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…
Oregon State Police hid repeated use of racist slur by supervisor, other misconduct in field office (www.oregonlive.com)
A sergeant who repeatedly used an anti-Black racist slur on duty for years was demoted but the agency never informed the state certification department of the reason for his demotion.
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)
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.
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)
Bill that would empower Oregon to penalize child labor law violators passes Legislature (www.oregonlive.com)
Jury awards nearly $1.4M to man whose kitty was ‘catnapped’ by Portland landlord (www.oregonlive.com)
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
Bucking new law, 10 Oregon senators disqualified from reelection with boycott (www.oregonlive.com)
Portland Police decide an Accountability Board passed overwhelmingly by voters in 2020 doesn't fit their style; plan their own ballot measure to revoke & weaken it. (www.oregonlive.com)
Oregon State Police hid repeated use of racist slur by supervisor, other misconduct in field office (www.oregonlive.com)
Oregon employers rarely pay penalties for wage theft. The state wants that to change (www.oregonlive.com)
Portland expected to pay $300k to settle 2020 police brutality lawsuit by protester (www.oregonlive.com)
The Portland City Council is expected to approve spending $300,000 to settle an August 2020 lawsuit filed by a man who alleged Portland police officers assaulted him during a Black Lives Matter protest, fracturing two bones in his arm.
Idaho mom, son charged over trip to Oregon with his teen girlfriend for abortion (www.oregonlive.com)
Mystery of the slime on Willamette River near Portland solved (www.oregonlive.com)
First heat death reported in Portland’s 100-degree weather (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/2341262...
Marine heatwave off Oregon coast considered ‘extreme’ by NOAA (www.oregonlive.com)
One of the most intense marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the West Coast of the US, with water temperatures peaking nearly 5°C (9°F) above normal.
Marine heatwave off Oregon coast considered ‘extreme’ by NOAA (www.oregonlive.com)
The average ocean temperature around the world reached 70 degrees in 2023 – the highest ever.
An opaque PAC spending big in Portland congressional race releases much-anticipated donor list. It’s blank (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15631092...
Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules (www.oregonlive.com)
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....
Portland transportation bureau to propose $32 million in budget cuts (www.oregonlive.com)
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....
Advisory committee chair can't vouch for Multnomah County Homeless Services Office after virtual stonewalling (www.oregonlive.com)
The Joint Office of Homeless Services has failed to provide data and refused to answer questions posed by members of the community budget advisory committee, writes Daniel DeMelo, who chairs the committee. It is unclear how effective its efforts have been, despite its soaring budget
National ‘embarrassment’: Judge sets 10-day deadline to release people held in jail without lawyer (www.oregonlive.com)
