arbitration system dockworkers and companies use to resolve work- SODFHFRQÀLFWV In recent weeks, employers have intermittently shut down most port DFWLYLW\ 7KH\ ¿UVW FXW QLJKW VKLIWV for crane crews that load and unload containers and more recently extend- ed that lockout to weekends and holi- days, saying they would not give pre- mium pay to workers they believe are intentionally slowing down. The union denies a slowdown. It blames problems moving cargo on factors including a shortage of trucks and drivers. On Thursday, its members closed the Port of Oakland by holding their monthly meeting during the day, rath- er than at night. State Senate votes to dissolve Cover Oregon The change is largely bureaucrat- ic. Oregon would continue operating an insurance exchange under Presi- SALEM — The state Senate dent Barack Obama’s health care voted Thursday to dissolve Cover law using a federal website. The Oregon and merge the failed insur- management would be transferred ance exchange into an existing state away from the semi-autonomous agency. corporation that now handles it to Two Republicans joined all 18 the Department of Consumer and Democrats in approving the mea- Business Services. The latter agency sure Thursday. It heads next to the is subject to more legislative control. House. “I think of Cover Oregon some- The expensive failure of Cov- times as a zombie,” said Sen. Alan er Oregon’s website was an em- Bates, D-Medford. “Every time we barrassment for former Gov. John bury it, another arm comes striking Kitzhaber. It prompted dueling law- up out of the ground, and I don’t VXLWV¿OHGE\WKHVWDWHRI2UHJRQDQG WKLQNWKLVELOOLVJRLQJWR¿QLVKWKDW the software giant Oracle, which completely, but it’s a step in the right was the main technology contractor. direction.” JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press ,QDFRXUW¿OLQJ2UDFOH¶VODZ\HUV raised concerns with the bill, saying the state is “engaged in an effort to change the law midstream.” Lawyers for the state have told a federal judge that the bill would strengthen their argument against Oracle’s claim of copyright infringe- ment because the state is generally immune from litigation under the U.S. Constitution, but an autono- mous Cover Oregon is not. Republican Sens. Brian Boquist of Dallas and Jackie Winters of Sa- lem joined all the Democrats in sup- porting the measure. “I don’t like any of the courses of action, but this is the best one,” Bo- quist said. 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Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today with a shower in the area. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Eastern Washington: Rather cloudy today. Snow showers in the mountains; a shower across the south and near the Idaho border. Cascades: Periods of clouds and sun today. Mainly clear tonight. Northern California: Partly sunny today; cooler in the interior mountains. Partly cloudy tonight. 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Lo 34 20 19 42 22 18 31 20 21 21 25 22 14 26 39 38 32 24 22 33 22 33 21 19 30 26 24 W s sn pc s pc sn s pc pc pc pc pc pc s s s sn pc pc s s s c pc s pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 41 72 41 45 76 39 46 55 47 81 50 Lo 32 66 37 35 47 29 35 41 35 71 37 W r c r r pc i c s s c s Hi 46 73 46 45 78 37 44 54 47 81 48 Sat. Lo 24 67 31 31 46 32 31 47 38 72 44 W pc r sh pc s pc pc c r pc s WINDS (in mph) Today Saturday Boardman Pendleton W 4-8 W 8-16 N 7-14 NW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY 0 To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: HPDLOUVWUXWKHUV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRPRUYLVLWZZZHDVWRUHJRQLDQ FRPFRPPXQLW\DQQRXQFHPHQWV Legal Advertising:$PDQGD-DFREV DMDFREV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Today Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Intervals of clouds and sun today; pleasant in the south. 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Borrud is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, where she received a Rural Computer-Assisted Re- porting Fellowship in 2013. Borrud received a master’s de- 1 2 gree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. • Mateusz Perkowski is the legislative reporter for EO Media Group’s Capital Press in Salem. He has covered ag- riculture and natural resource issues for that weekly agricul- ture newspaper since 2006. After graduating from Port- land State University in 2004, Perkowski worked as a free- lance writer for several publi- cations before joining Capital Press full-time. Oregon Capital Insider brings together two companies with a wide geographic foot- print in Oregon. Pamplin Media Group owns 25 twice-weekly, weekly and monthly newspapers cov- ering Portland and its suburbs, as well as communities in the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon. EO Media Group includes nine daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly publications serv- ing communities in Eastern Oregon and the Oregon Coast. It also owns the Capital Press, which covers agricultural is- VXHV LQ WKH 1RUWKZHVW DQG the Chinook Observer on the southern Washington coast. The companies created Or- egon Capital Insider to counter a decline in independent news coverage of state government. “While statehouse news coverage is diminishing in Or- egon and across the nation, our media groups have chosen to invest in increased scrutiny of state government,” said Steve Forrester, president of the EO Media Group. Mark Garber, president of the newspaper division for Pamplin Media Group, said both companies are owned by long-time Oregonians. “That’s why they are will- ing to invest in better coverage of state government even while other news organizations are cutting back,” he said. “Both companies also have a strong tradition of balanced and re- sponsible journalism.” To subscribe, go to oregon- capitalinsider.com. 2 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Snow will break out over the Upper Midwest and northern Rockies today with rain over the lower Mississippi Valley and some ice in between. The East will be dry and cold. Much of the West will be dry and warm. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 85° in Palm Springs, Calif. Low -42° in Cotton, Minn. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 70 41 16 16 44 42 53 17 40 20 19 12 70 51 12 77 27 25 78 73 20 48 42 76 42 69 Lo 36 31 13 4 20 35 31 4 26 15 18 8 58 23 11 53 12 1 66 64 17 32 30 49 37 55 W pc c s s c i c s s pc sn pc c pc pc pc pc c sh c c s pc pc i pc Hi 65 56 38 32 23 63 51 30 61 41 32 33 64 31 33 75 38 2 79 76 34 70 39 71 55 67 Sat. 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