Dec. 14, 2018 — This story has been updated to include new information. Oregon’s former Medicaid director Lori Coyner will return to the role on Jan. 28, filling the vacancy she left in 2017. Coyner will oversee the Oregon Health Plan, which covers health care for nearly 1 million low-income[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Marion County outlines upcoming review of workplace culture
The doors outside the Senator Hearing Room, where the Marion County Board of Commissioners hold weekly meetings. Marion County revealed Wednesday details of an upcoming review of its workplace culture. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A review of Marion County’s workplace culture, stemming in part from recent accusations of sexual harassment within[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem chamber names former employee Tom Hoffert new CEO
The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. Tom Hoffert will take over as CEO starting Jan. 2, the chamber announced Thursday. (Courtesy of Photos By Orion and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce) The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce has turned to a former employee, now an executive at a Mexican[Read More…]
BOLI execs struggle to explain last-minute act on major Oregon pay law
SALEM – Oregon senators put state labor regulators in the hot seat Wednesday over why they waited 18 months to finalize rules for Oregon’s landmark pay equity law, which takes force Jan. 1. Lawmakers summoned officials with the state Bureau of Labor and Industries, known as BOLI, to the Capitol[Read More…]
Oregon Senate president tags Boquist with cease and desist for hostile conduct
SALEM — Senate President Peter Courtney has directed a Republican state senator to “cease and desist” intimidating communications with other senators and legislative employees. Courtney made the demand to state Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, in a Nov. 15 letter obtained by the Oregon Capital Bureau that cited “hostile, intimidating and[Read More…]
Criminally insane in Oregon attack twice as many people as previously known, new data shows
CORRECTION: A review of this story after publication identified factual errors and flaws in data analysis. To learn about the errors, please see this POST. Editor’s Note: This updates a story published on Nov. 14 by ProPublica and the Malheur Enterprise that was based on an incomplete set of data[Read More…]
UPDATED: Oregon board says those found criminally insane rarely commit new crimes. The numbers say otherwise.
CORRECTION: A review of this story after publication identified factual errors and flaws in data analysis. To learn about the errors, please see this POST. Editor’s Note: This story updates a Nov. 14 report by ProPublica and the Malheur Enterprise that was based on data provided by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer School Board gives Superintendent Christy Perry three more years
Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry (Moriah Ratner/Special to Salem Reporter) With one dissenting vote, the Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday approved a three-year contract extension for Superintendent Christy Perry. Perry, who has been superintendent since 2016, will earn $239,126 this year and $248,691 for the 2019-20 school year, with a 4[Read More…]
Union bargains 14 percent pay increase for rural workers in government-subsidized childcare
After years of bargaining, childcare providers working in rural Oregon will get double-digit pay raises in the new year. The union representing them, Service Employees International Union Local 503, said the rural workers will see a 14 percent wage increase, on top of a 5 percent cost-of-living increase to all[Read More…]
Rent unaffordable in half of Salem neighborhoods, Census data shows
Half of Salem and Keizer neighborhoods are not affordable for renters as rents have climbed faster than inflation over the past five years, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. In neighborhoods across central, north and east Salem, a renter earning the neighborhood’s median income spends more than 30 percent[Read More…]
