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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Rain at times Clouds and sun with a shower 46° 35° 45° 31° SUNDAY MONDAY Some sun, then turning cloudy Cloudy; ice at night PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 41° 28° 42° 27° 42° 27° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 47° 34° 48° 30° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 55° 45° 43° 28° 67° (1931) -14° (1957) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.31" 1.44" 1.28" 1.44" 0.72" 1.28" Corvallis 51/40 through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW John Day 46/34 Ontario 38/26 Bend 43/26 55° 31° 44° 29° 61° (1984) -21° (1957) Burns 40/20 0.12" 0.99" 1.16" 0.99" 0.44" 1.16" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Feb 8 7:21 a.m. 4:56 p.m. 10:59 p.m. 9:58 a.m. First Full Feb 14 Feb 22 Caldwell 42/28 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 51 38 43 52 40 38 51 44 47 46 43 43 40 52 51 53 38 51 46 49 48 51 40 41 48 49 44 Hi 30 67 48 55 67 35 51 59 42 85 48 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Boardman Pendleton Lo 36 17 20 35 8 18 35 26 30 27 20 27 23 30 38 38 19 30 31 37 22 36 27 22 34 31 26 W sh pc sf sh c pc sh pc pc c c sf sf sh sh sh pc pc pc sh sn sh pc sf sh pc pc Lo 11 56 33 43 44 30 47 45 27 69 38 W s r pc sh pc sn c pc pc t r Sat. Hi 28 65 52 48 69 37 51 58 41 84 44 Lo 8 58 35 39 45 33 45 48 21 69 37 W pc pc pc sh pc sn r c c t r REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Rain, heavy at times today. Showers tonight. Showers tomorrow. Sunday: a shower. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mainly cloudy, rain this morning, then a shower or two; mild in central parts. Western Washington: Periods of rain today and tonight. A brief shower or two tomorrow. Eastern Washington: Rain today; snow, accumulating 1-3 inches in the north and mountains. Cascades: Snow, rain mix early in the south today; periods of snow, 2-4 inches across the north. Rain, changing to snow, 1-2 inches in central parts. Northern California: Rain, heavy at times today, but a little rain in the interior mountains. Today Saturday WNW 7-14 S 8-16 WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY 0 1 1 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 2I¿Fe KoXrs Monday tKroXJK )riday, a.m. to 5 S.m. &losed maMor Kolidays www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East 2reJonian (USPS 164-980) is SXElisKed daily e[FeSt SXnday, Monday and 'eF. 25, Ey tKe E2 Media *roXS, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71. PeriodiFals SostaJe Said at Pendleton, 25. Postmaster: send address FKanJes to East 2reJonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71. E=Pay 52 ZeeNs 26 ZeeNs 13 ZeeNs E= Pay 0 0 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. ©2016 Didn’t receive your paper? &all 1--522-255 EeIore noon 7Xesday tKroXJK )riday or EeIore 1 a.m. SatXrday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 SUBSCRIPTION RATES /oFal Kome delivery SavinJs off Fover SriFe 14.5 41 SerFent 173.67 41 SerFent 1.6 3 SerFent 47.77 36 SerFent one-year rate ZitK a montKly Fredit or deEit FardFKeFN FKarJe Single copy price: 1 7Xesday tKroXJK )riday, 1.5 SatXrday Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group Oregon heads for ballot brawl over tax increase And past compromise revenue efforts have not panned out. Kitzhaber effort failed The initiative has its roots in a Kitzhaber-led push to tackle the belief, widespread in Salem, WKDWWKHPRQH\ÀRZLQJLQWRVWDWHJRYHUQPHQW has not kept up with demands for government VHUYLFHV$IWHUKLVUHWXUQWRRI¿FHLQKH sought to forge a compromise between business and labor, involving talks, polling and focus groups in Eugene and Bend. Those efforts were put on hold when all sides concluded the hoped-for sales tax measure wasn’t the answer. ³:HUHDOO\ZRUNHGKDUGWR¿QGVRPHWKLQJ that everyone could agree to,” recalls former Kitzhaber chief of staff Curtis Robinhold. “In WKH HQG ZH GLGQ¶W ¿QG QHZ UHYHQXH RSWLRQV that everyone could agree to or that we thought would pass muster with the voters.” Kitzhaber always planned to seek out other DOWHUQDWLYHVLQKLV¿QDOWHUPSDUWLFLSDQWVDQG former aides agree. That never happened, thanks to escalating controversy over the DSSHDUDQFH WKDW KLV ¿DQFHH &\OYLD +D\HV SUR¿WHGSHUVRQDOO\IURPKHUUROHLQKLVRI¿FH In January 2015, as Kitzhaber struggled to cope with the situation, the union-backed 2XU2UHJRQJURXS¿OHGLWVSHWLWLRQIRUWKHWD[ increase. The measure likely wouldn’t have had the governor’s support because of his belief in avoiding large-scale ballot warfare, participants in the talks say. Weeks later, that became less of an issue for the public employee unions backing the measure, when Kitzhaber resigned. New urgency Meanwhile, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that is expected this summer could Initiative Petition 28 focuses new taxes on a hamper those unions’ ability to raise political swath of corporations with $25 million or more funds in the future, potentially adding to the LQ2UHJRQVDOHV7KHWD[LVQRWRQSUR¿WVEXW urgency behind the measure, several Demo- on gross receipts. It would generate $5.2 billion crats say privately. Heather Conroy, executive director of in Oregon’s next two-year budget period. That money, which is supposed to boost education Service Employees International Union Local and health spending, will increase the state’s 503, says the urgency is primarily because years of talks have gone nowhere. “We really $18 billion general fund by nearly a third. The money raised would be seven times the just cannot wait any longer to put forward a amount raised by the corporate tax measures solution. ... We need to see change.” Brown, who’s running for re-election and is WKDWVSDZQHGDEUXLVLQJODERUEXVLQHVV¿JKWLQ 2010. Observers are predicting the opposition expected to receive strong union support, has campaign alone will spend $15 million to $20 not taken a position on whether the initiative million — a staggering, record-shattering sum. makes sense. “It’s a complicated issue, and she’s Supporters already are airing out their arguments that Oregon schools and other consulting with stakeholders, and she has not services desperately need funding, and that reached a conclusion about it herself,” says out-of-state companies will bear the brunt of spokeswoman Kristen Grainger. “There’s the hike. Opponents, however, say the increase GH¿QLWHO\VWLOOWLPHWRFRQVLGHUWKHPHDVXUHDQG will result in higher prices for consumers and what’s going to happen.” House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, local companies, too. Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, who generally leans in support of the measure, has called for a compromise, predicting the says she hadn’t heard of alternatives from initiative will spark a political bloodbath with the business community, and added that a lasting negative effects on the state. And Sen. much smaller measure probably would not be Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, has sought to build enough to make Initiative Petition 28 go away. “We have a revenue problem in this momentum behind the idea of an alternative state,” Kotek says. While the measure is not measure. However, so far there’s little evidence that perfect, she says, “it would solve our revenue other political players have been persuaded. problem.” Huge budget boost Hi 48 36 38 48 33 34 47 42 48 41 35 40 36 47 47 49 40 50 45 47 41 47 38 37 44 46 45 Today Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. SALEM — When a proposed statewide $15-an-hour minimum wage measure gave businesses heartburn, Gov. Kate Brown inter- YHQHGWRÀRDWDFRPSURPLVHSODQHDUOLHUWKLV month. In contrast, Brown has stayed squarely on the sidelines when it comes to an initiative aimed for the November ballot that is arousing just as much opposition: A $2.6 billion annual tax increase on many large corporations. Aside from some Democratic senators, nobody is proposing an alternative — including the business community that would be affected. That might seem surprising in light of Oregon’s long history of compromise and alternative measures to defuse impending ballot warfare. So why is Oregon headed for a serious political rumble? Some say there’s scant incentive for supporters to consider common ground, thanks in part to an expected federal court ruling that could drastically reduce the clout of public employee unions in future election cycles. The sponsors of the measure say they’re done compromising on tax measures as they did under former Gov. John Kitzhaber. “I think the coalition that’s behind the measure is saying we don’t want to just have peace, we want to make people’s lives better,” says Ben Unger, the former lawmaker who leads the group spearheading the initiative, Our Oregon. “I would rather help people than avoid disagreeing.” W r sn r r r sn r r r r sn r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES (in mph) Klamath Falls 43/27 By NICK BUDNICK Capital Bureau Lo 40 22 26 41 20 23 40 31 34 34 27 32 28 36 40 42 26 35 35 39 29 39 28 29 37 35 29 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. WINDS Medford 52/36 PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Jan 31 Albany 50/39 Eugene 51/40 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 45° 27° Spokane Wenatchee 40/28 38/29 Tacoma Moses 49/36 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 42/30 40/33 49/38 49/36 44/29 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/38 49/35 Lewiston 47/34 Astoria 47/35 51/40 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 49/39 Pendleton 38/23 The Dalles 47/34 46/35 50/36 La Grande Salem 43/32 51/39 HERMISTON HIGH 45° 28° Seattle 49/40 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 46° 28° Today TUESDAY Mostly cloudy with snow showers Friday, January 29, 2016 -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 showers will affect much of the Northeast today. A batch of rain, ice and snow is in store for the Upper Midwest. Rain with mountain snow will expand inland over the Northwest. Florida will dry out. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 80° in Marathon, Fla. Low -17° in Gunnison, Colo. 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 58 55 41 39 50 55 45 41 61 34 34 27 75 55 30 67 16 38 81 72 36 64 57 67 63 76 Lo 34 35 26 17 35 37 29 30 36 22 29 22 48 37 24 40 2 27 69 48 29 37 30 47 44 54 W s s c pc c s r sn s sf pc sf s pc pc s pc i s s pc s pc pc s pc Sat. 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