Division of Financial Regulation Press Release Salem – Several new consumer protection laws take effect immediately when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2026. The Division of Financial Regulation (DFR), part of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services – the state’s largest consumer protection and business regulatory […]

Wyden Statement on Cannabis Rescheduling By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Donald Trump’s executive order to reschedule cannabis from a schedule I drug to a schedule III: “This is just a half step that doesn’t […]

Most Catholic Teens Walk Away And How to Rekindle the Fire By Portland Archdiocese,  On the Second Sunday of Advent, Archbishop Alexander Sample spoke about the alarming fall-off rate among recently confirmed Catholics and the urgent need to for all Catholics to rekindle the fire of faith. Drawing from Christ’s […]