Employees threatened with loss of healthcare if they strike. Their employer is a hospital and they're nurses. (www.oregonlive.com)
One of the main reasons employers want to keep healthcare private; enormous leverage against labor, organized or not…
Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules (www.oregonlive.com)
15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14943650
Is it OK to go out with COVID? Oregon led the nation in saying yes, now the CDC may follow (www.oregonlive.com)
When Portland resident Jessica Rogers-Hall came down with COVID last month – her third time – she followed the Oregon Health Authority’s advice....
Casual runners aren't wearing Nikes? Oh the shock. (www.oregonlive.com)
For most folks, once they’re semi-regular runners, cost and turnover of shoes becomes a factor....
Morel mushrooms linked to fatal food poisoning outbreak; FDA releases first-ever prep guidelines (www.oregonlive.com)
A food poisoning outbreak that killed two people and sickened 51 has highlighted just how little is known about morel mushrooms and the risks in preparing the popular and expensive delicacy....
NAACP to Black student-athletes: Take your talents elsewhere amid Florida anti-DEI efforts (www.oregonlive.com)
Earlier this month, the University of Florida closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminating 13 full-time DEI positions and 15 administrative appointments. This came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill called the Stop Woke Act last year, which prohibits the use of state funds for any DEI programs.
Likely culprit found for recent gray whale die-off: declines in sea ice cover that lead to a dearth of the crustaceans that gray whales love to eat. (www.oregonlive.com)
The paper is here
More left Oregon than arrived last year, Census Bureau says, reversing decades of growth (www.oregonlive.com)
Privately owned, for-profit Hillsboro Hops baseball team allocated $15.2 million by state, Bend's non-profit High Desert Museum awarded $0 as it and other arts orgs struggle to stay afloat. (www.oregonlive.com)
Significant marine heatwave brewing off Oregon coast (www.oregonlive.com)
Bucking new law, 10 Oregon senators disqualified from reelection with boycott (www.oregonlive.com)
On Beaverton’s downtown streets, Oregon’s housing and addiction crises play out (www.oregonlive.com)
AMP version let me view the article with my ad blocker up....
Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation, report says (www.oregonlive.com)
“According to Colliers, more than 1.4 million square feet of office space in downtown Portland was available for sublease at the end of 2023. The total available amount of space available for lease downtown was more than 32%. Collier expects that figure to reach 40% over the next year....
Street racer who killed young mother at bus stop gets only 5 years prison time. (www.oregonlive.com)
These man children playing with their toys and what is the punishment, only 5 years? The victim’s child, who will now be 7 has no mother for the rest of his life....
Portland woman pulled up in a Tesla with 2 kids in car seats to sell pot to undercover cop in Lake Oswego (www.oregonlive.com)
Unannounced inspection finds serious safety concerns at federal prison in Sheridan - The Oregonian (www.oregonlive.com)
Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules (www.oregonlive.com)
Damian Lillard traded (www.oregonlive.com)
Whether you like basketball or not, the Damian Lillard trade today sees Portland lose a stalwart of class, low drama and accountability in a media age of pithy, immature sound bytes end egomaniacs. Personally wish the guy all the best in Milwaukee and will be rooting for the Bucks in the east!
Portland man must give up ownership of dog Bubbie that mauled runner, attacked poodle (www.oregonlive.com)
A Multnomah County hearings officer has ordered that Jessie Miller must permanently give up his pit bull mix Bubbie after designating the canine dangerous for mauling a runner in Southeast Portland in April, less than two months after he attacked another dog....
Andy Ngo loses civil lawsuit against Portland activists (www.oregonlive.com)
Case dropped against man who allegedly smashed 34-pound rock on woman’s head outside Portland mental health center (www.oregonlive.com)
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Embezzlement case against top executive at Portland ad firm dissolves due to dearth of public defenders (www.oregonlive.com)
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Portland woman pulled up in a Tesla with 2 kids in car seats to sell pot to undercover cop in Lake Oswego (www.oregonlive.com)
Bill that would empower Oregon to penalize child labor law violators passes Legislature (www.oregonlive.com)
