Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized OLCC Director Steve Marks addresses reporters following the OLCC’s unanimous approval of temporary rules implementing a six-month ban on all flavored vaping products as directed by Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order. (Oregon Capital Bureau) Oregon’s Liquor Control Commission and the Oregon Health Authority on Friday, Oct. 11, rolled out a[Read More…]
SALEM — The former human resources director for the Oregon Legislature was paid nearly $100,000 to work from home for the first eight months of 2019 after she agreed to a quiet exit last fall amid intense public scrutiny over workplace harassment in the Capitol. Legislative officials would provide only[Read More…]
SALEM — A state council formed to improve Oregonians’ access to government records has endorsed a slate of reforms to make the state’s public records advocate more independent from political influence. The council met Tuesday to hash out the proposed changes after the sudden resignation Sept. 9 of Oregon’s first[Read More…]
SALEM — A looming strike by thousands of workers at Oregon’s seven public universities has been avoided after the workers settled with management early Saturday morning. The two-year contract was settled during talks at the Oregon Institute of Technology campus in Wilsonville. Workers and the universities had reached an impasse[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon State Capitol, governor’s office (Salem Reporter/file) SALEM — The Oregon Health Authority is recommending that Gov. Kate Brown ban for six months the display and sale of all vaping products, both nicotine and cannabis based. The recommendation is one of six related to curtailing use of vaping products across[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response met Thursday for its final meeting. (Sam Stites/ Oregon Capitol Bureau) The Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response said Thursday, Sept. 26, that the state needs to update its firefighting priorities and techniques to deal with future conflagrations. At its final meeting, the council outlined[Read More…]
SALEM — Adopted out of foster care as a baby, Rebecca Jones Gaston will now oversee the welfare of thousands of Oregon kids in similar situations. Jones Gaston was born in Minnesota and raised in Iowa. After an East Coast education and more than two decades of work in social[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon State Capitol rotunda (Salem Reporter/file) SALEM – When state Rep. Tiffiny Mitchell of Astoria won election to the Oregon House to represent the north coast, there was a lot flying through her head. On election night last Nov. 6, she thought of the people who made her campaign a[Read More…]
SALEM – Oregon’s transportation commissioners have chosen Kris Strickler, head of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s highway division, to be the agency’s new leader. The commissioners voted on the appointment Tuesday evening, chosen after a national search to replace longtime director Matt Garrett that took six months. Before leading ODOT’s[Read More…]
SALEM — Despite a flood of applications for new state jobs working with foster children, the Department of Human Services still hasn’t officially hired anyone for its understaffed Child Welfare Division. That means the state has yet to bring on board the first member of a new generation of hires[Read More…]
