A number of changes to Washington State laws went into effect July 1, with an emphasis on raising money for the state. Here's a quick rundown.
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THE DALLES — Between an absent Mayor Rich Mays and another lengthy executive session to cap the evening, The Dalles City Council Meeting on Ju…
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Free news: The STEP program connects SNAP participants with free employment and training services through partnerships between ODHS, STEP providers, the Oregon Employment Department, local workforce development boards and other community organizations throughout Oregon.
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(The Center Square) – Microsoft says that it has 550 full-time employees on site at the recently completed Fairview data center in Mount Pleasant.
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(The Center Square) – Bipartisan legislation meant to speed up first-time union contracts would promote efficiency but also erode both employee and employer rights, a labor policy group argues.
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Oregon lawmakers passed more than 50 new laws during the legislative session earlier this year which are scheduled to go into effect on Friday. Many focus on codifying state and local powers to respond to President Donald Trump’s directives, as well as addressing cost-of-living issues. Democratic leaders in both the Oregon House and Senate explained […]
Free news: Hundreds of students from throughout the Columbia Gorge converged on the Port of Hood River May 21 to explore family-wage construction jobs in a “Career and Industry Day” organized by the Hood River–White Salmon Bridge Authority.
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(The Center Square) - Top private nonprofit universities that receive government funding pay some of their top leaders millions of dollars and one even received a $20 million longevity bonus, an investigation by The Center Square found.
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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case over the constitutional authority of federal agencies to handle migrant farmworker disputes.
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Few Oregonians interact with the state’s employment rights agency until they need it, they’re being investigated or they’re voting on its next leader. The latter will happen in the May 19 primary, as there are only two candidates running for the nonpartisan role of commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries. Whoever receives […]
