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$402 million will be returned to Oregontaxpayers s next year By Ted Shorack
er half — amount returned will
cording to a revenue forecast
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releasedby economists. House Republican Leader
will be returned to Oregon
be $124. Rebates will be credited to taxpayers when they file
taxpayers next year after state
their 2015 state tax return. The
revenues exceeded a threshold and triggered a "kicker" credit.
kicker hasn't been issued since plus revenue shows Oregon
A $402 million tax rebate
Striving to makethe cut — Central Oregon cowboys and cowgirls are chasing National Finals Rodeoberths. C1
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State economists expected
the rebate to be slightly higher when they released revenue projections in May. The average individual tax refund will be about $244; the median — the middle number
separating the higher and low-
2007. State economists announced the tax credit amount on Wednesday and said that the
Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, said Wednesday that the suris doing better, but the unem-
ployment rate still needs to improve. "Those who pay taxes are
Oregon economy continues to going to have their money regrow at "full throttle." Jobs and turned. It is their money after income have increased at a
all. It's not the state's money,"
pace that was last experienced in the state a decade ago, ac-
McLane said. SeeKicker /A4
Estimcticff veerkicker A kicker is a tax refund triggered whenthe state collects more money than it anticipated during a budget cycle. Anyonewhofiled a 2014 Oregon personal income return will receive a refund for this tax year based on income. CANI SPENDIT? Income R e fnnd edimnte" WHEN Weii, that's the reai kicker. The state ($10,200 $10 will not issue therefund as acheck. $10,200-$23,800 $55 Instead, it will appear as a tax credit when you file astate tax return for $ 23,800-$43,800 $1 2 5 2015 — either decreasingyour $ 43,800-$79,900 $2 3 5 incometaxliabilityorcausingyou $ 799pp$157100 $ 4 69 to get a larger tax return. $1571QQ$3364QQ $1 Q73 ) $336,400 $4,614 Average $53,900 = $244
Refund estimates based on 20t 3 tax returns, a kicker amount of 4402 million and forecast for tax liability.
Source: Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
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The U.S. is choking in traffic
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The United States is
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choking on its traffic, with theaveragedriverlosing42 hours a year in the bumperto-bumper grind and a drain on the economy costing $160 billion, according to a new report. The report released
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Wednesday shows that traf-
fic delays in most parts of the country have bounced
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back to pre-recession levels.
That undermines the hope that three trends — telecommuting, the movement
plays oLlt
of people back to cities and a decline in millennials seeking driver's licensesmight provide an antidote to congestion.
on social media
And with the U.S. popula-
tion projected to grow by 70 million in the next three decades, there is little chance that the transportation network can keep pace with that growth or alleviate the
Photos by Ryan Brennecke /The Bulletin
By Joel Achenbach
Bend Park & Recreation District officials are nowtargeting mid- to late September to open the safe passage and whitewater play
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areas at Bend Whitewater Park.
Rage, narcissism, a gun and social media combined for a particularly excruciating display of horror Wednesday morning. After murdering two former colleagues InSide durin g alive Slain on live TV news TV,A4
stand - u p, the
Wal-Mart to Roanoke, phase out Virginia assault rifle k t" u P sales,C6 homfymg message to his Twitter account: "I filmed the shooting see Facebook." So now there were two awful videos — the live stand-up filmed by the videographer and the killer's even more gruesome amateurversion apparently taken with his phone.
This instantly took over the news feeds of the world.
If you were anywhere near the Internet, you wound up experiencing this crime. You couldn't escape it. This was an event both intimate and universal, and shared
at the speed of light. You may have realized the story had taken another
terrible turn by the cries of co-workers saying, "Oh, my God." The grief, too, went viral, as WDB J7 co-workers and loved ones took to Twitter to mourn the mur-
dered journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward.
Social media didn't cause this crime. Nor is this the
Bend Park 5 Recreation District still hopes to complete project next month
current crush. "If you look at corridors like the Capital Beltway,
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were bent during installa-
It could be almost another month until the Bend White-
tion, she said, and replace-
it's going to be hard to figure out how you scale up to make it accommodate another million people, 20
ments are being built.
or 25 percent more travel
ByScott Hammers
new footbri dge overtheriver
water Park is ready for openParts to complete a fence ing day. protecting the riparian Bend Park & Recreation areas along the edge of the District officials now think it safe passage channel are will be mid- to late Septemback-ordered, Schneider ber before the safe passage said. She said the district exand whitewater play areas pects a lot of foot traffic once will be ready for local floatthe area is opened — much ers and paddlers. The district of McKay Park will remain had been aiming to complete closed until next year — and the project in late August. the fence is needed to keep Chelsea Schneider, a visitors from trampling delilandscape architect helping cate vegetation. manage the project for the The computer system that district, said it has encounwill control the inflatable tered unexpected delays. bladders used to direct water Some metal railings for the to the safe passage or white-
demand,"saidTim Lomax, co-author of a joint report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and the
traffic monitoring firm Inrix. "We need to figure out how to use our existing capacity smarter."
An osprey circles above BendWhitewater Park near a perching pole Wednesday afternoon. Four large poles were installed along the riverbank Monday for the osprey to use to survey the
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landscape and to nest.
days after the U.S. Transportation Department said that Americans drove a
water channel and create standing waves in the whitewater channel should be
installed next week, Schneider said, and the district has
hired a new employee to run the equipment and oversee
record 1.54 trillion miles in the first half of this year, topping the 1.5 trillion
day-to-day operations at the whitewater park. See Whitewater /A5
miles driven in 2007.
See Traffic /A5
As legal pot spreads, states battle drugged driving BySarah Breitenbnch
Crandall said, is that attitude and speech patterns can be
ac t ive compound in marijuana. "Here's the really bad drivWhen it comes time to go to ing that I saw, here's the mag-
cal and recreational marijuana use legal, they increasingly Washington State Patrol Sgt. effective markers for court, the testimony of nified impairment that I saw grapple with what constitutes Mark Crandall half-jokingly drugged driving. And, in+du an officer trained as a on the side of the road," he said. DUID — driving under the Does pot said he can tell a driver is under according to legalizadrug recognition expert "It's telling a good story and influence of drugs — and the influence of marijuana tion advocates and smel l bad? i s often more valuable making sure that it's backed up how to detect and prosecute during a traffic stop when the some in law enforceA c o ur t than a THC testbewith facts, and evidence, and it. They' re finding it more motorist becomes overly famil- ment, they can be more d e c ides, A4 ca u se of disparities in proof, and the ability of the offi- difficult than identifying and iar and is calling him "dude." reliable than blood tests how the drug affects cer to articulate it well." convicting drunk drivers. The truth in the joke, that measure THC, the psycho- driving ability, Crandall said. As more states make mediSeeDriving/A4 Stateline.org
first case ofa m urderer
seeking infamy. There is a stripe of killer who wants publicity. These people often leverage whatever technology is at their disposal. SeeShooting/A4
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