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<title>CFM Tips &amp; Trends: Health Insurance Companies Blamed for Higher Costs</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The cost of health care continues to increase. Who is to blame? According to a recent survey of Oregon business leaders conducted by Conkling Fiskum &amp; McCormick (CFM), health insurance companies are primarily  responsible.</description>
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<title>CFM News:  Psychologist?s Prescriptive Authority Bill Aided By CFM Video</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed House Bill 2702 on June 25, bringing Oregon closer to granting certain qualified psychologists in the state the authority to write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as part of a patient?s overall mental health therapy. CFM staff and the Wave One Group served on the support team to pass the measure, which is called RxP for short.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Tax Hikes Serve as Session Signature</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The 2009 Oregon legislative session is now in the history books. Majority Democrats tout achievements that include expansion of health care coverage to uninsured Oregonians and a major transportation funding bill. However, the lasting legacy of the session may center on the decision by Democratic legislative leaders to rely on a tax increase to balance the budget.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Saga of "Yes Means No" Bill</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: The Governor's Last Word</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Key Issues Decided as Curtain Falls</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1742</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Bills Left on Cutting Room Floor</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Veto Overrides Clear Adjournment Path</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1734</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Veto override votes in the Senate and House of K-12 school funding measures appeared to clear the way for legislative adjournment either Saturday or early next week.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Die Cast for Tax Hike Challenge</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Land Use Decision Remains in Limbo</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Other States in Same Budget Soup</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Federal Climate Change Legislation Debated</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1738</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM News: CFM Makes Fastest-Growing List</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/cfmnews_article.cfm?cfmNewsID=161</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Conkling Fiskum &amp; McCormick (CFM) is perched again on the annual Portland Business Journal?s Private 100 Companies list. CFM was ranked 89th on the top 100 fastest-growing privately owned companies list on Friday.</description>
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<title>CFM Tips &amp; Trends: Sustainable Practices Almost Universal In Regional Businesses</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/tips_detail.cfm?TipID=249</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>While businesses are cutting back on many programs during tough economic times, being green isn?t on the chopping block. Three in four Oregon business decision-makers (74 percent) say their firms use sustainable business practices in their operations, up four points from a similar survey conducted by CFM for Oregon Business magazine in 2006.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Budget Row Could Delay Sine Die</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The whiff of adjournment is in the air in Salem as budget machinations reach a crescendo with a threatened gubernatorial veto, an attempt to delay a voter-passed measure and rumors of vote trading involving virtual schools and field burning. Even the beer tax made a cameo appearance.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Federal Transportation Bill Possibly Derailed</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: House Clears Employer Speech Measure</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Family-Friendly Schedule to Continue</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1732</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Metolius Bill Meets Waterloo</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1733</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Tax Bills Fail, Then Pass</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1724</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>A pair of tax bills that are key to the Democratic budget plan for 2009-2011 were approved on party-line votes Thursday after failing on the floor of the Oregon Senate Wednesday night.</description>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Health Care Package Advances</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: End-of-Life Database Gains Status</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Senate Sends Virtual Schools to Timeout</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM Insider Online: Major Oregon Workforce Bill Emerges</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/insider_article.cfm?ArticleID=1728</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CFM News: CFM Helps Clients Win More National Awards</title>
<link>http://www.cfm-online.com/cfmnews_article.cfm?cfmNewsID=160</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Two clients of Conkling Fiskum &amp; McCormick (CFM) won national communications awards last week in the categories of social media and integrated campaigns.</description>
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<title>CFM Tips &amp; Trends: Lessons Learned From Multnomah County's Social Media Hiring Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Considering the national attention Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler generated for his plan to hire a social media expert for $70,000 a year, you?d think he?d earn praise for his recognition that connecting with his constituents requires opening all available channels for dialogue.</description>
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