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ICYDK – Taxing Tips, Stolen Merchandise Bust, & Interstate Bridge Tolling
No Tax On Tips is not a new idea, but Oregon might just do it on our own. We could have a bill to vote on next year about it. Consider that Oregon, by law, pays everybody minimum wage, so employers can’t pay people less if they’re getting more tips; that does happen in other states. Also consider… does anybody claim their tips? You have to be real honest for that.
Largest dam removal project in US history nears completion
OREGON, USA — For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews will...
State Police Fish & Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year
The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division has named Mihnea Moga as Prosecutor of the Year for 2023. The Oregon Hunters Association provided a framed wildlife print during a ceremony at the Oregon District Attorney Association Summer Conference in Seaside earlier this month. Moga, former Deputy District Attorney (DDA)...
Hours before researcher strike, OHSU agrees to give raises
Just hours before a strike was to begin, Oregon AFSCME reached tentative agreement with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) on a first contract for a unit of about 250 postdoctoral researchers. The key to breaking the deadlock was that OHSU dropped its insistence on no raises. For months, OHSU...
A look at the powerhouse where Oregon’s hydropower is generated
BONNEVILLE, Ore. — Everything about the Bonneville Dam is big. The dams themselves — there are actually three, stretching between islands to cut across a nearly mile-wide section of the Columbia River — are made of nearly 2 million cubic yards of concrete. But the real magic, and what makes them such a valuable resource, happens inside the dams.
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