Nigel Jaquissis won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for his work exposing former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl while he was mayor of Portland
The lists of proposed layoffs and elimination of unfilled vacancies at the Oregon Department of Transportation show that the impact of the cuts will hit all across the state, as will the closure of a dozen maintenance stations. See the list for yourself.
The U.S. Department of Labor hauled Pamplin—the former owner of the Forest Grove News-Times—back into U.S. District Court in Portland, alleging he had failed to comply with two key conditions of the agreement he signed in December to settle a federal civil lawsuit against him.
A spokeswoman for Oregon Housing and Community Services said a low risk tolerance and inexperience in major disaster recovery by the agency has slowed the rollout of federal aid following the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.
The OLCC ratified changes to the Bottle Bill enacted by SB 992, which Gov. Kotek signed into law last week. Most changes apply only to Portland. Locally, retailers must accept returns only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On July 1, saké, canned wine, mead & some cider will have a 10 cent deposit statewide.
The move comes after labor officials found Pamplin, who owned the Forest Grove News-Times until last June, violated federal pension laws in his management of retirees’ money.
In a report released April 11, DMV said all but one of the new discoveries are people who were erroneously put into the voter registration system between 2010 and 2023.
