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Oregon Senate tries new strategy
to tighten medical marijuana limits
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon
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strategy to push through
tighter limits on medical
marijuana, after a joint
House-Senate committee
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declared an impasse earlier
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legislation to track and regu-
late production of medical
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necessary to prepare for
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Leaders in the Oregon Senate are trying a new strate-
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committee has not yet
passed any bills and it dead-
locked Monday night over a
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cils and county commissions
to ban medical marijuana
dispensaries and processors.
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Republicans and senators
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votes for an amendment
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initiative process for voters
to challenge the bans.
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is important to Republican
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for city and county govern-
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and 142 cities in Oregon
have adopted moratoriums
on medical pot dispensaries,
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Senate committee created
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for Hanford’s future
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— A federal judge has agreed
to consider all three proposals
to modify a court-enforced
cleanup
agreement
for
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in 2010.
The U.S. Department
of Energy and the states of
Oregon and Washington
asked the federal court to
intervene in the case in fall
2014, The Tri-City Herald
reported.
Judge Rosanna Malouf
Peterson of Spokane said
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evidence hearing.
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signed in 2010 to resolve a
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House-Senate committee:
Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Port-
land, Sen. Ted Ferrioli,
R-John Day, Sen. Lee Beyer,
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Prozanski, D-Eugene and
Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseberg.
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already introduced a bill
Monday that could soon be
assigned to the committee.
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tially the same bill the
joint committee crafted to
regulate medical marijuana,
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county opt-out proposal
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House Republicans support.
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on medical pot regulations.
Lindsey O’Brien, a spokes-
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Tina Kotek, said she expects
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on Monday evening to
discuss other policy issues
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recreational pot system. That
is the same time the Senate
committee might meet.
Baker County inmate died when
meth baggie burst in stomach
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By STEVE FORRESTER
Capital Bureau
“We had DOGAMI
staff upset and con-
cerned, and some
staff has resigned
because they want
more assurance of
their paycheck.”
SALEM — The future
of the state Department of
Geology and Mineral Indus-
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of Administrative Services.
The results of that investi-
gation are expected Friday.
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ture of Executive Director
Vicki S. McConnell, suspi-
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ment arose. McConnell left
for a position in Colorado
as executive director of
the Geological Society of
America.
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staff,” said Larry Givens,
chairman of DOGAMI’s
governing
board,
of
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Vicki left, Acting Exec-
utive Director Ian Madin
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couldn’t overcome. I told
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audit.”
Allison Ryan, informa-
tion specialist at DOGAMI,
described the problem.
“Operators of smaller
mining sites provide cash
bonds to ensure reclamation
of land,” she said. “Those
funds have all been held
in the main pot for our
Mineral Land Regulation
& Reclamation program,
instead of going into a
separate pot. Steps are being
taken to correct this as part
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progress.”
A legislator close to the
DOGAMI issue suggests
that McConnell spent funds
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by minerals companies as a
bond against performance
on their permits.
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Oregon State Police say
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
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