Salem-News.com Oregon articles

VA Accountability: a Project of Concerned Veterans for America

See you on Thursday...for our Country and our Veterans

(MEDFORD) - Suffice it to say, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is worried. News stories of persistent backlogs, destruction of records, and preventable deaths are flooding the airwaves -- and VA is in full-panic mode. Yet nothing has changed. Nobody has been fired. There is still no accountability inside VA's calcified bureaucracy.

But with your help, we can change this. The subject of this email is "Will you write a letter for our veterans?" because next week -- on Thursday, March 13 -- legions of CVA staff and volunteers across the country will come together to write hand-written letters to their Senators and Congressmen. It's our second "National Day of Action" and and we need your help.

Motorcycle Officer Rammed by Driver During Traffic Stop

Suspect Arrested, Officer Receives Minor Injury

(PORTLAND) - On Wednesday March 5, 2014, at 4:55 p.m., a Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division officer stopped a 2003 Chevy Avalanche pickup at North Williams Avenue and Webster Street after the officer observed the driver speeding and running a red light at North Williams and Alberta Street.

The officer activated his emergency lights and sirens on his 2011 Kawasaki Police Motorcycle and the Avalanche turned onto Webster quickly and pulled to the curb. As the officer pulled in behind the Avalanche, the driver placed the Avalanche in reverse and accelerated towards the officer.

Salem-News.com: Online and Going Strong After Ten Years

We need the support of our readers and supporters more than ever...

(SALEM) - This world we live in is changing fast. The so-called good guys eliminate more human life and do more harm to the planet than we can even begin to understand. The fuel for war and earth pillaging is the media and press. As long as they are under control, the evil forces in the world prosper.

After ten years, Salem-News.com is perfectly free from this type of corruption. That's pretty damned cool.

New Data: Oregon`s Teen Unemployment Rate Tenth Highest in Nation at 27.4 Percent

Minimum Wage Hikes at Federal and State Level Will Only Worsen Teen Jobs Crisis

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) called attention to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing Oregon, at 27.4 percent, has the tenth highest teen unemployment rate in the country as of the end of 2013.

Nationally, teen unemployment has been above 20 percent for over five years.

Statement from Keep Oregon Working: Anti-Worker Initiatives and Revenue Initiatives Pulled from 2014 Ballot

Oregonians won’t have to face the threat of Koch Brothers and ALEC anti-worker laws this year.

(SALEM) - Chief petitioners for Initiative Petitions 1 and 9—the anti-worker initiatives—as well as the chief petitioners for several revenue-raising initiatives, have formally withdraw their proposed initiatives, keeping them off the 2014 ballot.

Since last year, the Governor has talked about wanting to keep these initiatives off the ballot so that he could continue his revenue reform efforts.

Cover Oregon Announces Transition Agreement with Oracle

Additionally, Cover Oregon will convene a group that includes private sector technology experts to advise on the best options to move forward with the next phase of the website.

(DURHAM, OR) - Interim Cover Oregon Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg today announced an agreement with Oracle outlining an orderly transition of technology development services.

Under the agreement, Cover Oregon is withholding $25.6 million that Oracle claims is due for work previously completed.

Marion County Deputies Investigating Home Invasion Robbery

No injuries were reported to any of the residents and further information will be made available as the investigation progresses.

(SALEM) - This morning at approximately 1:00 a.m. deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office were called to the 8400 block of Mt. Angel Highway.

Residents reported that two men possibly armed with handguns came to the residence and attempted to rob them.

Construction Spending Posts Biggest Increase Since 2006

Growth Comes Despite Harsh Winter Weather in Many Parts of the Country Economist Says; But Continued Gains Depend on New Federal Infrastructure Investments, Broader Economic Growth

(ARLINGTON) - Total construction spending in January posted the steepest year-over-year increase since 2006.

The industry saw growth in public construction as well as private residential and nonresidential spending...

Donna Boyd of Portland, Oregon, Joins International Delegation of Women to Visit Women of Gaza

The delegation will be deliver solar lamps to Gaza's women.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Donna Boyd is joining an international coalition of 100 women traveling to Gaza to witness the hardships facing the 1.7 million residents.

They will deliver humanitarian aid, and call attention to the need for a longer-term strategy to achieve peace and justice for Palestinians.

The Real Problems with the VA Rating System

Stuart A. Steinberg is a National Service Officer with Vietnam Veterans of America

(BEND) - I read, with interest, Derek Storm’s article about the VA improperly denying veterans benefits, particularly when it comes to ratings for service-connected disability compensation, and non-service connected pension.

Compensation is awarded for injuries, or disease, sustained by a soldier on active duty...