The incumbent labor commissioner, Christina Stephenson, is being challenged by former BOLI and OSHA employee Chris Lynch.
A training program for the building management workforce saves Oregon building owners big money and advances the careers of building managers. As Oregon employers grapple with a persistent shortage of ...
Oregon is looking to boost the renewable-energy workforce and train people in energy-efficient installations, in an effort to lower the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. The Oregon Department ...
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- While Oregon continues to make progress in bolstering and diversifying its health care workforce, challenges remain and more work is needed, an Oregon Health Authority report ...
Oregon’s mental health and addiction system is short thousands of workers, and state leaders say a major reason isn’t a lack of people willing to do the work — it’s a system that makes it ...
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In recognition of Earth Day, Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is highlighting its investment in a more sustainable future through hands-on weatherization training at ...
Oregon teachers and Asian garment workers have launched a campaign demanding Nike pay higher state taxes and better factory wages. “We’re done with you making billions off our backs,” says a Sri ...
Oregon has invested millions in workforce development across the state. But a program aimed at helping workers and businesses along the coast will be ending soon. Northwest Oregon Works serves Benton, ...
The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld Legacy Health’s denial of a nurse’s combined condition workers’ compensation claim, ruling the employer properly separated the resolved work injury from ...
Too many Oregonians cannot get mental health and addiction care when they need it — not simply because services don’t exist, but because we don’t have enough professionals to provide them. We know ...
It’s reaching ninety degrees on the top of a nearly cleared mountain deep in the Willamette National Forest. Dust hangs, never settling, in the air, which smells like freshly-cut pine. Jeremy Hart’s ...