Category State
Cyber attack halts training for thousands of Oregon state employees
Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services building. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of state employees across dozens of Oregon agencies are awaiting the reinstatement of Oregon’s online training system after a Christmas Day cyber attack forced the state Department of Administrative Services to pull down the website.…
Environmentalists sue Oregon secretary of state over ballot decisions
Secretary of State’s office. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Proponents of two clean-energy initiatives on Wednesday sued Secretary of State Bev Clarno to reverse her decision stopping the groups from advancing initiatives for the November election. Renew Oregon, the coalition of clean energy advocacy groups…
Oregon Department of Corrections announces new appointments to executive team
(From left) Gail Levario, Rem Nivens and Nathaline Frener have been selected to serve in executive positions at the Oregon Department of Corrections. (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Corrections). Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters has appointed three new people to manage key functions at the…
Oregon labor federation gets new leader as unions tackle more political issues
Graham Trainor recently became president of the Oregon AFL-CIO following years of union organizing and activisim (Oregon AFL-CIO photo) PORTLAND — Graham Trainor has taken the helm at one of the state’s largest labor groups at a time when workers in Oregon — already a…
Thanks to Oregon students, dogs used in research get chance at second life
Dogs like this one rescued from an Eastern Oregon residence have been used for lab testing in Oregon and then euthanized. A new law taking effect in January requires labs to offer animals for adoption. (PMG file photo) Here’s some good news at the tail…
Guiding new agency directors puts state operations on better footing
Summer Warner (Courtesy photo) Summer Warner has one of those jobs crucial to state government, but rarely talked about. The Nebraska native is at the helm of one of the state’s most important projects: helping new directors get up to speed in the state agencies…
Clarno finds flaws in renewable energy measures, rejects petitions
Secretary of State’s office. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Secretary of State Bev Clarno has rejected two proposed ballot initiatives that aimed to move Oregon to carbon-free energy by 2045. Her move was the second time in recent weeks that she has rebuffed petitioners trying…
State Hospital puts up ‘no vacancy’ sign for civil commitments
Oregon State Hospital Salem Reporter/file The Oregon State Hospital is suspending all civil admissions until Dec. 27 to prioritize patients ordered by courts to receive competency restoration treatment. The halt on civil commitments was announced in a letter Monday, Dec. 16, to the hospital’s statewide…
New plan to clamp Oregon’s industrial emissions spares rural areas
SALEM — The environmental plan that launched a thousand logging trucks is getting a makeover in the Oregon Senate. Private negotiations among state senators have led to a new legislative concept. It’s the skeleton of what could be a new system to gradually clamp down…