The state Department of Human Services (Courtesy/State of Oregon) SALEM — A federal civil rights watchdog has found “systemic deficiencies” in the state’s treatment of parents with disabilities. The Oregon Department of Human Services has agreed to comply with federal laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination, the agency[Read More…]
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Attorney General sues Johnson & Johnson over surgical implants
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general SALEM – Johnson & Johnson failed to disclose potential debilitating and dangerous complications posed by devices implanted in at least 3,700 women in Oregon, according to a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. The lawsuit alleges that the New Jersey-based medical and consumer[Read More…]
For years she’s been trying to get on Jeopardy! Her episode airs Wednesday.
Davita Curtis with Alex Trebek on Jeopardy! (Courtesy/ Kelly Thomas) When Davita Curtis walked across the polished floors of the Jeopardy! stage in Culver City, California, she kept thinking: “Don’t slip.” Curtis, 56, had spent years trying to get on the game show and had finally made it. The Salem[Read More…]
Uncategorized CHECK OUT: Tree lightings, a holiday concert or grab coffee with Salem Reporter
The tree lighting ceremony takes place at the Oregon State Capitol Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (Courtesy/Oregon State Capitol) Tuesday See the Grand Tree at the Oregon State Capitol lit up Tuesday. Starting the evening off, the Sprague High School jazz group will perform at 5 p.m. followed by the tree[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem bans open camping and now seeks a place to host it
Tents line the boulevard next to The ARCHES Project in downtown, where homeless residents have congregated in recent weeks. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Tents and other dwellings will soon have to disappear from sidewalks and boulevards after the Salem City Council on Monday night banned camping on public property. But city[Read More…]
With some limitations, a new state report finds evidence of police profiling
Public safety – standing graphic Most of Oregon’s largest police departments are slightly more likely to cite or arrest minorities during traffic and pedestrian stops, but the disparity isn’t significant enough to warrant further scrutiny, according to a new state report. However, the report singled out the Portland Police Bureau[Read More…]
Uncategorized Thousands of Oregon workers now saving for retirement under new program
A salon in Portland, a brewery in Astoria and an industrial fabric manufacturer from Eugene now have employees with retirement programs. They are among the 459 small businesses that recently enrolled in Oregon’s state-run retirement program, OregonSaves. That represents the second phase of a program meant to provide workers a[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Fire says increasing calls are straining the department
Firefighter Matt Brozovich looks down from a ladder truck in August. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) The firefighters at Salem’s Station 3 in east Salem were alerted by a familiar tone that sounds like an elevator ding. An automated voice then announced the address of an emergency. Three firefighters climbed aboard a[Read More…]
Where the government’s unwanted stuff finds a second life
Darren Kennedy, senior analyst with the State Surplus Property program, holds a sign that once directed drivers to the state Capitol. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) When the military has extra combat boots, when buses from the local transit district reach a half million miles and when a giant foam cheeseburger from[Read More…]
Parents point to class size, accessibility, better training to improve Salem-Keizer schools
Hallman Elementary students gather during the school’s morning assembly. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Thousands of students facing challenges to succeed in school could be helped with changes proposed by parents and others in recent sessions held by the Salem-Keizer School District. Hundreds packed into school libraries and conference rooms[Read More…]
