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Oregon trusts 18 years with the most important tasks of the adult population.

With the exception of laws of the State.

Oregonians 21, before running for the State Legislature. But Secretary of State Bill Bradbury lawmakers think voters to request a reduction of 18. It would, he said, more on youth in the political process.

The proposed constitutional amendment, House Joint Resolution 16, won the support of X-PAC, the independent organization, which tries to attract more young people to become familiar with public affairs.

“It is absurd that 18 years can vote, contract law, can fight and die for our country and it can not be executed for the Oregon House of Representatives and the Senate,” said Kari Chisholm, X-PAC - president. “of course, not every 18 years, is qualified to serve in the legislature, but they should be able, over a period of office and make their best case to their own community.”

Student several governments in Oregon College Campus recruiting two legislators of the USA to help their case. Jason Vermont Rep. Barney, 25, and Jesse Laslovich Montana Rep, 20, said a consultation of the house of the order, Redistricting and Public Affairs Committee, last week to see a post within the Office encourages youth confidence in the government.

Ding PO boxes legislative begins

Jackie thing fields, Portland’s update legislators, was sworn in floor of the house Friday, a day after his appointment.

Ding fields, water programme manager in the interest of salmon farming, replaced JoAnn Bowman in the north-east of Portland’s District 19. Bowman resigned last month for the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.

County commissioners appointed thing on two other fields of candidates. It is normally the seat of Bowman’s House Ways and Means subcommittee on natural resources.

The objective of young smokers report

Oregon must do more for children of smoking and make sure you are unable to start, Attorney General Hardy Myers said last week.

Myers publishes the report of the Committee for Children and Tobacco, which he convened in March 2000 to discuss how to reduce tobacco consumption among young people. The group included the Oregon State Police, grocers, public and private health, officials of the Tobacco Free Coalition, distributor of gasoline and lungs, heart and cancer associations.

“Children acquire tobacco products by adults,” said the report. “We can ban this avenue of distribution.”

The report said the state should be banning tobacco all schools to be used by children and adults spend $ 24 million on the state from the tobacco settlement on tobacco 2001-03 in programs to increase the effects of tobacco sales on Children and the chance of falling, and restricting advertising on youth.

Redistricting meeting

The House of Representatives and the Senate Rules Committee plans a public consultation Thursday evening at Jefferson High School to hear public feelings about redistricting.

The legislature is the 2000 census data on the state of redessin and legislative districts in Congress this spring. If no plan, the Secretary of State, finished.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 6 pm at the Jefferson Auditorium, 5210 N. Kerby Ave.

Capitol Drive begins Reha –

A gala reception rotunda is 25 April to launch a fundraising drive for the Oregon State Capitol Foundation.

The 5 am to 6:30 pm event will be the culmination of a day of activities in the rotunda for Lewis and Clark-topic, taking into account the upcoming bicentennial of their expedition.

The reception hosted by Oregonian columnist Gerry Frank, is also an auction, a raffle and music Arlie Neskahi, a Grammy winner flutist. Tickets for admission $ 50.

The fundraising drive to the preservation and improvement of the Capitol Building. The first project is the purchase of four marble benches of the rotunda.

Albany, Ore.., Nov. 14 - Gloria Hunt heard the news, all on the economic recovery of the nation clear on thousands of new jobs, expansion of the pink prospects. These bulletins optimistic, though, Ms. Hunt noise that the happiness of a distant cousin, he met the rich, while the rest of the family was always poor sale.

Economic growth has not paved the way for the western city of Oregon, or Ms. Hunt, 54, was released three times in three different sectors troubled - food, production of sheet metal and a credit card, businesses - because it is 14 years old. Since his last dismissal of a company credit cards, bankrupt in March, Ms. Hunt was looking for a job after almost eight months.

“I read the article,” said Ms. Hunt, often visited the so-called Network has held meetings twice a week on local employment assistance, last Monday drew a record of 34 persons unemployed. “But I have not seen a lot of him here. It may be that filtering, but it is not visible at this location. ”

Ms. Hunt is one of thousands of unemployed people in Linn County, where the unemployment rate has floated between 8 and 10 per cent for the last three years. Even while the Bush administration trumpets the national economic growth surge in the last two months, the unemployment rate here in Oregon, the rest of North-West Pacific and some other regions remains high, say economists, recreation, months or even years away.

Oregon - where the unemployment rate in September 8 percent, the highest in the nation, according to the latest data from the Confederation - is, like dozens of other countries, largely on the industry, a sector l ‘economy, which suffered huge losses in the past few years.

But Oregon is not the only country barely see the economic recovery soon, experts say. California, with heavy loads and sustainable economic Fallout in high-tech bust and a number of states of Michigan from Mississippi, whose economies have a strong link with the manufacturing sector, are probably also l ‘experience a slow recovery of the U.S. East Coast, said Michael J. Donnelly, Senior Economist at Global Insight, a national consulting firm.

Here in Linn County, which is called “grass seed capital in the world,” but where the flow of poor farmers are now producing equipment to sell grass seed, it would have been difficult in past economic activities Front.

The situation is so difficult to Albany, the seat of the circle of countries with a population of 41,000, which the State has funded local employment initiatives aid had to lay off three specialists in July because of Oregon’s severe budget l State problems. People have other means of support in their search for work suddenly found itself thrust into a ruthless labour market, where one opening can draw more than 300 candidates desperate.

Wood, the high-tech sector, manufacturing, food processing, prefabricated houses, corn and frozen peas, canned Hamburg for the military and customer service for credit card companies - virtually every sector economic, that deliveries of these jobs County 105000 people in the Willamette Valley acid was at one point during the last ten years. And, say the economists see things even worse.

“I do not believe that there are great prospects for Linn County,” said Donnelly. “There is still a little time to Linn, Oregon, and in particular to play.”

The budget crisis of the State of Oregon is in conflict with high unemployment, creates a Double Whammy economy. And the combination makes the labour market in cities like Albany, a city founded in mid-1800 by two brothers from Albany, NY, very discouraging for jobseekers.

Oregon low unemployment rate was the culmination of the High-Tech boom in the mid-1990, but has, in collaboration with Washington and Alaska, the persistence of a place at the peak of unemployment during the last years.

Fred and Ann Anderson in Albany in southern California 16 years. Mr. Anderson was a long distance truck drivers 20 years, but it has a collar injuries and was subsequently transition to work in customer service, he said.

Over the years, after Mr. Anderson, 57, stopped driving trucks, paved a couple living together: he worked full time for an insurance agency and part time a grocery store, Mrs. Anderson, 56, worked in a Convenience and a laundry shop.

Things have dumpfen a fracas in the “marble mausoleum, gold trophy Bowling up” as Senate President Peter Courtney once jocularly called the State Capitol in Salem.

Unlike the Republicans the last year, the new Democratic leadership is not micromanaging their committee chairmen for the results of his campaign promises to contributors. For the most part the confidence of his officers chairman of chairman of the committee to produce the best bills, they may have with the votes and send the results to speak for existed or not their merits.

This trend towards the reduction of controversy in the routine of governance, but also for “matt” news coverage of the legislature, at a time when the media live controversy, even the manufacture of controversy, if not really exist.

These advocates of confrontation with the use of masks everyday serious game of the legislature and the Republican and Democratic leadership. The two sides have decided on their strategy for the next election cycle.

The Democrats consider plod slowly, but steadily, to show that two-year budget Oregonians addressed the needs in six months and go home. — Democrats are trying, for example, a plan of health insurance for all children, add 150 police officers of the state and increase primary school support for education, community colleges and universities.

The Republicans have chosen to deny the Democrats tasty politically marginal tax increases to fund these programs - an increase of the tax on cigarettes to finance health insurance for children and a tax on car insurance the financing of the national police - and force Democrats to increase the state to offset the tax on household income. Then the Republicans campaign on the assertion that “Democrats raise your taxes!” Oh, the horror.

Lay Democrats, “anti-tax” fever 90 years has decreased. Lay Republicans, they can endure the flames of this issue once again and win votes, a return to the majority in one or two houses.

How do we know this? The democratic management simply tells its legislative strategy for each application asking the right questions.

To determine the Republican strategy, that’s all you have to do is look at the organizations of the Oregon Republican Party. They are not Oregon organizations.

The organizations bankrolling the scope of brochures, the jungle of junk mail and Dam robocalls in each district, in the legislative process closely unseated a Republican democrat, a “local” citizens of a healthy economy, taxpayers Association of Oregon and, more recently, The Club for Growth. But these “chapters” are not really local. They are hollow cups FAKE “grass roots”, funded by their organizations in Washington, DC, headquarters of all firmly resolved to resume the mantra of “no new taxes”, had such an appeal within 90 years.

These national efforts to revitalize the anti-fever is probably not here, partly because the resentment Oregonians traditionally non-interference in their internal political affairs and, secondly, because voters now recognize that “not new taxes “applies only on income taxes. Oregon Republican has never seen a fee or tuition increases do not like, if they are in the majority.

Another reason that anti-rhetoric, it is unlikely that the re-Root in Oregon, the conservative ideology that dominates politics in the last two decades, seems to run their course. In the years of Bush administration, “the movement” conservatism “has been weighed in the balance and we want. The increasing number of crossover voters has been a lot of choice by the silence, appeared in large numbers in November last year. Even behind the conservative style to the minority shareholders at all levels of government.

Several recent polls show that a majority of public opinion more precisely on the Democrats’ speeches universal health care, education adequately funded and better protection of the environment as a Republican fears of an increase taxes.

But Oregon Republicans still not. They are stubbornly their bet on the future of a strategy forces to choose between two programs Democrats, public opinion and the risk of increasing taxes to pay for them. Unlike the Confederation, Oregon law can not be a deficit and a dozen years, Republicans “borrowing and spending” has opened Oregon’s credit line, Oregon Democrats are these difficult budgetary decisions until the end of June, if the state begins the new budget.

Things seem quiet, though dull, under the dome at the center of Capitol April, but the finish is still great. And it will not be dull when it happens.

A ballot measure in Oregon could have an effect all the way to the Nation’s Capital, as voters decide today whether the increase of the state to pay taxes on cigarettes for children’s development health care.

The symbolism is clear on Capitol Hill, where supporters of the bill in Congress that President Bush’s veto as dear to say, a victory, a shot in the arm on their side.

Some of Oregon’s uninsured children with their families, have stars on television ads and mailings telling stories of guilt and sorrow.

Earl Democrat MP Congressional Oregon flowers Auer said one of winning government is difficult to assess for the legislature and administration to ignore.

But a rejection in Oregon, as a liberal-tending the state, could constitute a serious setback for the cause of the extension of health care for children.

The tobacco industry has almost $ 12 million, to protest against the Oregon measure.

President George W. Bush wants the State of the Union on Tuesday, address, for the rising cost of health care with a one-two punch: tax breaks to help low-income people buy health insurance and increases d ‘taxes for some workers, companies whose health plans more expensive than the national average.

“I will propose a tax reform aims to contribute to basic private insurance more affordable,” said Bush in his weekly address on radio on Saturday, “if your job or on their own.” It makes no specifics, but a management official data on the plan Friday.

As he heads into the address of its first congress in complete control of the Democrats, Bush faces intense skepticism from lawmakers about its new strategy in Iraq. However, even if it is unable to avoid the topic of Iraq in the speech, White House officials hope that using the address to the relocation of national interlocutors away from war and the possibility to develop cooperation bipartie in Washington.

The basic concept of the president’s plan is that the employer provided health insurance, as a group of peripheral benefit of the exemption would no longer be totally exempt from taxes. Workers could be taxed if their coverage limits set by the government. But the government, as a general rule, a new tax deduction for people buying health insurance on their own.

The plan is a frightening for a move, the president praised does not happen again raise taxes. And he is sure to run into opposition from industry, unions and, most importantly, Democrats, currently underway Capitol Hill.

It is a bad policy, “Representative Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York and the committee chairman, that the house, writes tax law, said in an interview.” We will try to tax relief for the middle classes. The president tries to their subjugation.

“This proposal is at odds with the wishes of the majority of Representatives and the Senate.”

White House officials say that the health tax plan, neither increase nor decrease spending from tax revenue. Proponents say it would broaden the coverage of some 47 million had no insurance. But critics say it would, in effect, taxation, the man with the assurance that coverage without them.

This would mean a tectonic shift in the way that man and pay for their health coverage, and historically, it was impossible to win all elections the Congress authorization of these changes.

In his radio address, Bush described his proposal as a means of treatment of health insurance more responsibility at home, “the man of tax deductions for their health insurance more or less the same way Such as tax deductions for home mortgage interest. He said that the current system “imprudent encourages workers to choose overly expensive, gold plans,” derive the total cost of collection and care.

The federal government has no tens of billions of dollars each year in potential tax revenue on health coverage exempt from taxes.

In preparation for the president spoke of the White House has been shopping the idea around Capitol Hill, trying to fathom how the legislator, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Finance Committee, Senate , Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon.

The administration said an official plan Wyden plan contains tax provisions similar to the proposal of the President. But in an interview, Wyden was skeptical. He said any change must be fiscal, in conjunction with regulations, private insurance companies, purchase coverage for people with existing health conditions.

“The market is broken,” said Wyden. “The private insurance companies, raisins. They tried to take only healthy people and send fragile people over to support fragile, as they are and I’m not sure what it means to repair the damage defective market. ”

The Census Bureau estimated that 175 million Americans obtain private health insurance by employers, while 27 million people are covered by insurance bought outside the workplace. The rest, except for 47 million had no insurance are covered by government programs for the poor, elderly and disabled as Medicare, Medicaid and military health.

In Bush’s proposal, individuals buying their own health insurance would get a tax break similar to what has always been, people are available, to obtain coverage of their employment. The plan is the average cost of health coverage for families who are now $ 11500 per year.

Trustees, Portland placed plumber Union Trust Investment Fund Capital Consultants agreed payments of $ 3.7 million to settle a complaint filed by members of their alleged negligence.

The pensions and benefits Trust Fund-290, local installers, Shipfitters and Steamfitters European Union has invested approximately U.S. $ 40 million Capital Consultants only to see the Confederation of regulatory authorities, companies use a September 2000 for the exploitation of an alleged Ponzi scheme similar. More than $ 29 million plumber “was questionable as a whole, investments, which are either lost or in danger.

Trustees of three other unions - Oregon and Idaho and the local unions and the Office 11 Professional Employees International Union - It is expected, even the class action process within a few days.

Members of trade unions within six continued its trust funds after the collapse, raised their imprudently invest their money. Demands federal law pension trustees to “use the diligence and expertise of an expert holder of selection and surveillance” of their funds, and investment advisers.

It is risky time to do business, not only because the economy slow.

Applications must be working timeline. Juries are often Anschlussgleis with workers and businesses slapping with several stops dollars. Insurers liability react by a doubling of premiums and deductibles.

A departure is in Portland characters capitalize on this risk.

The company, Compliance, offers employers a Web-based software program, so that their employees are well trained to avoid harassment, insecurity practices and excesses.

Notice experts say that these recordings are important. Federal judges and market regulators to limit the courtroom damages for employers, show good faith by discouraging workers against discrimination and fraud.

Compli (pronounced PLEE-Com) has its product portfolio last year on a dicey time for start-ups. New investment dollars had ausgetrocknet, and businesses have been slow to buy new technology. Another Portland launch an offer Web-based Compliance was produced from the activity at the beginning of this year.

Two Compli the young designers - has its own painting business in common College - said they have succeeded, by seeking advice and financial investment is not the quantity, but most professionals aware of companies’ increase the responsibility of fighting. Its main Behind the men and advisers: Human Resource Manager, Corporate former officers and lawyers of labour law.

Three MPs have Congress Oregon Oregon Legislature “zero tolerance” for the “monstrous” Business-practice allows companies to benefit, ensuring the lives of their low staffing levels.

The trio was the requirement to respond to news accounts of Enron-owned Portland General Electric buys life insurance on the lives of their rank and file workers to finance their executive compensation programs. They are also asking the USA house to verify the legality of the “dead peasant”.

“Employees work hard PGE have been frozen in their retirement plans by the collapse of Enron, and now the company seems he hoped to reap the benefits of six the number of their early death” after a statement.

Salem - Every six years to women’s health advocates return to the Oregon Capitol lobbying for ensuring the protection of pregnancy, care and facilities screen breast and cervical cancer ’s uterus. This may be in past years, they have to be done.

The house is scheduled Monday vote on a bill that would require insurance companies Oregon intended to cover the costs of pregnancy and childbirth, mammograms and smear tests.

Oregon Most insurers have this regime, given that the obligation to cover mammograms and PAP lubricates first passed in 1993, but their concern about the cost of six years as a sunset provision in the law.

Members of six unions, negotiations begin today once again a few tens of millions of dollars of their pension funds lost in ruins investments Portland-based Capital Consultants.

Rank-and-file union members in Oregon, Idaho and Colorado have claimed, in proceedings that his trust fund was negligent and breached their fiduciary duty to transfer money Capital Consultants, the investment consulting company, has lost more than $ 200 million of its customers’ ruins and money allegedly fraudulent investments.

Today, lawyers for the union members, administrators and trustees “private insurers to meet Portland in an attempt to resolve complaints. U.S. District Court Judge Garr King has ordered the confidentiality of mediation in the hope that the parties can resolve complaints quickly.