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OREGON

Congressional panel warns on documents

A congressional panel investigating Cover Oregon has asked departing Gov. John Kitzhaber to preserve all documents related to the shutdown of the dysfunctional health insurance exchange.

A letter submitted Friday by four members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asks for a slew of documents in hopes of understanding whether campaign advisers played a role in the decision to switch to the federal health insurance exchange.

The letter warns the governor's office not to alter or destroy any records - a reference to a Kitzhaber staffer's recent request to have the governor's personal e-mails deleted from the state archives. The request was denied.

Kitzhaber announced his resignation Friday amid a conflict-of-interest scandal involving his longtime girlfriend, Cylvia Hayes. - AP

CALIFORNIA

Dock strike talks set

With the West Coast dock strike reaching a critical point, the White House announced Saturday that Labor Secretary Thomas Perez would start talks with the two sides. "out of concern for the economic consequences of further delay." Dockworkers and port operators have been in negotiations over a new contract since May, but talks have stalled. The dispute has caused backups in shipping, turning the waterways off the coast into parking lots for container ships and other vessels. - Washington Post
CALIFORNIA

Obama taking break

President Obama is spending the holiday weekend working on his golf game in Southern California. He arrived in Palm Springs on Saturday. He has been in California since Thursday. On Friday, he addressed a White House summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University. He is scheduled to return to Washington on Monday. - AP

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