A pattern of ill-advised management decisions reflecting “strategic neglect” and an ongoing lack of resources have fueled the backlog of thousands of worker complaints made to Oregon’s top labor rights enforcement agency, according to a Thursday audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office. The 31-page review of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries […]
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of it for her campaign, said Thursday she is innocent and has no plans to resign.
All Oregon National Guard members will return home after the Trump administration’s ill-fated attempts to deploy them to Portland under federal orders, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Wednesday. Kotek said she heard from the U.S. Northern Command, which took control of 200 Oregon Guard members on Sept. 28, that it is demobilizing the guard and returning […]
(The Center Square) - A bill designed to protect the United States' court system from foreign influence is too broad, according to Trent England, director of the nonprofit Save Our States.
(The Center Square) – LouisianaRepublican Rep. Clay Higgins of Lafayette, the only U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker who voted against releasing documents associated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday, said the legislation will hurt people named in the documents who did nothing wrong.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote as soon as late Tuesday on a bill forcing the Department of Justice to release documents associated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
(The Center Square) – Republicans, Democrats and alleged victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein called on the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a resolution Tuesday to release unclassified documents related to Epstein.
