WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
THURSDAY
TODAY
Cloudy, a shower
in the p.m.
Mostly cloudy,
showers around
53° 48°
53° 35°
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Rain and drizzle
Today
SUNDAY
Spotty showers in
the afternoon
A little afternoon
rain
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
53° 40°
57° 41°
58° 41°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
55° 47°
59° 33°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
50°
53°
73° (2004)
31°
34°
18° (1897)
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
0.00"
0.44"
0.29"
2.81"
1.55"
2.84"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
51°
55°
72° (2005)
0.00"
0.43"
0.26"
1.92"
1.06"
2.53"
SUN AND MOON
Mar 23
Bend
52/42
Burns
43/37
Last
6:19 a.m.
5:53 p.m.
6:42 a.m.
7:05 p.m.
New
Mar 31
Apr 7
Caldwell
54/48
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
55
46
52
58
43
48
58
53
55
53
51
50
47
59
56
61
54
56
53
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48
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Thu.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
43
72
75
48
60
39
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89
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WINDS
Medford
59/46
PRECIPITATION
Mar 15
John Day
53/49
Ontario
54/45
28°
32°
15° (1931)
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Albany
56/48
Eugene
58/46
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
60° 41°
Spokane
Wenatchee
48/42
48/38
Tacoma
Moses
53/43
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 53/45
50/44
51/47
50/43
52/39
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
52/47
56/47 Lewiston
56/48
Astoria
54/46
55/46
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
53/47
Pendleton 48/41
The Dalles 55/47
53/48
49/42
La Grande
Salem
50/45
57/47
Corvallis
57/48
HIGH
60° 40°
Seattle
53/45
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
55° 40°
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Klamath Falls
51/40
(in mph)
Today
Thursday
Boardman
Pendleton
ESE 3-6
S 6-12
SW 4-8
SW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Windy today with periods
of rain; warmer in central parts.
Eastern Washington: Rain today, but a
snow shower in the mountains.
Eastern and Central Oregon: A shower
today; however, rain and drizzle in the south
and upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Cloudy today. Rain;
a passing morning shower, then periods of
rain in central parts.
Cascades: Rain; arriving during the after-
noon in the south. A bit of snow and rain in
the south this morning.
Northern California: Rain today; however, a
little snow in the interior mountains.
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showers t-storms
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flurries
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snow
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cold front
70s
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warm front stationary front
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high
low
National Summary: Rain will fall from Texas and Louisiana to lower Michigan, upstate New
York and northern Maine today with the greatest risk of severe weather and flooding in the
South. Rain will dampen part of the West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 94° in Laredo, Texas
Low -7° in Bodie State Park, Calif.
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
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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market software
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon is
considering proposals by
four companies to provide
a new software platform for
the state’s health insurance
marketplace.
The state uses the
federal insurance exchange,
Healthcare.gov, and state
of¿cials began to explore
other options after the
federal government decided
to begin charging insurance
companies a fee to use the
exchange in Oregon.
Oregon has used the
federal
platform
since
its own insurance portal,
Cover Oregon, failed to
launch in 2013. The state
and technology company
Oracle, which built the
Cover Oregon system, are
still engaged in a legal battle
over who is to blame for the
problems.
Oregon insurers can
continue to use the federal
insurance exchange free of
charge through the end of
this year but in 2017, the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services plans
to begin charging insurance
companies a fee of 1.5
percent of premiums in order
to use the federal platform in
Oregon. The rate could still
increase in future years to the
federal government’s orig-
inal proposal of 3 percent of
premiums, according to Lisa
Morawski, public informa-
tion and communications
director for the Oregon
Department of Consumer
and Business Services which
handles the state’s insurance
exchange.
On Monday, however,
Morawski said the state will
not rush to decide whether
to make another attempt
at launching its own state
insurance exchange. “We’re
going to be on healthcare.
gov for sure for 2017,”
Morawski said.
The state also charges
insurers a monthly fee of
$9.66 per insurance plan
member, although the state
has proposed lowering the
fee to $6 next year because
employees expect higher
enrollment will continue
to raise more money than
anticipated. The state uses
the money to pay for every-
thing from publicity for the
insurance exchange, to tech-
nology services and legal
costs, according to a docu-
ment from the Department
of Consumer and Business
Services.
Four technology compa-
nies submitted proposals
to provide the platform for
Oregon’s exchange by the
deadline of noon Friday.
hCentive worked on
insurance marketplaces for
Arkansas, Massachusetts,
Colorado, New York and
the federal government,
according to the company’s
website.
Vimo, Inc., which does
business as GetInsured,
worked
on
insurance
exchanges in California,
New Mexico, Idaho and
Mississippi, according to the
company’s website.
Softheon,
Inc.
also
worked on the Massachu-
setts exchange, according
to company CEO Eugene
Sayan and Michael Hender-
shop, the company’s business
development director for
state and federal operations.
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SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown was
the last of a ¿eld of Democrats and
5epublicans to ¿le for election for
governor Tuesday, the deadline for the
primary.
“I am certainly honored to have
the opportunity to help make sure that
every Oregonian has an opportunity to
thrive and that we continue to grow the
economy in every single corner of the
state,” Brown said Tuesday.
By Tuesday’s deadline, the ¿eld of
candidates included six Democrats, ¿ve
Republicans and two Independents.
Brown is anticipated to be a shoo-in
for the Democratic nomination,
according to political analysts. The
other Democrats who have ¿led for
the May 17 primary include Ashland
physician -ulian Bell, Spring¿eld
professional driver Chet Chance,
Walmart produce team member
Kevin Forsythe of Newport, Portland
home care worker Steve Johnson and
Portland environmental engineer and
attorney Dave Stauffer.
In the Republican primary, Lake
Oswego businessman Allen Alley and
Salem oncologist Bud Pierce are the
frontrunners in the Republican ¿eld,
according to political analysts.
Other Republicans who ¿led are
Lyons real estate broker Bruce Cuff,
state worker Bob Forthan of Portland
and Tigard engineer Bob Niemeyer.
Brown
Alley
Independents Cliff Thomason, pres-
ident Orhempco Inc., of Grants Pass,
and certi¿ed nursing assistant Patrick
W. Barney, of Gresham, also are vying
the state’s highest of¿ce.
Jim Moore, politics professor at
Paci¿c University and director of the
Tom McCall Center for Policy Innova-
tion, said Alley has the best chance in
the Republican primary.
Alley, a technology investor and
former CEO of Pixelworks, is a
familiar face in Oregon politics. He
served as deputy chief of staff in the
administration of Democratic Gov. Ted
Kulongoski.
He sought the Republican nomina-
tion for governor in 2010 but lost to
Chris Dudley.
In 2008, he launched a successful
bid for the Republican nomination for
state treasurer in the primary and lost to
Democrat Ben Westlund in the general
election.
“Alley is an economic conservative.
Social conservatives have virtually no
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chance at winning Oregon statewide
elections,” Moore said. “Alley’s busi-
ness experience and ideas for policies
will make him a stronger candidate
than any of the other Republicans.”
Pierce is counting on a national
climate of dissatisfaction with career
politicians — as demonstrated by
support for presidential candidates
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump —
to give him an edge in the race. While
Alley has been out of the spotlight for
several years, Pierce said Alley is an
established politician.
“There is corruption and failed
public policy in state government,”
Pierce said. “This is a time when
people are looking for different kinds
of leaders, and career politicians need
to step aside.
“I believe I can win and the time
will come when Oregon voters will say
they don’t want to vote for the same
people,” Pierce said.
Whoever is the Republican
nominee, he will struggle to topple
Brown, Moore said.
“Brown is a formidable opponent,”
Moore said. “Alley will have an uphill
battle to break through the Democratic
advantage in registration, especially in
a presidential year when a higher and
higher percentage of Democrats vote
than in the off-year elections.”
———
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ration between EO Media Group and
Pamplin Media Group.
STUDENT
OF THE
WEEK
Michael Shafer
W ESTON -M C E WEN H IGH S CHOOL
Michael is currently a junior at Weston-McEwen High
School. He has a 4.57 GPA and ranked 1st in his class.
Michael has served as president of his class both his
freshman and sophomore years and is the student body
representative to the school board this year. He is an
active member of the Weston-McEwen Band and Pipes
and Drums, FFA and plays tennis for the TigerScots.
Last year as a sophomore he was awarded the Rickard
McCracken award for outstanding sophomore boy.
After graduation in 2017, Michael’s plans include
attending Harvard and obtaining his Juris Doctorate
Degree in Law and then becoming a Politician.
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