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Tax Foundation says Oregon the state
most reliant on income tax revenue
BRIEFLY
Oregon former
first lady Cylvia
Hayes files for
bankruptcy
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Out of all U.S.
states, Oregon gets the great-
est share of revenues from its
state income tax, a new anal-
ysis finds.
About 41.6 percent of
Oregon’s state and local taxes
came from the state income
tax in 2015, according to the
analysis from the Washing-
ton, D.C.-based Tax Founda-
tion, out Tuesday.
The findings affirm what
many acknowledge about
Oregon’s revenues — that
they rely in large part on state
income taxes, which fluctuate
so dramatically that one state
lawmaker compares year-
over-year tax collections to
the peaks and valleys of the
Swiss Alps.
When it comes just to state
revenues, the Oregon Center
for Public Policy estimates
that roughly four out of five
General Fund and Lottery
Fund dollars comes from the
state income tax.
In the upcoming legis-
lative session, scheduled to
begin in January, lawmak-
ers must write a two-year
state budget in the face of a
shortfall in the state’s Medic-
aid program and rising pub-
lic pension costs. Revenue
reform could be on the table
as well.
Forty-three states have an
PORTLAND (AP) —
Cylvia Hayes, the fian-
cee of former Gov. John
Kitzhaber, has sought pro-
tection from her creditors
in bankruptcy court.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reports Hayes filed
for Chapter 13 bankruptcy
protection Tuesday after
a protracted battle over
public records with The
Oregonian/OregonLive.
Hayes was caught
up in an influence-ped-
dling scandal that forced
Kitzhaber to resign in
2015.
A judge ruled that
Hayes should pay about
$125,000 for the newspa-
per’s attorney’s fees.
The initial filing says
Hayes owes between
$100,001 and $500,000 to
49 creditors.
She listed the value of
her total assets at between
$100,001 and $500,000.
A Chapter 13 bank-
ruptcy allows a debtor to
reorganize their financial
situation by extinguishing
some debt and establishing
a repayment plan for the
balance. Chapter 13 also
allows the debtor to keep
their real estate.
Associated Press
About 41.6 percent of Oregon’s state and local taxes came from the state income tax
in 2015, according to the analysis from the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
income tax of some kind. Two
of those states — Tennessee
and New Hampshire — tax
only dividend and investment
income, not wages.
Nationally, 23.5 per-
cent of state and local tax
revenues are attributable
to state income tax collec-
tions, according to the Tax
Foundation.
The Tax Foundation finds
that Oregon’s lack of a state-
sumption taxes” and that they
are a less stable source of
revenue because many peo-
ple see their income fluctuate
with the business cycle.
“Income taxes affect labor
participation, saving, and
investment, while consump-
tion taxes, such as sales taxes,
tax what people spend as
opposed to what they earn,”
the Foundation stated in a
release.
wide sales tax contributes in
part to its outsize reliance on
income taxes. Certain goods,
such as beer and gas, are sub-
ject to excise taxes.
State limits on property
taxes were passed into law
via ballot measure in the
1990s.
The Tax Foundation
argues that income taxes
“tend to be more harmful to
economic growth than con-
Man can stand
trial for 2011
killing of Oregon
police chief
ST HELEN, Ore. (AP)
— The man accused of
killing the police chief of
a small Oregon town in
2011 has been found fit to
stand trial for aggravated
murder.
Daniel
Butts,
of
Kalama,
Washington,
could face the death pen-
alty if convicted of fatally
shooting
55-year-old
Ralph Painter, the police
chief of Rainier.
Black lawmaker says police called as she knocked on doors
CLACKAMAS (AP) —
A black Oregon lawmaker
says one of her constitu-
ents called police as she can-
vassed a Portland-area neigh-
borhood that she represents.
State Rep. Janelle Bynum,
who is running for re-elec-
tion this fall, said she was
knocking on doors, talking
to residents and taking notes
on her cellphone in Clack-
amas on Tuesday when a
Clackamas County sheriff’s
deputy showed up.
Bynum said the dep-
uty told her a woman called
police because the lawmaker
appeared to spend a long
time at homes and appeared
to be casing the neighbor-
hood while on her phone,
The Oregonian/OregonLive
reported.
The deputy asked if she
was selling something, and
she introduced herself as a
state legislator and told him
she was canvassing, Bynum
said. She said she only had
campaign fliers, her cell-
phone and a pen on her.
Bynum, 43, who won
election to the state House in
2016, said she has knocked
on thousands of doors and
this was the first time some-
one reported her to police.
“It boils down to people
not knowing their neighbors
and people having a sense of
fear in their neighborhoods,
which is kind of my job to
help eradicate,” Bynum told
the newspaper.
“But at the end of the day,
it’s important for people to
feel like they can talk to each
other to help minimize mis-
understandings,” she said.
The sheriff’s office did
not immediately comment
on the incident. Bynum said
the deputy was courteous
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Sunny and hot
Mostly sunny and
hot
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93° 58°
SATURDAY
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pleasant
SUNDAY
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nice
MONDAY
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very warm
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
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91° 63°
90° 56°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
96° 60°
100° 66°
PENDLETON
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LOW
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86°
107° (1975)
51°
56°
40° (1918)
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Year to date
Last year to date
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TEMPERATURE
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LOW
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86°
106° (1942)
54°
57°
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Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
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Tacoma
Moses
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Lake
Pullman
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Astoria
97/68
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Enterprise
Hermiston
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Pendleton 91/55
The Dalles 100/66
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Salem
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Corvallis 84/56
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John Day
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Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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Burns
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Brookings
Burns
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Heppner
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WINDS
Medford
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Klamath Falls
83/47
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today, except
low clouds followed by sunshine in the
south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Brilliant
sunshine and very warm today. Mainly clear
tonight.
Western Washington: Partly sunny today.
Partly cloudy tonight. Intervals of clouds
Eastern Washington: Sunshine today. Clear
to partly cloudy tonight. Mostly sunny
tomorrow.
Cascades: Mostly sunny today; pleasant.
Patchy clouds tonight. Partly sunny and nice
tomorrow.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; plenty of
Today
Friday
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BEND (AP) — A Red-
mond freight broker is
suing an independent truck
driver after thieves stole
nearly $100,000 in bone-
less organic beef from his
truck.
The
Bend
Bulle-
tin reports that Sterling
Truck Brokerage sued
Adrian Ortega Ramirez,
of Los Angeles, Monday
in Deschutes County Cir-
cuit Court to recover about
$42,000.
The
lawsuit
says
Ramirez hauled a truck-
load of refrigerated beef
to Los Angeles for a meat
processor in 2012. It
alleges Ramirez parked
the loaded truck in front of
his house and left it unat-
tended. The truck was sto-
len that night but eventu-
ally recovered. The meat,
however, was gone.
Sterling says it covered
the loss and set up a repay-
ment plan with Ramirez. It
alleges he stopped making
payments.
Ramirez did not return
multiple calls to his cell-
phone Monday. Records
show he had not yet been
served with the lawsuit.
Corrections
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Freight broker
seeks to collect
after beef stolen
from truck
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TODAY
and professional and later
posed for a selfie with her.
Bynum said that at her
request, the deputy called
the woman who reported
her and they talked on the
phone. The lawmaker said
the woman was apologetic
and said she called 911 for
the safety of her neighbor-
hood. Bynum did not know
the caller’s race.
The lawmaker said she
understood the woman’s
concerns but felt the woman
could have tried talking to
her first rather than calling
police.
KOIN-TV reports that a
Columbia County Circuit
judge on Tuesday found
Butts suffers from schizo-
phrenia but that his symp-
toms have diminished as a
result of his current hospi-
talization and forced med-
ication. Trial is set for
February.
Butts was sent to the
Oregon State Hospital in
2013 after being found
unable to assist in his own
defense. He was diagnosed
schizophrenia shortly after.
Authorities say he
gunned down Painter who
responded to an attempted
theft at a car audio store on
Jan. 5, 2011.
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National Summary: Showers and heavy thunderstorms will extend from the Great Lakes
and Northeast to the central Plains today. Storms will riddle much of the South and dot the
southern Rockies. The rest of West will be sunny.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Needles, Calif.
Low 27° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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Boston
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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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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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