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* When is the Oregon primary election? When are ballots due? We’ll help you
* State warns Bullseye Glass over new air pollution problem
* Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton will not face prosecution
* Does Oregon really value affordability? — Opinion
* An important shift on opioids: Washington Post opinion — Guest Opinion
* ACLU official who criticized district attorney elections underestimates Oregon voters — Guest Opinion
* Preparing homes, apartments for the Big One
* Puppy training program brings joy into prison
* Speeds to increase on curve advisories on Oregon roads
* Salem orchard, others cited for pesticide use
* Task force on Oregon’s public records law will convene Monday at UO
* Scores of Lane County applicants apply to grow retail marijuana
* Gill’s vital mission — Opinion
* Oregon DOJ finds no criminal wrongdoing by Sheriff Dan Staton
* Damascus councilor asks county to stop disincorporation vote
* After Smarter Balanced, new science test coming in 2018
* Another solar farm gains approval from Deschutes County
* State offers guidance on rights for transgender students
* Trumps big lead deflates push for transfer of federal lands
* Redmond sees rapid growth
* Startups want to deliver gas: Is it legal?
* Editorial: State cant fund OSU-Cascades the same old way — Opinion
* Editorial: Push for change on substance abuse treatment — Opinion
* Editorial: Don’t jump to a flavor ban — Opinion
* PSU Suspends Tax Measure, Seeks Funding Through Business Coalition
* High Blood Sugar And Weight Gain In Pregnancy Can Imprint Obesity On Children
* OHSU Scientists Seek Older Women For Heart Disease Study
* Multnomah County Chair Disappointed By DOJ Investigation Of Sheriff
* Looming Marijuana Ruling Could Limit Federal Prosecutions
* On The Trail Of America’s Dangerous, Dead Electronics
* April Oregon heat produced dramatic snowmelt
* Brown wants transportation group meetings closed
* School board group praises transgender guidelines
* Pendleton kindergartners learn Umatilla language through first-year program
* Study shows workforce needs to go back to the basics
* Mentally ill in courts have few resources, few options
* Kearns: Oregon voters should think about manufacturing when heading to the polls — Guest Opinion
* Boat-ramp parking pass acceptance now legit
* Since You Asked: Fishing with drones a no-go in Oregon
* April heat whacks Oregon snowpack
* Central Oregon Coast Clamming Event, Guided Bird Hike
* Which insurers might have the cheapest and priciest health plans in 2017 — Blog
* PSU withdraws contentious payroll tax proposal, will work with businesses to raise $25M — Blog
* Oregon Department of Justice Finds No Criminal Conduct By Sheriff Dan Staton
* Portland Legislative Candidate Roberta Phillip-Robbins May Be Ineligible To Run
* Mount St. Helens Is Recharging With Magma
* Wildlife workers kill 38 sea lions near Bonneville Dam this year
* DCSO tallies refuge patrol costs, seeks reimbursem*nts
* Wyden and Merkley Seek To Cap Drug Costs for Seniors
* New Medicaid Waiver Seeks to Relieve Housing, Behavioral Health Crises
* Raising Medicares Eligibility Age Could Trigger Govt Savings, But Tally Higher Total Health Spending
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WHEN IS THE OREGON PRIMARY ELECTION? WHEN ARE BALLOTS DUE? WE’LL HELP YOU (Portland Oregonian)
Ballots in Oregon’s primary election are due by 8 p.m. May 17. Any ballots received after that deadline won’t be counted.
The simplest way to turn in ballots which went out the final week of April is by mail.
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STATE WARNS BULLSEYE GLASS OVER NEW AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM (Portland Oregonian)
Bullseye Glass, the Portland glassmaker already under heavy scrutiny from state regulators and neighbors over heavy metals in its air pollution, is now facing more problems.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF DAN STATON WILL NOT FACE PROSECUTION (Portland Oregonian)
Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton will not face criminal charges over allegations that he created a hostile work environment, improperly investigated citizens and tried to influence a union vote, the state Department of Justice announced Friday.
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DOES OREGON REALLY VALUE AFFORDABILITY? — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
A collection of legislative, business and environmental leaders met for the first time on Wednesday to discuss transportation, The Bend Bulletin reported. The goal of the group, assembled by Gov. Kate Brown, is to generate support for a funding package to be considered during the 2017 legislative session.
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AN IMPORTANT SHIFT ON OPIOIDS: WASHINGTON POST OPINION — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
More details about Prince’s final days are emerging to the effect that the legendary pop star may have been addicted to prescription opioid painkillers at the time of his death in April. Officials have not yet confirmed that such medications caused Prince’s death; the drugs may have had nothing to do with it. If, however, Prince was killed by an overdose, there would, sadly, be nothing unusual about it. Death from prescription opioids is an everyday occurrence in the United States; as a matter of fact, in 2014 it occurred about 52 times per day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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ACLU OFFICIAL WHO CRITICIZED DISTRICT ATTORNEY ELECTIONS UNDERESTIMATES OREGON VOTERS — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
In a recent guest column “District attorney elections and Oregon’s criminal justice status quo”, David Rogers, the new executive director of the ACLU of Oregon, argues that a lack of contested district attorney elections equals a lack of understanding by the public of the DA’s duties and responsibilities. In our view, the op-ed underestimates the intelligence of Oregon’s voters and ignores the sustained success of our criminal justice system.
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PREPARING HOMES, APARTMENTS FOR THE BIG ONE (Salem Statesman Journal)
You know that cherished framed picture of four generations of family hanging over your bed?
You might want to move it.
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PUPPY TRAINING PROGRAM BRINGS JOY INTO PRISON (Salem Statesman Journal)
It didn’t take long for six puppies to bring a “life spark” back into the eyes of fifteen inmates serving sentences from five years to life at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton.
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SPEEDS TO INCREASE ON CURVE ADVISORIES ON OREGON ROADS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Thanks to new technology and federal requirements, up to 75 percent of Oregon’s curve advisory signs will change over the next three to four years with most speed advisories seeing a increase of 5 to 10 mph.
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SALEM ORCHARD, OTHERS CITED FOR PESTICIDE USE (Salem Statesman Journal)
On April 14, 2014, Alisa Gilbertson, office manager for Keizer Elementary School, called the Oregon Department of Agriculture to report concerns about pesticides drifting onto school grounds from a hazelnut orchard immediately west of the school.
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TASK FORCE ON OREGON’S PUBLIC RECORDS LAW WILL CONVENE MONDAY AT UO (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Group wants to hear from residents who have used the law-
Hows Oregon’s public records law working for you?
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SCORES OF LANE COUNTY APPLICANTS APPLY TO GROW RETAIL MARIJUANA (Eugene Register-Guard)
It sounds like a Silicon Valley tale: Eugene brothers Paul and Brice Sherman and friend Adam Chase launch their startup with a year of 80-hour workweeks and nearly $200,000 in seed money.
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GILL’S VITAL MISSION — OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard)
If anyone can do it, Colt Gill can. The question is: Can anyone do it?
Last week, Gov. Kate Brown said she was hiring Gill, superintendent of the Bethel School District, as her education innovation officer.
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OREGON DOJ FINDS NO CRIMINAL WRONGDOING BY SHERIFF DAN STATON (Portland Tribune)
Insufficient evidence to charge Staton for alleged promotion offer to union president, per DOJ.
Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton said he’d “retaliate” against people who’d criticized him and dangled a potential promotion in front of his deputies union president while discussing a potential no-confidence vote, two witnesses told the Oregon Department of Justice recently.
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DAMASCUS COUNCILOR ASKS COUNTY TO STOP DISINCORPORATION VOTE (Portland Tribune)
A Clackamas Circuit Court judge has ordered a hearing on a Damascus councilors lawsuit to stop the May 17 election on disincorporation.
Councilor Jim De Young filed the suit on April 18 as a private citizen against the city of Damascus, Clackamas County, the state of Oregon and Gov. Kate Brown.
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AFTER SMARTER BALANCED, NEW SCIENCE TEST COMING IN 2018 (Bend Bulletin)
Amid all the political controversy surrounding the Common Core standards and the arrival of the Smarter Balanced test in Oregon last year, youd be excused if you missed the news that the state also has new science standards and plans to roll out a new science test in 2018.
The Next Generation Science Standards were developed by 26 states, and 18 have signed on to use them. They were adopted in Oregon in 2014 and are being phased in now.
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ANOTHER SOLAR FARM GAINS APPROVAL FROM DESCHUTES COUNTY (Bend Bulletin)
-The facility will be located 5 miles south of Redmond off of U.S. Highway 97-
Deschutes County recently approved another solar farm, adding to the number of commercial facilities either planned or operational in Central Oregon.
The Saturn Power Corp., a Canadian energy development company, gained permit and plan approval from the county planning division last month.
The company plans to create a nearly 10-megawatt facility 5 miles south of Redmond. The solar panels could collect enough electricity to power 1,500 homes annually.
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STATE OFFERS GUIDANCE ON RIGHTS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS (Bend Bulletin)
-The Department of Education document touched on sports, bathrooms and names-
Oregon school officials offered broad guidelines for schools on how to treat transgender students this week, saying they should be allowed to chose which bathrooms to use, which sports teams to play on and which name to use on their high school diploma.
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TRUMPS BIG LEAD DEFLATES PUSH FOR TRANSFER OF FEDERAL LANDS (Bend Bulletin)
Donald Trumps apparent lock on the Republican presidential nomination means advocates of large-scale transfers of federal lands to states in the West likely wont find support in the White House regardless of who wins election this November.
Neither Trump nor Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders favor the wholesale transfers of federal lands, according to advisers and the candidates prior statements.
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REDMOND SEES RAPID GROWTH (Bend Bulletin)
-Housing prices, jobs increasing for Bends northern neighbor-
Drawn to Central Oregon’s sunshine and small-town vibe, Matt Gilman moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Central Oregon in September to open his specialty sock company, Chivaz Wear LLC.
Its a common story for Bend transplants, but Gilman landed 17 miles to the northeast in Redmond.
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STARTUPS WANT TO DELIVER GAS: IS IT LEGAL? (Bend Bulletin)
A new crop of startups is trying to make gas stations obsolete. Tap an app, and someone will bring the gas to you, filling up your car while you’re at work, eating breakfast or watching Netflix.
Filld, WeFuel, Yoshi, Purple and Booster Fuels have started operating in a few cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Palo Alto, California; Nashville, Tennessee; and Atlanta. But officials in some of those cities say that driving around in a pickup truck with hundreds of gallons of gasoline could be unsafe.
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EDITORIAL: STATE CANT FUND OSU-CASCADES THE SAME OLD WAY — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
Oregon cant build a new university campus in Bend by thinking its going to fund its universities the same way it always has. That would mean the money to build Oregon State University-Cascades Campus would come from the money the Legislature allocates to its seven public universities. That was about $700 million in education and general appropriation money for 2015-17.
Do Oregonians really want to cut funding to its other universities to build a new one? Do legislators?
We sure hope not.
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EDITORIAL: PUSH FOR CHANGE ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
Go to the website for Medicare and it sure looks like it will cover patients who are seeking care for substance abuse.
The website says: Medicare will help pay for treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse in both inpatient and outpatient settings if:
You receive services from a Medicare-participating provider or facility;
Your doctor states that the services are medically necessary; and
Your doctor sets up your plan of treatment.
But the reality is different.
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EDITORIAL: DON’T JUMP TO A FLAVOR BAN — OPINION (Bend Bulletin)
The federal Food and Drug Administration announced new rules governing electronic cigarettes and several other tobacco products Thursday. Were unlikely to notice much change in this state, however, because the new regulations largely mirror those already in place here.
Among other things, the new rules ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, and retailers will need to ask for photo identification from those who might be under the age of 18.
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PSU SUSPENDS TAX MEASURE, SEEKS FUNDING THROUGH BUSINESS COALITION (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Portland State University is backing out of a fight with the city’s business community over a proposed fall tax measure. The university’s Plan B is working with business.
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HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANCY CAN IMPRINT OBESITY ON CHILDREN (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Mothers who gain too much weight or who have high blood sugar during pregnancy are more likely to have obese children, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente.
The study followed 24,000 moms from Oregon and Washington for more than a decade.
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OHSU SCIENTISTS SEEK OLDER WOMEN FOR HEART DISEASE STUDY (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Scientists at the Knight Cancer Institute are looking for 10,000-15,000 older women from Oregon and Southwest Washington for a study on heart disease and blood cancer.
Over the last few years, its become clear that as people age, they accumulate mutations in their blood. Its not surprising perhaps that those mutations can cause blood cancers. But what scientists are surprised by, is that those mutations look like they can also cause heart disease.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY CHAIR DISAPPOINTED BY DOJ INVESTIGATION OF SHERIFF (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury says shes disappointed that the state Department of Justice investigation of Sheriff Dan Staton did not go deeper.
State prosecutors announced Friday that they found no criminal wrongdoing by the sheriff.
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LOOMING MARIJUANA RULING COULD LIMIT FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Rolland Gregg and his family have fought federal marijuana charges for more than three years, arguing that the roughly 70 marijuana plants investigators found on their Washington property were for their own medicinal use and fully complied with state law.
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ON THE TRAIL OF AMERICA’S DANGEROUS, DEAD ELECTRONICS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
High above the Pacific Ocean in a plane headed for Hong Kong, most of the passengers are fast asleep.
But not Jim Puckett. His eyes are fixed on the glowing screen of his laptop. Little orange markers dot a satellite image. He squints at the pixelated terrain trying to make out telltale signs.
Hes searching for Americas electronic waste.
Ed. Note: Related Story – How We Did It: Reporting ‘The Circuit’
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APRIL OREGON HEAT PRODUCED DRAMATIC SNOWMELT (Capital Press)
Where did Oregon’s snow go? Aprils heatwave was so intense that nine automated snow monitoring sites recorded the most dramatic April snowmelt on record.
Among monitoring sites that typically have snow on May 1, 75 percent lost between 3 and 4 feet of snow in the month, according to the USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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BROWN WANTS TRANSPORTATION GROUP MEETINGS CLOSED (East Oregonian)
Gov. Kate Browns office declined Friday to explain why the governor wants powerful state transportation officials to meet in secret.
Brown has promised to increase government transparency, but this week a spokesman for the governor said it is legal for a majority of the Oregon Transportation Commission to meet privately without any notice.
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SCHOOL BOARD GROUP PRAISES TRANSGENDER GUIDELINES (East Oregonian)
A group that represents school boards across Oregon praised the release this week of new state guidelines for how schools treat transgender students.
The document, which suggests schools allow transgender students to choose the names and bathrooms of their preference and select the intramural sports teams on which they play, could prove to be controversial in some districts. However, the Oregon School Boards Association said it provided crucial guidance to school officials who are increasingly raising questions about how to handle the situations.
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PENDLETON KINDERGARTNERS LEARN UMATILLA LANGUAGE THROUGH FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM (East Oregonian)
Pendleton Early Learning Center teacher Sarah Yoshioka gathered her class at the front of the room before ceding the floor to Shawndine Jones and Mildred Quaempts.
Jones, the centers heritage language teacher, and Quaempts, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation language coordinator, started the class with the Umatilla afternoon greeting niix pachwy.
“Niix pachwy!” more than a dozen kindergartners chanted back at them.
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STUDY SHOWS WORKFORCE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS (East Oregonian)
Applicants inability to pass a drug test is one of the top problems Umatilla County employers face when trying to fill open positions.
That was one of several takeaways in the Umatilla County Skilled Workforce Study that didn’t paint a very flattering picture of today’s job seekers.
I heard some stories that were amazing to me, said Susan Bower of Eastern Oregon Business Source.
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MENTALLY ILL IN COURTS HAVE FEW RESOURCES, FEW OPTIONS (East Oregonian)
In 2015, the Umatilla County District Attorneys Office filed charges in 2,045 cases. The office does not track how many people charged suffer from mental illness, but they are common.
Some local defense attorneys estimated half of their clients deal with mental illness. That estimate jumps to 75 percent or more when it includes drug and alcohol addiction.
Some end up behind bars. Some end up in state facilities for the mentally ill. And others go back to the streets.
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KEARNS: OREGON VOTERS SHOULD THINK ABOUT MANUFACTURING WHEN HEADING TO THE POLLS — GUEST OPINION (East Oregonian)
Voters are going to the polls this year with economic worries uppermost in their minds. Although the headline unemployment rate has fallen to 5.0 percent, the labor force participation rate remains near historic lows, indicating that many people who might work are not doing so. Discouraged workers have given up looking for work, and middle-class jobs with benefits are scarce. One issue ties these troubles together manufacturing.
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BOAT-RAMP PARKING PASS ACCEPTANCE NOW LEGIT (Medford Mail Tribune)
For more than 20 years, upper Rogue River boaters needed to buy only a state or Jackson County parks pass to access all five boat ramps in this stretch, whether they are owned by the state or county.
On Wednesday, that informal arrangement became legal.
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SINCE YOU ASKED: FISHING WITH DRONES A NO-GO IN OREGON (Medford Mail Tribune)
Q: I saw a fascinating video this morning on Facebook of two guys fishing for tuna off the bank with the use of a drone. One guy was flying a drone on which was attached a fishing line with a baited hook…..
A: Well, Ken, we at Since You Asked Headquarters knew the answer to your question right away, but we spent a good half-hour looking for your video. Sure enough, we found it and you’re right, it was quite fascinating.
It’s also quite illegal in Oregon.
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APRIL HEAT WHACKS OREGON SNOWPACK (Medford Mail Tribune)
-April heat whacks Oregon snowpack-
Southern Oregon reservoirs rose quickly this spring and the region’s once-robust snowpack melted at double the rate as a record-breaking April heat wave became a streamflow game-changer in Oregon.
While the hot weather helped fill Rogue Basin reservoirs such as Lost Creek and Applegate, the solar heat lamp on Southern Oregon was not as glaring as it was elsewhere in the state, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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CENTRAL OREGON COAST CLAMMING EVENT, GUIDED BIRD HIKE (Oregon Coast Beach Connection)
State officials are holding an in-depth presentation on clamming on the central Oregon coast this month, while nearby another group hosts a guided hike to find birds you may not otherwise be able to spot.
It all starts in Waldport on May 19.
Oregon clammers can learn the ins and outs of bay clam populations in Alsea Bay through a presentation by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish biologists on May 19 at the Oregon Coast Community College South County Center in Waldport 3120 Crestline Drive, Waldport, OR 97394.
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WHICH INSURERS MIGHT HAVE THE CHEAPEST AND PRICIEST HEALTH PLANS IN 2017 — BLOG (Oregon Business Journal)
Now that Oregon health insurers have submitted their requests for next years individual rates, we have a glimpse of which plans might land at the high end of the cost spectrum and which at the low end.
Health Net Health Plan of Oregon, which has the fewest individual members and isnt seeking a hike, would have the cheapest premiums and PacificSource Health Plans the priciest.
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PSU WITHDRAWS CONTENTIOUS PAYROLL TAX PROPOSAL, WILL WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO RAISE $25M — BLOG (Oregon Business Journal)
Portland State University will withdraw a measure that would have added a payroll tax and raised $35 million for the state’s largest university.
Instead, PSU, its foundation and local business leaders have launched an initiative to raise $25 million for scholarships and other student programs. The school and the Portland Business Alliance announced the initiative Friday morning.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FINDS NO CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY SHERIFF DAN STATON (Willamette Week)
Updated: Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury “not impressed with the quality of the investigation.”
The Oregon Department of Justice says its investigation of Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton found no criminal conduct.
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PORTLAND LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE ROBERTA PHILLIP-ROBBINS MAY BE INELIGIBLE TO RUN (Willamette Week)
-Ethics law prohibits those whose salary is entirely paid by federal grants from entering partisan elections.-
Roberta Phillip-Robbins was the first candidate into the hotly-contested campaign for Oregon House District 43 in North and Northeast Portland and has landed many key endorsem*nts in the race.
But she now appears to be ineligible to run for that seat.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS IS RECHARGING WITH MAGMA (Willamette Week)
-That half-mountain you see off in the distance is slowly refilling with liquid hot magma.-
Apologies to everyone who was just finally getting to a point of managing their earthquake-based anxiety, but it might be time to start spending sleepless nights planning your volcano evacuation route.
On Thursday, Wired posted a story called “Mount St. Helens Is Recharging Its Magma Stores, Setting Off Earthquake Swarms,” all about how, deep below the non-Mount Hood mountain that you see not far off in the distance on a sunny day, Mount St. Helens is refilling with the liquid hot magma.
Ed. Note: Wired story – Mount St. Helens Is Recharging Its Magma Stores, Setting Off Earthquake Swarms
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WILDLIFE WORKERS KILL 38 SEA LIONS NEAR BONNEVILLE DAM THIS YEAR (KGW)
Wildlife workers from Oregon and Washington have killed 38 California sea lions at Bonneville Dam this year.
That’s the most in any single year since getting approval from NOAA Fisheries in 2008.
NOAA spokesman Michael Milstein says it appears the program is working.
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DCSO TALLIES REFUGE PATROL COSTS, SEEKS REIMBURsem*nTS (KTVZ Bend)
-DCSO tallies refuge patrol costs, seeks reimbursem*nts-
The Deschutes County Sheriffs Office has tallied its costs and said it spent over $100,000 sending personnel to Harney County during the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover earlier this year.
The state plans to reimburse the county for most of that, and the sheriff said they will seek the rest from federal officials.
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WYDEN AND MERKLEY SEEK TO CAP DRUG COSTS FOR SENIORS (The Lund Report)
-Unlike Obamacare individual insurance plans, Medicare Part D drug plans have no cap on out-of-pocket costs, leaving seniors to skip pills or go for broke. The senators also renewed their call for Medicare to negotiate on drug prices. Meanwhile, Rep. Mitch Greenlick still hopes Oregon can take the initiative and relieve drug costs at the state level.-
Oregon’s two U.S. senators stumped for plans Wednesday to cap prescription drug costs for seniors and renewed the call for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, a longtime Democratic priority that has been endorsed by all three remaining major presidential candidates.
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NEW MEDICAID WAIVER SEEKS TO RELIEVE HOUSING, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISES (The Lund Report)
-Community health partnerships will increase coordination and support for housing among the most vulnerable Medicaid members. The state will continue to cap growth at 3.4 percent a year, with one big exception: the skyrocketing cost of high-cost prescription medications. The state will also seek additional funding to boost behavioral health coordination.-
The proposal for renewing Oregon’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program waiver includes a significant emphasis on supportive housing for beneficiaries, as the Oregon Health Authority leaders seek to drill down on a key social determinant of health that has reached crisis levels from Portland outward.
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RAISING MEDICARES ELIGIBILITY AGE COULD TRIGGER GOVT SAVINGS, BUT TALLY HIGHER TOTAL HEALTH SPENDING (The Lund Report)
Healthcare spending for some services dropped by nearly a third when people turned 65 and switched from private insurance to Medicare, according to a recent study. The decline was driven by lower prices paid by the Medicare program to doctors and other providers rather than a drop-off in the volume of services seniors receive.
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