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Zoning overhaul focuses on farms, forest

  • Patrick Mulvihill
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The Hood River County Planning Commission is ironing out a comprehensive zoning code update that redefines farm and forest use across the county.

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Health law legacy eludes Obama as changes sink in

  • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama’s health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Americans are unlikely to go back to a time when people with medical problems could be denied coverage.

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Lawmakers seek Endangered Species Act overhaul

  • MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
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BILLINGS, Mont. — Republicans in Congress on Tuesday called for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act to curtail environmentalists’ lawsuits and give more power to states, but experts say broad changes to one of the nation’s cornerstone environmental laws are unlikely given the pervasive partisan divide in Washington, D.C.

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Obama administration simplifies health care form

  • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The first draft was as mind-numbing as a tax form. Tuesday the Obama administration unveiled simplified application forms for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul.

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Legislature tackles Salem Medicaid dispute

  • JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press
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SALEM — The Oregon Legislature is stepping into a conflict between Salem Hospital and the local coordinated care organization in charge of providing health coverage for low-income patients on Medicaid.