The Oregon Board of Parole granted a release date of Jan. 9 to prominent incarcerated legal expert Mark Wilson, whose litigation efforts inside prison have helped thousands of other prisoners. Wilson was previously the subject of a HuffPost investigation, which detailed the state Department of Corrections’ pattern of retaliation against him. Wilson’s upcoming release date … Read more
Boeing Co. workers and supporters hold signs outside the Aerospace Machinists Union District 751 Hall ahead of a vote on the union contract in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 30,000 Boeing workers were set to strike Friday, halting production of most of … Read more
Wherever you stand on the issue of climate change, chances are you are already paying for it. Take the cost of homeowners insurance, up 27% nationwide since 2021, according to data compiled by online insurance marketplace Insurify. And in some states, it’s far worse, like Louisiana, where premiums are projected to rise 23% this year … Read more
In this mobile world, we have more choices than ever about where to live. Companies in search of skilled workers know this, especially when there are far more open positions than there are workers available to fill them. That is why they consider quality of life when deciding where to locate. CNBC’s annual ranking of … Read more
Two high-profile progressives in Congress suggested that Tuesday’s primary losses by like-minded Democrats in Oregon should be blamed more on money than the U.S. House candidates’ messages. “We’ve always dealt with the fact that progressives are not fostered and don’t take money from these big corporate lobbies,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday. “You … Read more
President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates on Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. The symbolic decisions provide a few more delegates to the national conventions and a gut check on where the Democratic and Republican bases stand toward their standard-bearers as the presidential … Read more
Dr. Maxine Dexter, a physician and state representative, won a contentious Democratic primary in a liberal Oregon House seat on Tuesday with help from big-money super PACs and pro-Israel donors. In Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, a solid Democratic seat that includes most of Portland, Dexter, a mainstream progressive, is the prohibitive favorite to triumph in … Read more
Last September, as Oregon faced an ever-increasing rate of fatal drug overdoses, a new study concluded the state’s first-in-the-U.S. decriminalization policy was not to blame. The study found that based on similar overdose rates in other states before and after the first year of decriminalization, overdose deaths in Oregon would have risen at essentially the … Read more
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection. The decision upholds the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from the ballot under a voter-approved … Read more
An unidentified driver in Tillamook County, Oregon, failed to heed road signs warning of a closure due to a hole that a landslide had ripped into the road. Not only did the driver shrug off the warning, but they actually removed the barrier and large sign that read “Road Closed,” as the Sacramento Bee reports. … Read more
