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Unemployment Data Underscore Need for Oregon Voters and Congress to Step Up

Statement by OCPP analyst Joy Margheim on the December employment report.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - Although offering the first glimmer of hope for recovery in the job market, today's Oregon employment report confirms the need for three public policies: federal extension of unemployment insurance benefits, a federal extension of COBRA health insurance supports, and voter approval of the tax cut for the unemployed contained in Measure 66.

Tri-Color Cat Defies Genetic Odds

Tri-color cats are almost always female because two X chromosomes are required to produce the orange, black and white color pattern.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Willamette Humane Society (WHS) staff say they were surprised to discover that a five-month-old tri-color kitten surrendered to the shelter recently is a male.

The odds are only about 1 in 3,000 that a cat with the three distinct colors – orange, white and black – will be a male.

Avakian Statement on Oregon`s Newest Unemployment Numbers

Labor Commissioner says Oregon has skill gap as well as job shortage.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the Employment Department, unemployment stayed essentially unchanged at 11.0% in Oregon last month, despite a net gain of 2,900 jobs in seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll.

90 Percent of U.S. Contractors Say Industry Will Not Recover in 2010

Construction outlook funds Stimulus lone bright spot.

(ARLINGTON) - Construction Firms Predict Drop in Private-Sector Work, Fewer Equipment Purchases Amid Widespread Uncertainty About 2010 Hiring & Lay Off Plans

Nearly nine-in-ten contractors say there will be no recovery in 2010 as part of a new national construction hiring and business outlook forecast released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Benny & Sid presents Chapter 17 of the serialized graphic novel The Truant Officer featuring the Mysterious Futoko

Why should we leave criticism of public education to those who despise it and the children whom it serves?

(Your City, USA) - Do not misunderstand the meaning of "school non-attendance." It does not refer to truancy because of laziness or intellectual inability.

We are not delinquents nor are we vandals. The followers of Futoko love learning, believe that learning is the most important human activity.

Oregon Challenges Coos Bay Liquid Natural Gas Terminal Approval

State officials say federal regulators failed to conduct adequate environmental studies before approving Jordan Cove LNG facility.

(COOS BAY) - Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski and Attorney General John Kroger today announced an administrative challenge to the federal government’s approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Oregon Coast.

We`re Giving Our Kids a Worse and Harder World

I guess I feel as if our kids aren’t allowed to be kids as long as we were. The omnipresence of technology in their lives 24/7 contributes to a loss of innocence.

(AGOURA HILLS, Calif.) - The parents of every generation expect and hope that their children can and will do better than they did.

Ours may be the first generation, in a very long while, where it is both unlikely and unrealistic to have this expectation. The world has just gotten much more complicated, much harder, and more competitive.

Why I Don`t Believe in Democracy

The problem is not lack of leadership, but the presence of the wrong kind of leadership—meaning they don’t have the interests of the polity in mind.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The Republicans winning Ted Kennedy’s old seat in Massachusetts confirms my pessimism about democracy. While a Republican agenda is far from a slam-dunk, there are nation-shaking possibilities near at hand. This may end Obama’s quest for health care reform as a small number of people in one state are able to derail national policies.

Look to more public support for tax cuts that benefit the wealthy while hurting public services that almost everyone relies on to one degree or another.

Breastmilk and Charity for Haiti

Nation's largest Human Milk group releases statement on situation in Haiti.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) is saddened by the disastrous earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. Our thoughts and prayers reach out to this country that now has lost so much.

Many areas have no water, electricity, housing or health care facilities. Recognizing the life saving importance of breastfeeding of infants and young children in this situation, we speak in support of protection and support of Haitian breastfeeding women.

Dominican Republic Teams Bring Relief in Haiti (VIDEO)

Dominican aid workers, under the watchful eye of Peruvian peacekeepers, carried on a food distribution operation today (19 January) one week since a terrifying earthquake hit the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH

(PORT-AU-PRINCE/SALEM) - Aid workers from the Dominican Republic, under the watchful eye of Peruvian peacekeepers, spent the day carrying on food distribution operation today. It has been one week since a terrifying earthquake leveled much of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.

Death toll estimates are around 200,000 now; the number has grown as each day since the disaster has passed.