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Saturday, July 8, 2017
Legislature adjourns contentious session Lawmakers approve
other things, were delayed for
another year.
That may ignite ballot
fi ghts next year by special
interests,
including
the
same labor unions who
backed Measure 97, while
new legislation such as the
transportation package and
a multimillion-dollar health
care tax to fund Medicaid
may also be derailed by
voters in 2018.
“We began the session with
the most aggressive agenda in
my legislative career,” Senate
President Peter Courtney, the
Legislature’s longest-serving
member, said in a statement.
“We had some satisfying
wins. We structurally changed
key ways in which we budget.
We enacted a budget-saving
provider tax. We passed the
largest transportation plan
in state history. We also had
losses. We did not reach
an agreement on (pension)
reform. We did not reform
our revenue system. At best,
our successes are tempered
by disappointment.”
Last month the Demo-
cratic-controlled Legislature
approved a record-$8.2
billion funding package
for Oregon’s public school
system — up 11 percent from
the previous biennium. For
most of the state’s 200 or so
districts, it’s enough money to
keep current services going.
But others say they needed at
By KRISTENA HANSEN
Associated Press
SALEM — The Oregon
Legislature has adjourned the
2017 session — a contentious,
nearly six-month period that
saw lawmakers pass a range
of new laws including a major
transportation infrastructure
package, restrictions on
guns and tobacco, expanded
health care for undocumented
immigrants, mandated cost-
free abortions and a balanced
2017-19 budget.
The session offi cially
wrapped up Friday by a vote
in both chambers to adjourn
“Sine Die,” a Latin phrase
marking the end of their time
in Salem for the year. With
the constitutionally-required
deadline of July 10, adjourn-
ment came three days ahead
of schedule.
It began in early February
when the state’s budget
hole stood at $1.8 billion,
but progress stalled early
on due to gridlock between
Democrats and Republicans
over a tax hike on businesses
that resembled labor unions’
Measure 97 and ultimately
failed late last month.
While lawmakers eventu-
ally balanced the state’s $21
billion operating budget and
passed several major policies,
changes to the state’s pension
system, tax structure and
health care plans, among
least another $200 million to
avoid scaling back programs
and up to 1,500 staff positions
mostly through normal attri-
tion and retirements.
A $670 million-tax package
on hospitals and insurers was
also passed last month to close
a major chunk of the budget
defi cit, spare the shuttering
of a mental health hospital in
Junction City and maintain
health coverage for thousands
of Medicaid recipients. That
package, however, may
be thrown in limbo should
three Republican lawmakers
succeed in referring it to the
ballot.
If they do, voters would
decide its fate during a
special election in January
— a last-minute maneuver by
Democrats that exacerbated
tensions in the fi nal days with
Republicans, who blasted
it as an attempt to sway the
outcome.
“Democrats voted to rob
us of our referendum rights
and they will be hijacking
future elections with voter
suppression enshrined in state
law,” said Senate Republican
Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli,
“Republicans have a great
deal to be upset with this
session ... (Democrats) also
passed the most extreme
abortion funding law in the
nation to force taxpayers
to pay against their will for
other people’s late-term and
state REAL ID bill
sex-selective abortions.”
Ferrioli was referring
to this week’s passage of
a several bills concerning
undocumented residents amid
President Donald Trump’s
immigration
crackdown
attempts, such as strength-
ening Oregon’s sanctuary
laws and funding health care
for more than 14,000 Oregon
children who were brought
to the U.S. illegally. Undoc-
umented residents will also
be able to access cost-free
abortions and other reproduc-
tive care under another bill
that mandates local insurance
companies to cover abortions
and other services at no cost
to the patient.
“The message of this
legislative session is this:
In Oregon, Democrats are
fi ghting to improve the lives
of everyone who calls this
great state home,” said House
Majority Leader Jennifer
Williamson.
House
Republican
Minority
Leader
Mike
McLane says the session
will be marked by lack of
leadership.
“Passage of the transpor-
tation package was among
few positive highlights this
session,” McLane said. “In
the end, the 2017 session
will be remembered more
for missed opportunities and
our failure to get our state’s
fi nancial house in order.”
and commerce going,”
said Rep. Mike Nearman,
R-Independence.
The Oregon Legislature
SALEM — A bill to give
Oregonians a voluntary path long resisted more stringent
to upgrade their state-issued requirements by the federal
government for
driver’s license
state identifi cation
or ID card to
cards, known as
federal standards
REAL ID.
is headed to Gov.
The
state
Kate Brown for a
Legislature passed
signature.
a law in 2009 that
The bill was
prohibits
state
sponsored
by
offi cials
from
Sen. Bill Hansell
spending money
(R-Athena) and
to comply with the
Rep. Greg Barreto
Hansell
federal law unless
(R-Cove).
the federal govern-
The House of
ment reimburses
Representatives
the state for the
voted 56-to-1 to
cost. Lawmakers
pass Senate Bill
also had privacy
374
Thursday.
concerns
about
The Senate passed
some of the federal
the bill 28-to-2
requirements.
June 26.
The
state
The upgraded
already
has
identifi cation will Barreto
received
three
be necessary as
extensions
for
soon as 2018 to
board domestic commercial complying with the law. The
fl ights and enter any federal last extension expires Oct.
facility, including Bonne- 10. State offi cials have said
ville Dam or a federal court Oregon would be unlikely
house. Without compliant to receive another extension
state-issued ID, travelers without passing the bill.
Under the bill, the
will instead have to use a
passport or other federally earliest Oregonians will be
able to obtain a REAL ID
approved form of ID.
The bill will keep the is July 1, 2020, Nearman
state’s “engines of travel said.
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Timber company sues state over nixed sale of Elliott
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
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SALEM — A Roseburg
timber company is suing the
Department of State Lands
and the State Land Board
for about $3.3 million for
backing out of the sale of the
Elliott State Forest.
Lone Rock Resources,
which until May was posi-
tioned to buy an 82,500-acre
swath of the state forest near
the southwest Oregon coast
for $220.8 million, claims
that when the state canceled
its plan to sell the forest, it
“materially (breached) the
agreement and understand-
ings of the parties.”
The Elliott is a state trust
land, which means that the
state is required to generate
revenue from it for the
Common School Fund, an
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For years, logging on
the forest had provided that
revenue. But recently, due to
more stringent enforcement
of environmental regula-
tions and protections for
endangered species, the state
struggled to make money off
the land.
So the land board — the
governor, secretary of state,
and treasurer — sought to
sell it to a private or public
entity and embarked on a
detailed process to try to fi nd
a buyer.
Last fall, Lone Rock was
the sole company to propose
buying the forest for the price
the state set: $220.8 million.
The company alleges it
spent about $1.3 million to
comply with the protocol the
state had set up for selling the
forest, and seeks that amount
in damages, plus interest,
as well as lost opportunity
damages of $2 million.
The company also argues
that it was reasonable to
assume that the state would
comply with its obligations
to make money from the
Common School Fund land,
which are laid out in the
state’s constitution.
Since
Lone
Rock
submitted a plan for buying
the forest last fall, political
opposition to the sale
mounted until the State Land
Board withdrew from the
sale process altogether in
May.
The Department of State
Lands, through a spokes-
woman, said that it does
not comment on current or
possible litigation.
On Friday, the Oregon
Legislature approved about
$100 million in bonding to
buy a part of the forest and
decouple it from its Common
School Fund obligations,
refl ecting the suggestion of
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown,
the chair of the land board.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
MONDAY
SUNDAY
Very warm with
plenty of sun
Plenty of sunshine
96° 63°
93° 63°
TUESDAY
Sunny and
pleasant
Sunny and
beautiful
WEDNESDAY
Plenty of sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
87° 55°
87° 57°
92° 59°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
96° 67°
100° 67°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
98°
87°
104° (1908)
63°
57°
38° (1893)
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"
0.00"
0.07"
11.30"
6.47"
7.64"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
101°
87°
107° (1968)
62°
57°
40° (1971)
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"
0.00"
0.05"
6.59"
4.65"
5.75"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
July 8
July 16
New
July 23
91° 62°
95° 63°
Seattle
79/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
90° 59°
5:14 a.m.
8:46 p.m.
8:22 p.m.
5:02 a.m.
First
July 30
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
95/64
96/65
Tacoma
Moses
81/52
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 98/60
92/56
70/54
83/51
99/64
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
80/54
98/68 Lewiston
100/65
Astoria
99/66
67/54
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
85/57
Pendleton 94/55
The Dalles 100/67
96/63
96/65
La Grande
Salem
95/60
86/55
Albany
Corvallis 86/52
87/52
John Day
99/59
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
104/71
86/50
93/54
Caldwell
Burns
104/69
98/54
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
67
94
93
65
98
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86
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100
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104
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
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WINDS
Medford
97/60
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Klamath Falls
94/51
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Areas of low clouds and
fog giving way to sun today. A moonlit sky
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and hot today. A moonlit sky tonight. Sunny
tomorrow; hot.
Western Washington: Sunny today;
however, low clouds followed by sunshine
at the coast.
Eastern Washington: Sunny today. Clear
and moonlit tonight. Brilliant sunshine
tomorrow.
Cascades: Very warm today with plenty of
sunshine. Clear and moonlit tonight.
Northern California: Clouds, then sun at the
coast today; sunny in central parts. Partly
sunny in the interior mountains.
Today
Sunday
WSW 4-8
WNW 4-8
WSW 7-14
WSW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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from South Korea with his
family.
He was warned by a
judge after his latest convic-
tion that his immigration
status could be in jeopardy
if he got into more legal
trouble.
KOIN-TV also reported
on Kim’s detention and says
he suffers from post-trau-
matic stress disorder.
Court records show
Kim has been convicted
of multiple crimes in the
past fi ve years, including
robbery, burglary and arson.
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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National Summary: Showers and locally heavy, gusty thunderstorms will occur today from
northern New England to the lower Mississippi Valley. Less humid air will expand across the
Midwest. Much of the West will broil.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 121° in Palm Springs, Calif.
Low 39° in Leadville, 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
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104
86
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79
76
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82
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73
85
87
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Louisville
86
Memphis
91
Miami
90
Milwaukee
76
Minneapolis
85
Nashville
89
New Orleans
91
New York City
85
Oklahoma City
92
Omaha
89
Philadelphia
89
Phoenix
111
Portland, ME
77
Providence
85
Raleigh
94
Rapid City
95
Reno
101
Sacramento
103
St. Louis
89
Salt Lake City
102
San Diego
81
San Francisco
72
Seattle
79
Tucson
106
Washington, DC 91
Wichita
92
Lo
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