WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The American Association of University Professors issued the following news: The AAUP has filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Jennifer Freyd, who sued the University of Oregon (UO) for pay discrimination based on significant pay disparities with male faculty members. A district court had dismissed her suit based, in part, on findings that she and her male colleagues did not perform equal work, and that the reasons for the pay different  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Association of Zoos and Aquariums issued the following news release: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley announced that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which he serves, has passed his bipartisan Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act. The RAWR Act, co-led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), would help save endangered animals by combatting wildlife trafficking and poaching. Specifically, the legislation would authorize the State Department to offer financial rewards f  more

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 4 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: In response to a petition from conservation groups, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 late Friday to protect Humboldt martens from trapping. Fewer than 200 of the martens survive in the state's coastal forests. The new trapping guidelines ban all marten trapping west of the Interstate 5 corridor. The rules also ban all commercial and recreational mammal trapping in the Oregon Dunes   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 4 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Further Wolf Recovery Depends on Endangered Species Protection * * * At least four pups were born this year to Oregon's Indigo wolf pack, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. The agency also announced that it recently radio-collared one of the pups, which is nearly six months old. Evidence of the pups' arrival came from a trail-camera photo taken in August. Earlier this   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities issued the following news: The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) will host the third annual Diversity Conference, October 4-5, 2019 at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. This national event brings together 300 campus leaders in Christian higher education for two days of dialogue, keynote speakers, and breakout sessions focused on the topic of racial and ethnic diversity on Christian college and uni  more

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 30 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: The state of Oregon's disclosure of official statistics tracking union membership numbers exposes the extent to which the Oregon School Employees Association's strength has been eroded over the last year. The spike in defections correlates directly with the emphasized outreach of the Freedom Foundation -- a free-market, public policy organization with offices in Washington, Oregon and California. Despite persi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- American Rivers issued the following news release: Senator Ron Wyden today launched an effort that could lead to major new protections for healthy, free-flowing rivers across Oregon. His statewide public process asks Oregonians for their input on which rivers deserve new Wild and Scenic River protections. October 2 marks the 51st anniversary of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Senator Wyden has protected more Wild and Scenic Rivers than any other member of Cong  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- UnidosUS issued the following news release: UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza), the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that 15 leaders from across the country were selected from a competitive pool of applicants as the 2019 Fellows for the National Institute for Latino School Leaders (NILSL). The 2019 NILSL cohort is comprised of educators from California, Arkansas, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennes  more