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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Thursday, June 18, 2015 Intel announces round of layoffs PORTLAND (AP) — The chief H[HFXWLYH RI ,QWHO KDV FRQ¿UPHG WKDW the company has an upcoming round of OD\RIIVDOWKRXJKKHGLGQRWVD\H[DFWO\ how many people will lose their jobs. The cuts will involve “generally no more than a few hundred employees” DW DQ\ RI ,QWHO¶V ORFDWLRQV DFFRUGLQJ to a memo sent to employees by CEO Brian Krzanich Tuesday and reported by The Oregonian. ,W¶VWKH¿UVWWLPH,QWHOKDVJLYHQDQ\ indication of how many people it plans to lay off. The Oregonian previously reviewed an internal memo to managers that said the company would not “broadly communicate the program internally or H[WHUQDOO\´ But Krzanich says he felt obligated to respond after media reports about the cuts. “One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent, and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity,” he wrote in 7XHVGD\¶VPHPR He said some reductions will come from areas of the company that have become less important and some will be aimed at eliminating redundant DFWLYLWLHV DQG LQHI¿FLHQFLHV 2WKHU layoffs will target employees with lower job performance. Intel declined to comment on Krza- QLFK¶VPHPRRUHODERUDWHRQLWVOD\RII plans. 7KHFRPSDQ\LVWKHZRUOG¶VODUJHVW BRIEFLY Bill would make it a felony to strangle a pregnant woman FKLSPDNHU DQG 2UHJRQ¶V ODUJHVW private employer, with 18,600 workers in Washington County. It initially H[SHFWHGVDOHVWREHXSIURPODVW \HDU¶V UHFRUG UHYHQXH EXW UHYLVHG LWV outlook after disappointing PC sales in WKH¿UVWTXDUWHU ,QWHO QRZ VD\V LW H[SHFWV D ÀDW year and announced $300 million in research and administrative cuts in April. .U]DQLFKZURWHLQ7XHVGD\¶VPHPR that he is deeply disappointed in the leaks of internal documents. “For the vast majority of Intel employees, this has no impact,” he wrote. “The most important people we need to communicate with are those affected by these actions.” SALEM (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal that would make it a felony to strangle a pregnant woman. Strangulation in Oregon is currently a misdemeanor, though there are certain things than can push the charge up to felony. Those can include strangling someone in the presence of a child or if the victim is under 10-years-old. ,W¶VDOVRDIHORQ\WR assault a woman the offender knows is pregnant. Supporters say the bill is meant to bring parity to the laws for assault and strangulation. The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support, but opponents said they were concerned the measure could lead to increases in the Department of Corrections budget. The measure has already passed both chambers but the House must agree to changes made in the Senate. Plan for Capitol upgrades on life support SALEM (AP) — A controversial plan to borrow $161 million for seismic and other upgrades to the state Capitol is on life support as legislative leaders KXVWOHWR¿QLVK2UHJRQ¶VQH[WEXGJHW And fervent support from Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, may not be enough to save it. Republican jabs — arguing the project amounts to lawmakers putting their own needs before those of thou- sands of Oregon schoolchildren in seismically suspect buildings — seem to be resonating with key Democrats ORRNLQJDKHDGWRQH[W\HDU¶VHOHFWLRQV But just as consequential? Gov. Kate Brown and House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, have their own agenda: ¿QGLQJPLOOLRQWREXLOGWKRXVDQGV of units of affordable housing. With other requests worth hundreds of millions on the table — all butting up against a nearly $1.2 billion cap on how much the state can sell in general fund DQGORWWHU\ERQGVRYHUWKHQH[WWZR\HDUV ² WKHUH¶V OLNHO\ QRW HQRXJK PRQH\ WR make all three Democrats happy. How, and if, any compromise comes together would mark one of the only bits of budget drama left in a legislative VHVVLRQ WKDW¶V PRVWO\ EHHQ PDUNHG E\ ¿JKWVRYHUSROLF\ “Lines are being drawn,” said Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, a supporter of the Capitol renovations and a member of the small budget- writing subcommittee that helps decide how the state spends its bond revenue. Sources in both chambers stressed the sensitivity of the discussions, with some House Democrats worried that if they dismiss the Capitol renovations too brusquely, Courtney might not be as willing to bend on housing invest- ments or other priorities that need help clearing the Senate as the session winds down. Lawmakers wrestling with what they say is an unusually large list of AP photo/Don Ryan Dogwood blossoms frame the Oregon Capitol rotunda with the ax-wielding, golden-gilded pio- neer statue on top in 2005. UHTXHVWVIRUERQG¿QDQFHGSURMHFWV² UDQJLQJIURPFRXUWKRXVH¿[HVWRKHOS IRU XQLYHUVLWLHV ² H[SHFW WR FRPH XS ZLWKDQHDU¿QDOOLVWE\WKHHQGRIWKLV week. Most of that work has been done behind closed doors, by a group of lawmakers including Courtney; Kotek; Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin; Sen. Fred Girod, R-Stayton; and Rep. Tobias Read, D-Beaverton. The group last met Thursday afternoon. So far, the Capitol project has yet to be scratched off. Sources also say the JURXSKDVQ¶WVHWWOHGRQD¿QDOVXPIRU WKHJRYHUQRU¶VKRXVLQJSURSRVDO ³7KH FRQYHUVDWLRQV ,¶P KDYLQJ DUH QRW SROLWLFDO´ 5HDG VDLG ³7KH\¶UH DERXW KRZ FDQ ZH VWUHWFK WD[SD\HU dollars as far as they can go.” <HW'HYOLQWKH6HQDWH¶VOHDGEXGJHW writer, linked the two projects in an interview with The Oregonian/Oregon- Live — making clear that requests for state bond money and other revenue “go beyond how much resources we have.” He stopped short of describing the two in an “either/or” situation but DFNQRZOHGJHGWKH+RXVH¶VDQG6HQDWH¶V competing agendas. 7ROGRI'HYOLQ¶VFRPPHQWVVSRNHV- women for Brown and Kotek both played down any talk of tension. “President Courtney has been real clear on his priorities,” said Kristen *UDLQJHU %URZQ¶V FRPPXQLFDWLRQV director, “and so has Governor Brown.” “The speaker believes each bonding request should be — and will be — evalu- ated based on its own merits,” said Lindsey 2¶%ULHQDVSRNHVZRPDQIRU.RWHN &RXUWQH\¶V RI¿FH WKURXJK D spokesman, declined to comment. But Courtney has been an outspoken proponent of making the renovations — even suggesting, at one point, that the Capitol be closed for children in light of the danger posed by its unrein- forced marble-and-masonry walls in a major earthquake. The state has already spent more than $30 million on planning for the project, which would not only shore up the Capi- WRO¶V VWUXFWXUH EXW DGG KHDULQJ URRPV overhaul wiring and plumbing, and H[SDQGDPHQLWLHVVXFKDVWKHEXLOGLQJ¶V basement cafeteria. Overall, the project would cost $337 million over four years. As he faced criticism over the Capitol renovations, Courtney last year also proposed borrowing $200 million RYHUWKHQH[WWZR\HDUVWRKHOSVFKRRO districts statewide remodel or rebuild dozens of buildings. Courtney had helped secure a ballot measure giving the state that ability years before. 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