SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 27, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Oregon - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 15.9 percent of wage and salary workers in Oregon, compared with 14.1 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Joins Science Subcommittees on Environment, Oversight WASHINGTON D.C. [2/28/25] -- The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats have selected Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) to serve on the Subcommittee on Environment and the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight. "Oregon is home to cutting-edge research institutions and industry leaders in several key fi  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 28 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Detailed school funding examination finds need for nuance A complicated and technical analysis of Oregon education funding came to a pretty simple conclusion. "It costs more to achieve more," University of Miami Professor Bruce Baker told legislators several times Wednesday, Feb. 26. A rare joint evening meeting of the House and Senate education committees convened late in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Dexter Demands Trump Protect Trans Veterans, While Trump Attack Trans Service Members WASHINGTON, D.C -- Yesterday, at a joint Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing focused on Veterans Service Organizations, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), slammed President Trump's reckless effort to gut mental health resources for veterans, particularly for transgender vete  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSFR) -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued its latest list of laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) certified under the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs. The update includes facilities authorized to conduct testing using urine and oral fluid, ensuring compliance with federal drug testing standards. While several laboratories remain approved for urine testing, no facilities are currently   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Sound the Alarm Over EPA Clean School Bus Program Funds Freeze Letter Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues in demanding an update from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on the distribution of funding for the Clean School Bus program to recipients with signed agreements and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Sound the Alarm Over EPA Clean School Bus Program Funds Freeze Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues in demanding an update from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on the distribution of funding for the Clean School Bus program to recipients with signed agreements and urging the EPA to immed  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 1 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2025: * * * Attorney General Dan Rayfield Calls Dismissal of Labor Board Member an Attack on Workers' Rights Coalition of 20 attorneys general supporting lawsuit against President Trump Today, Attorney General Dan Rayfield along with a coalition of 20 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Wilcox v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Gwynne Wi  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 1 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Secures $9,250,000 Dollar Settlement Against Pharmaceutical Giants AbbVie and Besins In a groundbreaking case, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield reached a settlement involving a monopoly on testosterone replacement gels. The $9.25 million settlement includes $6,197,500 in disgorged profits and penalties along with attorney fees and costs. The drug companies, AbbVie and Besin  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 1 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2025: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Takes Action to Enforce Court Order Stopping Trump Administration's Illegal Funding Freeze Attorney General Dan Rayfield today along with a coalition of 22 other attorneys general filed a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration's illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple cour  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Hoyle Statement on the White House's Outrageous Treatment of President Zelenskyy For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after President Trump and Vice President Vance's outrageous treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House: "President Trump's press conference in th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- In an effort to address the escalating mental health crisis among college students, a January 2025 report titled "Building Momentum: Collaborative Solutions for State-Level Student Mental Health" was released by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and The Jed Foundation (JED). Authored by Sakshee Chawla, John Lane, Tom Harnisch, and Zainab Okolo, the report emerges from the inaugural SHEEO-JED Student Mental Health and Wellness Learning Commun  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 28 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Taking from students to pay for other policy initiatives is always bad idea The 2019 Oregon Legislature established a "Fund for Student Success" and adopted the corporate activity tax to pay for it. The aim was to raise about $1 billion a year for education initiatives, with at least half going directly to school districts through enrollment-based grants. Businesses that h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Announces Open-to-all Town Hall for Oregonians on March 4 Senator Wyden: "Rather than attend the State of the Union, I'm choosing to hear from residents in the best state of the union." Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will co-host a live on-line town hall Tuesday night, March 4 with People's Town Hall Opens in new tab to offer all Oregonians the opportunity to ask quest  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Demands Answers Regarding the Harmful Termination of Contracts at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "Veterans hospitals cannot provide lifesaving services safely to veterans without these contracts. That is an unconscionable betrayal of commitments made to Americans who served our country" Washington DC-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand HHS Secretary Kennedy Reverse Drastic Cuts to Critical Health Care Assistance Program (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reverse extreme and harmful funding cuts to the Affordable Care Act Navigator program. In a letter to Secretary Kennedy, Wyden and Merkley jo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand HHS Secretary Kennedy Reverse Drastic Cuts to Critical Health Care Assistance Program (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reverse extreme and harmful funding cuts to the Affordable Care Act Navigator program. In a letter to Secretary Kennedy, Wyden and Merkley joine  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Join Bill to Codify DOJ's Office of Environmental Justice Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining legislation that would permanently codify the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent order eliminating all environmenta  more