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In Salem, Legislature takes upguncentrol again By Lauren Dake
the short legislative session:
The Bulletin
expanding background
SALEM — Armed state police officers stood at the ready
checks on firearm sales. The measure, Senate Bill
at the Capitol on Thursday as
1551, would require background checks on gun sales between private parties. Proponents said it closes one of
lawmakers listened to testimony on oneofthe more emo-
tionally charged measures of
the final loopholes working toward ensuring guns aren't
sharedstoriesofpersonal tragedies, others were outraged at the possibility of
sold to felons. Opponents ar-
gued it moves toward creating a gun registry and would hurt law-abiding citizens. The hearing lasted more than two hours. Some people
another. Gov. John Kitzhaber testi-
fied on behalf of the bill, calling it a "reasonable step." "This one bill can't com-
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EDITOR'5CHOICE
Jails enroll inmates under health law By Mark Niquette Bloomberg News
Being arrested in Chicago for, say, drug possession or assault gets you sent
By Tim Doran The Bulletin
Many Central Oregon residents who found new places to live between 2007 and 2011
U.S.-dernpapulatiOnIIVing»67tio»lly percent of inStateOfdirtd,2008-12
generally did not move too
Americanscurrentiy live in the state they ~ were born in.
70% 'to 75% 75% to 80% 80% to 85% 85% to 90% 90% or more
0% to 50% 50% to 55% 55%to60% 60% to 65% %%d
At least six states and counties from Maryland to
Oregon's Multnomah are getting inmates coverage under the Affordable Care
Act and its expansion of Medicaid, the federal and state health care program
for the poor. The fledgling movement would shift to the federal government
some of the more than $6.5 billion in annual state costsfortreating prisoners.
Proponents say it also will make recidivism rarer,
because inmates released with coverage are more likely to get treatment for mental illness, substance
But expanding criminal background checks, the governor said, goes toward ensuring "guns don't fall into the wrong hands." SeeGuns/A5
Wy den: Find middle gr o und
on timber By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — If
Congress is going to pass
far,according to data released
legislation to help Western
Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Oregon's timber counties, stakeholders need to
Most of those leaving Crook
accept that they will not
and Jefferson counties during those years moved into Dewhile Lane County was the top destination for those mov-
get everything they want, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., warned Thursday. "The conversation about managing these
ing out of Deschutes.
lands has now been
That doesn't surprise Josh Lehner, economist with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. "People don't tend to move very far," said Lehner, who has written about migration pat-
monopolized by ideological extremes who seem allergic to the idea of compromise," Wyden said during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
schutes County, the data show,
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terns on the department's blog. When they decide to relo-
convened to discuss his
cate, he said, people usually move for housing, jobs or retirement.
Source: Oregon ONce of EconomicAnalysis
SeeCensus/A6
A n dy Zeigertl The Bulletin
legislation for the lands. "The answer always seems to be (either) clear-cutting away the old growth, or blocking even responsible timber harvests. In my view neither
to the Cook County Jail
to be fingerprinted, photographed and X-rayed. You'll also get help applying for health insurance.
Kitzhaber said.
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And a Wed exclusive-
pletely erase gun violence,"
oftheseextremes are a
Migrationtoandfrom CentralOregoncounties,2007-11 CROOKCOUNTY They went te: Deschutes County Jefferson County Josephine County Benton County, Wash. Sandoval County, N.M.
DESCHUTESCOUNTY They went te: 623 88 66 62 56
They camefrom: Deschutes County Washington County Solano County, Calif. Gallatin County, Mont. Coos County
JEFFERSONCOUNTY They went tu:
L a ne County J e f ferson County M u l tnomah County M a ricopa County, Ariz. J a ckson County
853 571 509 497 462
They camefrom: 453 152 96 73 71
long-term winner for our state." With the introduction
Deschutes County Lane County Douglas County Josephine County Lander County, Nev.
425 128 104 98 90
623 576 425 361
348
Deschutes County San Joaquin County, Calif. Washington County Tulare County, Calif. Umatilla County
with the 2.4 million acres
of Oregon & California Railroad Grant landsknown as the O&C lands
— which span 18 counties in Western Oregon.
Current law requires the
They camefrom:
Crook County Lane County Jefferson County Jackson County Washington County
of Wyden's legislation, Congress now has dueling plans for how to deal
571 217 192 137 123
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
federal government manage the lands for timber production, with the lion's
share of proceeds going to county governments, but shrinking timber harvests have left some of the counties on the verge of bankruptcy. SeeTimber /A5
abuse andotherconditions that can lead them to crime.
"When someone gets discharged from the jail and they don't have in-
surance and they don't have a plan, we can pretty much set our watch to
Art thief among 3 held in violin heist, police say
when we're going see them again," said Ben Breit, a
By Dinesh Ramde and M.I.Johnson
spokesman for the Cook
The Associated Press
County Sheriff's Office. The still-small programs could reach a vast population: At the end of 2012,
MILWAUKEE — The
mystery of what happened to a multimillion-dollar Stradi-
almost 7 million people in
varius violin stolen in a stun gun attack was answered
the United States were on
Thursday when Milwaukee
parole, probation, in prison or locked up in jail, accord-
police recovered the instrument and blamed the heist at
least in part on an art thief
ment was in his home.
who once stole a statue from a gallery and then tried to sell
Three people have been arrested in the case, and
it back. The violin, which was built in 1715 by the renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed
and valued at $5 million, was found hidden in a suitcase in the attic of a man who police
said was unaware the instru-
Flynn said there was no evidence of other "shadowy" figures from the art world behind the theft.
"It appears we had a local
criminal who had an interest in art theft and was smart
enough to develop a plan for a hopped into a waiting vehicle. robbery," Flynn said. "Beyond Police traced the stun gun that, we don't know what his to Universal Knowledge motive was." Allah, a 36-year-old barber, The violin, which police while a citizen's tip led them said appeared to be in good to Salah Jones, the 41-yearcondition, was stolen late
last month from a concert violinist who was shocked with a stun gun. His attack-
er grabbed the violin and
old man convicted of stealtng a $25,000 statue from a
gallery at Milwaukee's posh Pfister Hotel in 1995. See Violin /A6
ing to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. About 13
million people are booked into county jails each year, according to the Washington-based National Association of Counties. SeeJails /A6
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