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The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to $16.30 per hour Oregonians earning the minimum wage will soon receive 35 cents more per hour, the smallest annual increase in the past ten years. The changes that go into effect Tuesday aren’t the same across […]
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Ex-labor secretary from Oregon drank on job, oversaw???humiliating??? workplace, report finds
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (555+ words) Published 2:03 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment within her office, consumed alcohol on the job and had an inappropriate…...
Trump plan would bar millions of Americans from voting by mail, states tell Supreme Court
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (875+ words) Published 1:40 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous…...
States sue feds over endangered species rollbacks
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (361+ words) Published 10:41 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A coalition of state attorneys general, including Oregon’s, filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to…...
2025 GOP tax law will cost Oregon nearly $1.3B for Medicaid over next four years, officials say
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (412+ words) Published 10:01 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 SALEM — Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state…...
Commentary: Blame Congress for the US running out of weapons
3+ day, 59+ min ago (247+ words) Published 7:52 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 By David M. Drucker/ Bloomberg Opinion “Protecting our nation from those who would do us harm is the first and most important responsibility of government.” That’s from the website of Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat. But…...
Late ballots surged in Oregon after Postal Service changes
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (64+ words) bendbulletin.com Published 8:37 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Gene Johnson/Associated Press SEATTLE — The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes…...
Families' interest in kids' education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (45+ words) Families’ interest in kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows bendbulletin.com Families’ interest in kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows Published 9:09 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Sharon Lurye/AP…...
Commentary: Stars and Stripes paper the latest casualty of???friendly??? fire
4+ day, 49+ min ago (668+ words) Published 8:04 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Editorial Board/TNS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Pete Hegseth, it appears, would not have gotten along well. They almost certainly would have disagreed on one particular military matter — the editorial independence…...
Commentary: Who would want the US to be run like a business?
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (349+ words) Published 7:45 am Tuesday, September 8, 2026 By LZ Granderson/Los Angeles Times When you run a business — and I have — you’re not responsible for people once they stop working for you. It’s up to them to figure it out. When you enter…...
Guest column: Deschutes Democratic Party has lost its way
1+ week, 4+ day ago (174+ words) Published 7:37 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 The recent sheriff’s endorsement illustrates the problem. Party members narrowly voted to endorse McLaughlin. However, the party leadership team unanimously voted to rescind that endorsement. The members participated in the process and voted. Leadership didn’t like…...