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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
FRIDAY
TODAY
SATURDAY
Breezy with clouds
and sun
Intervals of clouds
and sunshine
65° 44°
64° 43°
SUNDAY
Partly sunny and
warmer
Partly sunny and
very warm
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
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82° 56°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
70° 45°
71° 47°
PENDLETON
TEMPERATURE
LOW
65°
69°
91° (1940)
56°
45°
28° (1922)
PRECIPITATION
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8.25"
5.44"
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LOW
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71°
95° (1987)
Full
May 29
Caldwell
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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
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Boardman
Pendleton
Eastern Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today with a shower in the area. A
shower tonight.
Cascades: Rather cloudy today with a
shower in places. Partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds and
sunshine today with a shower in the area;
breezy across the north.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy
today with a shower in spots. Partly cloudy
tonight.
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The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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National Summary: Showers and thunderstorms will progress from the Midwest to the
Appalachians and coastal Northeast today. Areas of rain and storms will extend from the
northern Rockies to the northern Plains.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Needles, Calif.
Low 25° in Angel Fire, N.M.
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Billings
Birmingham
Boise
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Chicago
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Fairbanks
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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Survey: Inefficient spending
equals government waste
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Most Oregonians define
“waste in government” as
money spent inefficiently
on programs, according to
a recent survey by DHM
Research.
The Portland-based poll-
ster conducted an online
survey of 590 Oregonians
April 11-19.
Among all respondents,
the majority, about 63 per-
cent, define waste as money
spent inefficiently, while
34 percent believe waste
means funding unnecessary
programs.
The results showed some
partisan differences in what
government waste means.
About 77 percent of
respondents who consider
themselves liberal defined
waste as inefficient spend-
ing, whereas 66 percent of
conservatives
described
waste as funding unneces-
sary programs.
DHM weighted the
results to reflect the demo-
graphics of Oregon resi-
dents, including age, gen-
der,
geographic
area,
political party and level of
education. The margin of
error is between 2.5 and 4
percent.
Revenue for the state
budget stems largely from
state taxes, federal taxes
and the Oregon Lottery.
The majority of the state’s
budget is spent on human
services, including health
care, education and public
safety.
Respondents
largely
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believe that those pro-
grams are necessary. They
were more likely to value
the importance of pub-
lic safety, 98 percent, and
K-12 education, 90 percent,
than health care for low-in-
come adults and children,
79 percent, according to the
survey. Republicans were
more likely to deem health
care as unnecessary, 50 per-
cent, whereas a vast major-
ity of Democrats, 96 per-
cent, believe those services
are necessary.
“That a majority of
Republicans consider one
of the state’s largest spend-
ing areas unnecessary is
consistent with the fact
that Republicans are more
likely to believe that waste
stems from unnecessary
programs rather than ineffi-
cient spending,” according
to a blog post by DHM on
the survey results.
A majority of respon-
dents, about 57 percent,
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agreed that economic
development
programs
are a waste of govern-
ment money, the survey
suggested.
Some examples of Ore-
gon’s government waste
have attracted national
attention.
For instance, the state
squandered more than
$300 million in federal and
state funds to build a failed
health care shopping and
enrollment website, which
was never used to enroll
anyone.
The state sued Oracle
America over the failure
and eventually settled the
case with the software com-
pany for a purported $100
million in value. But, as the
Portland Tribune originally
reported, the September
2016 settlement came with
hidden costs to the state.
The agreement included
only $35 million in actual
cash. Of that, $25 million
covered the state’s legal
costs, and the other $10
million went toward sci-
ence, technology, engineer-
ing and math education
grants to public schools.
The other part of the state’s
$105 million valuation of
the settlement was $60 mil-
lion in “free” customer
service support for yet-
to-be-obtained Oracle soft-
ware. That value could be
redeemed only by spending
more money.
The software and sup-
port obtained at no cost
could “easily exceed” $100
million, but “it will require
a substantial investment
of effort, time and money
to realize its value,” for-
mer state Chief Informa-
tion Officer Alex Pettit,
wrote in an email to Oregon
agency directors in Septem-
ber 2016.
The consultant KPMG
“estimated that the state
would need to spend
between $490-515 mil-
lion to implement a frac-
tion of the software con-
tained in the (Oracle deal),”
he added.
The DHM survey last
month followed up on a
February 2016 survey —
conducted in partnership
with Oregon Public Broad-
casting — that showed
Oregon voters believe more
tax money is wasted than is
spent to benefit their daily
lives. Respondents esti-
mated that 44 cents out of
every dollar the state spends
is “wasted,” compared with
31 cents that goes toward
their benefit.
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scheduled to precede several
days of previously sched-
uled legislative committee
meetings at the state capitol.
Some legislators have
expressed concerns that
their colleagues will try to
do more than expand the
tax break to sole proprietors
during the session.
Legislators are not lim-
ited either in scope or length
of the session by Brown’s
proclamation. Once in ses-
sion they can consider any
legislation brought up for
a vote and can remain in
Salem until they vote to
adjourn.
A spokesman for the
House Republicans said in
a statement that “Democrats
do not appear to have a clear
consensus on the scope of the
session, nor the exact details
of the tax cut bill,” and that
the special session “charade”
wouldn’t be necessary had
the governor vetoed the bill
disconnecting from the new
federal deduction.
State
Sen.
Herman
Baertschiger, R-Grants Pass,
a member of the Senate
Finance and Revenue Com-
mittee, indicated earlier this
week he would prefer mak-
ing any changes to the state’s
tax policy in the 2019 legis-
lative session, scheduled to
begin in January.
House Speaker Tina
Kotek, D-Portland, did not
suggest a wider agenda
in her response to the
proclamation.
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Northern California: Partly sunny today.
Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly sunny tomor-
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
SALEM — Gov. Kate
Brown on Wednesday issued
a proclamation calling for a
special legislative session
May 21 and released a draft
of the bill she wants law-
makers to consider.
The proposed law would
expand to sole proprietors
state tax breaks available to
owners of certain businesses
whose business income
“passes through” to their
personal income tax returns
instead of paying corporate
rates.
In 2013 the Legisla-
ture extended lower rates
for owners of other types
of pass-through businesses,
such as S-corporations and
partnerships, provided they
meet certain employment
and other requirements.
Those state tax breaks
weren’t extended to sole
proprietors.
If passed, the rates would
apply to the 2018 tax year.
“I’m calling a special ses-
sion to stop this unfairness
and create a level playing
field for Oregon’s smallest
businesses,” Brown said in a
prepared statement Wednes-
day. “It’s imperative that the
Legislature take action now
so that many more Oregon
small businesses can take
advantage of this economic
incentive.”
The special session is
expected to last one day. It is
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UV INDEX TODAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today with a
shower in the area; breezy in the afternoon.
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
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WORLD CITIES
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WINDS
Medford
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SUN AND MOON
May 21
Bend
60/34
Burns
63/34
PRECIPITATION
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John Day
59/38
Ontario
72/47
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24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Moonrise today
Moonset today
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Albany
60/42
Eugene
62/42
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
89° 58°
Spokane
Wenatchee
61/42
66/50
Tacoma
Moses
60/44
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 68/48
60/42
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61/41
69/47
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
60/46
66/47 Lewiston
71/48
Astoria
66/48
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Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
64/48
Pendleton 58/39
The Dalles 71/47
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69/50
La Grande
Salem
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Seattle
59/48
ALMANAC
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Today
MONDAY
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sun
75° 46°
Thursday, May 10, 2018
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