OR House Republicans Want to Make It Illegal for Teachers to Strike (www.wweek.com)
2 women say they plan to sue after Portland police mistook them for suspect, crashed into their car, held them at gunpoint (www.oregonlive.com)
US labor agency sues Starbucks over treatment of Seattle workers (www.reuters.com)
Oregon's top court asked to decide if GOP senators who boycotted Legislature can be reelected (www.kdrv.com)
Anti-vaccine doctor's fans flood court, claiming to be 'common-law grand jury' in his $66M lawsuit (www.cbc.ca)
Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Dr. Daniel Nagase’s $66.6-million lawsuit against the B.C. Supreme Court tossed out.
Oregon voters will soon get to decide whether to adopt ranked choice voting statewide (www.nwprogressive.org)
A victory for the RCV campaign in November 2024 would be a significant breakthrough for voting justice, as it would liberate voters in Oregon from being required to vote for just one candidate.
Portland transportation director readies plan to remove key downtown protected bike lane – BikePortland (bikeportland.org)
This seems to not be based on safety at all and is probably Mapps and Williams spending money PBOT doesn’t have because of complaints by business owners that are not based on data....
Judge Finds Trump-Era Rule Allowing Old-Growth Logging Violates Federal Law (e360.yale.edu)
e360.yale.edu/…/trump-rule-old-growth-logging-ore…
Trees Planted by the City in East Portland Two Years Ago Are Dead Because the City Didn’t Water Them (www.wweek.com)
Awesome to see a Eugene community page set up!
It's really nice to see that Eugene already has something set up for an easy transition from Reddit. The Eugene subreddit was where I got pretty much all my information about what was going on in Eugene. So knowing that I can still do that over here without having to deal with reddit's bullshit anymore, it's just awesome.
Massive hack of Oregon DMV system puts estimated 3.5 million driver license and ID card info at risk (www.oregonlive.com)
Oregon DMV hacked and as many as 90% of ID cards and driver's license info leaked to hackers.
B.C. will implement a new 20% 'flipping tax' on homes: What you need to know (bc.ctvnews.ca)
SPD officer that hit and killed Jaahnavi Kandula in crosswalk will not face charges (www.kiro7.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/6933685...
WA liquor board suspends ‘lewd conduct’ enforcement after LGBTQ+ bar inspections (www.seattletimes.com)
Oregon Supreme Court Measure 113 ruling prevents senators from re-election (kobi5.com)
Chickens coming home to roost
In interview, Oregon lawmaker suggests non-Christians are unfit for elected office (www.opb.org)
Reschke is such a huge piece of shit… oh and he was elected fraudulently in the first place. Doesn’t deserve the title of Representative.
Washington's Secretary of State calls out 'domestic terrorists' who disrupted elections (komonews.com)
Jury awards nearly $1.4M to man whose kitty was ‘catnapped’ by Portland landlord (www.oregonlive.com)
Cop kicked and berated homeless man outside Vancouver business, complaint alleges (bc.ctvnews.ca)
The complaint was lodged by the manager of a business near Cambie Street and 43rd Avenue, who said she initially called police for help on Sept. 16 after a homeless man refused to move his shelter away from the front entrance of the building....
Airbnb operator says he's facing losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars because of new short-term rental laws (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Safeway workers in B.C.'s Lower Mainland vote 98% in favour of strike (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Licensed marijuana retail outlets in Oregon have sold over $80 million worth of marijuana and marijuana products. (themarijuanaherald.com)
Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest (www.desmog.com)
Richmond landlord ordered to give former tenants $48K after kicking them out (www.richmond-news.com)
The landlord claimed his parents didn’t move in as promised because the unit was “smelly”
