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Oregon Joins Nationwide Campaign to Celebrate National Emergency Management Awareness Month
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 10, 2025
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is proud to celebrate August 2025 as the first-ever National Emergency Management Awareness Month, a time to recognize and elevate the critical work emergency managers do across the...
Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs Signs Agreement with Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 10, 2025
The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs has signed a formal agreement with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians that will provide a framework for collaboration and increased resources dedicated to supporting the Tribe’s veterans in...
Governor Kotek Invokes Conflagration Act for the Elk Fire
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 10, 2025
Salem, OR — On the afternoon of July 9, 2025, Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Elk Fire in Klamath County. The Klamath County Fire Defense Board Chief requested assistance with life, safety, and structural fire...
As temperatures rise, Oregon OSHA reminds employers to safeguard workers against the dangers of heat illness
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 10, 2025
As temperatures rise and the risk of heat illness in the workplace increases, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) reminds employers to follow requirements designed to help protect workers from the hazards of extreme...
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Investors with Losses on their Investment in Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadlines - BRMK
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 10, 2025
NEW YORK, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (“Broadmark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BRMK). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton...
Governor Newsom announces additional deployment of California resources to support New Mexico following Texas and Oregon disaster response efforts
Office of the California Governor
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July 9, 2025
“We stand with Oregon during this critical time, just as they’ve stood with us during some of California’s toughest fire seasons,” said Anale Burlew, Chief Deputy Director of CAL FIRE. “These mutual aid partnerships are built on trust,...
Oregon Secretary of State Audit Highlights Need for Improved Procurement and Contracting Oversight
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 9, 2025
The Oregon Secretary of State (SOS) has released an audit of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and its State Procurement Services (SPS). DAS SPS is the central procurement authority for most executive branch agencies and...
Governor Newsom deploys firefighter strike team to support Oregon wildfire response
Office of the California Governor
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July 9, 2025
CAL FIRE engines being sent to support wildfire suppression in Oregon This mobilization comes in response to a significant lightning event that ignited numerous wildfires across the region. Southern Oregon has experienced more than 2,000 lightning...
Secretary of State Audit: Oregon Must Do More to Ensure Contracts, Purchasing Get the Most Value for Oregonians' Tax Dollars
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 9, 2025
The State of Oregon can be doing more to manage contracts, oversee purchasing, and get the most value for Oregonians’ tax dollars, according to an audit released today by the Secretary of State Audits Division. “Right now, Oregonians are...
Oregon Department of Human Services appoints George B. Lopez as Director of the Office of Tribal Affairs
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 8, 2025
The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is pleased to announce the appointment of George B. Lopez as the new Director of the Office of Tribal Affairs, effective July 7, 2025. Lopez joins ODHS with extensive experience in tribal governance...
Local Government Grant advisory committee to review grant applications July 29-31
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 9, 2025
SALEM, Oregon—The Local Government Grant Program Advisory Committee will hold public meetings to review grant applications 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 29-31. The meetings will be held at the Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Dr. SE,...
Governor Kotek: ‘Consequences to essential transportation services are imminent’
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 7, 2025
Salem, OR – Today, Governor Tina Kotek and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced the first wave of layoffs of state workers who deliver basic services to Oregonians. The agency initiated 483 of an estimated 600 to 700 total...
Oregon Releases 2024 Hate and Bias Annual Report Highlighting Concerning Trends and Shifts in Reporting
Oregon Department of Justice
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July 7, 2025
The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ), alongside the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), today released the 2024 Bias Crimes Annual Report, revealing complex and concerning developments in bias crime and incident reporting across the...
Toll Brothers Apartment Living® and International Capital, LLC Announce Joint Venture to Develop 348-Unit Luxury Multifamily Community in Charlotte
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 8, 2025
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, through its Toll Brothers Apartment Living® rental division, and International Capital, LLC have announced a new...
Apply now for Oregon OSHA grant program focused on expanding worker safety training, education opportunities
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 7, 2025
Training and educating Oregon workers is essential to creating and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces. To help expand training and education opportunities, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) offers a grant...
US law enforcement quarrel with Antifa next to migrant detention center
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) Police and protesters clashed outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, according to local station KOIN 6 News. The facility has been a hotspot for demonstrations in recent...
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Investors with Losses on their Investment in Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadlines - BRMK
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 6, 2025
NEW YORK, July 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (“Broadmark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BRMK). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton...
Oregon Department of Administrative Services Releases Independent Audit of Oregon Motor Voter Program
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 3, 2025
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) commissioned a third-party vendor, Baker Tilly Advisory Group, to conduct an independent audit of the Oregon Motor Voter (OMV) program at the direction of Governor Tina Kotek and SOS last...
Governor Kotek Issues Statement in Response to Passage of Republican Reconciliation Bill
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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July 3, 2025
Today, the Governor issued the following statement in response to the passage of the Republican reconciliation bill in Congress: “Every single year Oregonians pay federal taxes, and those dollars come back to our state through vital services like...
Oregon Leads Multi-State Legal Effort to Restore Funding for Humanities Programs Across the Country
Oregon Department of Justice
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July 2, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is leading a coalition of states, urging a federal court to stop the Trump administration from gutting federal support for public humanities programs that serve communities nationwide. The coalition filed an...