Monthly Archives: July 2011

Friends, family remember Betty Roberts, the first woman on the Oregon Supreme Court Oregon PERS board faces key vote affecting pension returns, retirement checks DEQ studying smelly sludge State says its prepared for federal-dollar cutoff Pedal power + beer = … Continue reading →

Tom Potiowsky, Oregon state economist, resigning to return to Portland State University State delays Heceta lighthouse park closure 2 weeks Oregon counties may pay Comcast now to save later Officials target firewood to stall destructive bugs Rae left her mark … Continue reading →

Rep. David Wu resigns: How Oregon will go about replacing the 1st District representative Oregon says latest Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup plan leaves too much radioactive waste behind Derailing the Bridge States Missed Pension Targets by 50% Over Past Decade … Continue reading →

Oregon colleges and universities plan to go smoke-free Too cool, too wet weather puts the brakes on Oregon grass and other crops Oregon will appeal ruling aimed at curbing logging road pollution, Gov. Kitzhaber says Unions’ furloughs comparable Virtual Combat … Continue reading →

State Library eClips * New plan will direct management of Tillamook Forest * In Oregon case, women’s word is enough to get birth certificate for son, court says * Oregon’s largest public employee union agrees to tentative contract requiring shared … Continue reading →

Title IX complaints in Oregon may be affected by federal lawsuit in D.C. State must buy recreation land to compensate for huge solar project near Wilsonville OSH gets a clean bill of health Union deals are full of give and … Continue reading →

Generations of Oregonians work their family farms Oregon hits Umatilla Chemical Depot with another environmental penalty Oregon’s ‘all funds’ budget takes a $3 billion dip Oregon employers should use E-Verify — Guest Opinion An insurance regulator’s ‘aha’ moment — Opinion … Continue reading →

Weekly unemployment claims increase; new Oregon claims up nearly 1,400 National study rates two Oregon teacher prep programs, calls one weak, one poor Oregon’s venture capitalists invested $75 million in second quarter State readies new health plan model for workers … Continue reading →

Oregon Insurance Division OKs 12.8 percent health insurance rate increase, rejects 22 percent Union representing 3,500 Oregon state workers strikes tentative deal to pay health premium costs No teacher left unsupported would improve ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Sen. Jeff Merkley … Continue reading →

2011 Oregon Legislature passes lowest number of bills in at least a decade Cesarean sections in the U.S. reach historic high; Oregon rate about 30 percent The recession in Oregon: Jack Roberts’ economic pep talk comes up short — Guest … Continue reading →