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Oregon Lawmakers Narrowly Approve Minimum Wage Hike Employers in Lane County will pay a minimum wage of $13.50 an hour by 2022 after lawmakers in Salem narrowly approved landmark legislation yesterday. The new law will not only raise the state’s minimum wage to the highest level in the country, but […]
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House of Representatives has approved landmark legislation that not only raises the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest level in the country, but does so through an unprecedented three-tiered system that […]
Boy’s Basketball… The Mapleton Sailors’ season came to an end last night at Mohawk High School with a 53-35 loss to the Indians in a Mountain West League Playoff game. On the court tonight, the Siuslaw Vikings will wrap up the season on the road at North Bend against the […]
Oregon House taking up minimum wage debate Governor Kate Brown’s proposal to significantly increase the minimum wage in Oregon by 2022 narrowly passed the Oregon Senate last week and now it’s headed to the House for consideration. The Senate approved a three-level wage split based on geographic boundaries with the […]
The Mapleton Sailors are in Marcola tonight for a mountain West League boys basketball playoff game against the Mohawk Indians at seven. The winner advances to the league tournament Saturday at Central Linn High School in Halsey. Leading the Sailors will be guard Hunter Simington. He was named this week […]
Date: 02/18/2016 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) – A federal grand jury in Nevada has indicted Cliven Bundy and four others on 16 charges related to an armed standoff near his ranch in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees. […]
Date: 02/18/2016 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/220 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Obafemi Martins has posted on social media that he has decided to leave the Seattle Sounders and join a Chinese club in Shanghai. Martins posted a lengthy goodbye […]
Date: 02/18/2016 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House has passed a bill to protect the identity of the officer who fatally shot refuge standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January. The Oregonian reports representatives approved […]
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