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could also travel to Washington,
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tors from the U.S. Environmental
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West Coast governors are working to arrange a meeting with ministration.
senior officials in the White House and federal agencies to
In February 2013, Hayes
push for more spending on research into ocean acidification, signed a contract to work on
an initiative championed by former first lady Cylvia Hayes.
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amid criminal investigations into lished additional research earlier imbursement of travel expenses
allegations the couple engaged in this year on the industry’s vulner- for roughly two months of work,
from Feb. 19 to April 30, 2013.
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By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Cylvia Hayes is
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the policies she pushed remain
intact as top state priorities, in-
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West Coast governors are
working to arrange a meeting
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House and federal agencies to
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dustry. The world’s oceans ab-
sorb an increasing amount of
carbon dioxide from the burning
of fossil fuels, and that corrosive
water can prevent oyster and
clam larvae from developing
shells.
Congress and President
Barack Obama have recently
increased spending on research
into the issue, and Oregon and
West Coast states want a larger
piece of it.
The high-level meeting on
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supposed to occur this spring, but
might not happen until later this
year. Gabriela Goldfarb, natural
resources policy adviser to Gov.
Kate Brown, said she was con-
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place despite the departure of
Hayes, who made ocean health
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The political tug-of-war over
the state school fund is about to intensify.
Legislative leaders want to put up $7.235
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framework proposed by the Legislature’s
chief budget writers — for votes of the House
and Senate within the next month. Coupled
with $134 million more in property taxes
projected by the Legislature’s tax experts,
and other factors, leaders say Oregon’s 197
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from 2013-14.
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Buckley, D-Ashland, House co-chairman of
the Legislature’s joint budget committee.
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billion included in the budget that then-Gov.
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posed on targeted education priorities, as well
as reducing other proposed state spending.
They even reduced the amount Kitzhaber
budgeted to continue current tax credits by
about $65 million, leaving just $14 million
for the revenue committees to use in deciding
extensions of tax breaks that otherwise will
expire at the end of this year.
But the upbeat assessment by legislative
leaders is at odds with the views of school ad-
ministrators and teachers, a parade of whom
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that amount without further cuts in human
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cause the most recent forecast projects that
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of a credit against their taxes — lawmakers
say they are hard-pressed to promise more to
schools right now. If the May 14 forecast does
not project a “kicker,” Buckley says lawmak-
ers may be able to add to the $7.235 billion in
a supplemental end-of-session bill.
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bills for telecommunications
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breaks to Internet providers and
companies that own data centers.
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Beaverton, says the Senate will
vote Tuesday on the measure,
sending it to Gov. Kate Brown.
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last year that led to substantial
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er who raped a woman during a
supervised group outing to a Uni-
versity of Oregon football game
was sentenced Monday to more
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woman.
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in the face while being raped near
the stadium.
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Vogt asked Tinoco why he was
smiling as the victim — whose
face required reconstructive sur-
gery — recounted the attack.
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wide alongside U.S. Highway
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been produced by chemicals
available on the Internet to make
exploding targets.
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spokeswoman Laura Pramuk
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