WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research issued the following news: A growing number of states and localities - including Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and the state of Oregon - are adopting scheduling mandates that require employers to provide their employees with advance notice of their work schedules (two weeks is common) and be subject to fines if they change employee schedules within certain timefram  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 16 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal judge today blocked Trump administration plans allowing expanded drilling, mining, livestock grazing and other destructive activities across 51 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in seven western states: Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California and Oregon. In his order granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that the administra  more

DALLES, Oregon, Oct. 14 -- Earthjustice issued the following joint statement with Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife: Today, the Yakama and Lummi Nations made an historic announcement regarding the future of the Columbia River basin at Celilo Park. The following is a joint statement from Earthjustice, Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife: "The Yakama and Lummi nations are challenging all of us to think at a scale and in a time frame beyond our immediate concerns. They are seeking to rig  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 16 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: After winning his First Amendment right to challenge the timing of yellow lights in court, now Mats Jarlstrom--along with a team of others--has also convinced the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) to reevaluate its guidelines for the timing of traffic signals. In 2017, the Institute for Justice (IJ) partnered with Mats to file a lawsuit after he was fined $500 by the Oregon State Board of Exa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 14 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: * * * - Mercy Corps' CFO of seven years steps into interim CEO role; Board of Directors to appoint CEO search committee this week * * * The global organization Mercy Corps announced Beth deHamel as its interim Chief Executive Officer following the resignation of former CEO Neal Keny-Guyer last week. deHamel currently serves as Mercy Corps' Chief Financial Officer. "Beth deHamel has served Mercy Corps for seven y  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release: * * * - Incumbent in Oregon's 3rd Congressional District Earns Endorsement from Nation's Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group * * * NARAL Pro-Choice America today announced its endorsement of Representative Earl Blumenauer in his campaign for re-election to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. "As Donald Trump and his anti-choice allies continue to wage an all-out assault on reproductive freedom, we ne  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: * * * - Ruling makes clear that the Administration ignored science and cut out the public * * * A federal judge in the District Court of Idaho, today, ruled that the Bureau of Land Management must halt its plans to expand leasing, drilling, and other industrial activities across millions of acres of habitat for the greater sage-grouse. This range includes Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California, and Ore  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 18 -- The Northwest Evaluation Association issued the following news release: NWEA, a not-for-profit education organization, announced today the development of through-year assessment, a new solution designed to support states in partnering with school districts to drive positive outcomes for students. Adaptive, through-year assessment from NWEA provides academic growth and proficiency data during the school year and culminates in end-of-year summative proficiency scores   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 17 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: The Oregon chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has experienced monumental membership and financial losses in just the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which affirmed the right of public employees to stop paying union dues. The release of AFT's most recent LM-2 report is the latest in an alarming pattern for the leaders of the state's government employee  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 16 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: The Oregon chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has experienced monumental membership and financial losses in just the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which affirmed the right of public employees to stop paying union dues. The release of AFT's most recent LM-2 report is the latest in an alarming pattern for the leaders of the state's government employee  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health issued the following member research: Oregon Medicaid enrollees are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation of the state's accountable-care model, new research by Oregon State University shows. The study suggests the Oregon system of coordinated care organizations, or CCOs, which have been serving Medicaid enrollees since 2012, can provide lessons to other states regarding  more

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 15 -- The Dayton Foundation issued the following news release: The Dayton Foundation Governing Board has approved a special $500,000 discretionary grant to support both the long-term recovery efforts following the Memorial Day tornados and the victims of the August 4 Oregon District mass shooting. This grant represents one of the largest discretionary grants awarded from the Foundation since its founding in 1921. Of this grant, $400,000 will assist the Greater Dayton Disaste  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 16 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: A federal judge today blocked Trump administration plans allowing expanded drilling, mining, livestock grazing and other destructive activities across 51 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in seven western states: Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California and Oregon. In his order granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that the administration failed to a  more