For the first time since August, Secretary of State Dennis Richardson on Thursday updated the public about his brain cancer, releasing a social media video. Since disclosing the tumor in late May, Richardson has receded from the public eye, deferring interviews and public appearances to executive staff. The videos have[Read More…]
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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…]
State police poised for more troopers, filling gaps around Oregon
Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton flips through charts and graphs showing the impacts of OSP’s short staffing. In 2017, the agency was unable to respond to 11,880 calls for service due to staffing levels. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) For 26 years, Travis Hampton worked out of patrol offices for Oregon[Read More…]
State public records advocate finds a litany of flaws in Oregon’s public records laws
Governments in Oregon unreasonably delay handing over public documents or charge too much for that access, and put records of elected officials sometimes nearly beyond reach of citizens, according to a new state report. Those are the findings of Ginger McCall, Oregon’s public records advocate and included in a formal[Read More…]
Gov. Brown looks to financially back Oregon’s fight against Trump
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum SALEM – Oregon’s government has been at legal war with President Donald Trump and his administration for two years. This week, it moved to arm itself for more fights. Gov. Kate Brown carved out $2 million in her proposed 2019-21 budget for suing the Trump[Read More…]
Oregon leaders react to Gov. Brown’s ambitious budget
Reaction was swift Wednesday to Gov. Kate Brown’s ambitious and expensive proposal for state operations in the next budget cycle. Key leaders such as Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. Here is a sampling of statements by other public officials,[Read More…]
Brown wants ‘ambitious’ Oregon budget to be the bedrock of her legacy
Gov. Kate Brown announces her proposed two-year state budget during a news conference Wednesday in the governor’s office in Salem. (Salem Reporter/Aubrey Wieber) SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown stood at her lectern in the walnut-paneled ceremonial office Wednesday morning to deliver a symbolic message as she released a budget she[Read More…]
Grants Pass Rep. Carl Wilson chosen as House minority leader
Rep. Carl Wilson sits on the House floor. (Courtesy/Carl Wilson) SALEM — State Rep. Carl Wilson, a Republican of Grants Pass, was elected Monday to serve as House minority leader. Wilson has represented since 2015 a district that runs from the California border up to Grants Pass. He also served in[Read More…]
Freedom Foundation takes its latest shot at Oregon unions
A conservative think tank is suing two Oregon labor unions, saying they are collecting union dues in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last June. The class-action lawsuit, Anderson et al. v. SEIU et al, was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland. In June, the Supreme ruled[Read More…]
Paul Evans and Selma Pierce battled it out in one of Oregon’s most contentious races, in a district both parties will continue to fight for
Rep. Paul Evans plays a campaign commercial on his phone in his Capitol office. Evans made the commercial in response to attack ads from his opponent, Selma Pierce. The commercial is from the perspective of his dog, Beau, to set the record straight. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) The campaign signs are[Read More…]
