Governor’s Prosperity Council Report Calls for Urgency By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On Thursday, the Governor’s Prosperity Council released its highly anticipated list of recommendations. Gov. Kotek created the council in January to help create strategies to achieve the goals listed in her Oregon Prosperity Roadmap. Recommendation summary: […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians For Food and Shelter,   OFS submitted comments to the Board of Agriculture ahead of their meeting regarding budget reductions and program prioritization. We emphasized that prioritization should focus on measurable program impacts, lowering Pesticide Analytical Response Center (PARC) and Pesticide Stewardship Partnership (PSP) due to […]

By Faith News Note: A man is accused of attacking a Christian woman in Southeast Portland because of her faith and attributed her injuries to evil burning from the inside. The suspect, 32-year-old Mahamat Noh, a Muslim, denies attacking the woman but faces charges of menacing, harassment, and first- and […]