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Changes were underway even before pandemic
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Problems within the state agency have left tens of thousands of newly unemployed Oregonians waiting weeks and months for benefits in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The rules that have governed Oregon’s unemployment system for decades were upended last month when Congress passed the CARES Act.
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Unemployment was low and wages were rising when the coronavirus became a concern. Now the stock market has crashed, quarantines and social distancing are…
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Several hundred public employees of Jackson County could soon go on strike over longstanding disagreements over health coverage and pay. The union…
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Remember when you could graduate from high school, get a job at the local factory, and make decent money there until you retired? Few people do in today's…
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Incomes are rising in Oregon, as portrayed by several sets of numbers. In fact, the state's median income rose above the national median for the first…
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Journalists often have to walk a line between covering a subject and getting immersed in it. Bianca Bosker chose immersion with the wine industry. She…
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Northern California’s Yurok Tribe announced a deal last week to purchase the Mad River Brewing company in Humboldt County.The sale of the 30-year-old…
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Last summer, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled public sector unions couldn’t compel fees from nonunion workers, the talk was that organized labor had…
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One of the greatest expenses of making wine is the cost of people. Much of the work in maintaining wine grapes, is the cost of doing the work by hand.…
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It may seem like yesterday, but the Carr Fire destroyed all those homes in Redding a full year ago. The memory is fresh for many people because their…
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When the baby boomers left for college, it was affordable for many people. When the millennial generation left for college, paying for it often involved…