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“Housing Stability" Act passed the Senate
By Mark Harmsworth
HB 1217 aims to regulate the rental market significantly by placing a cap on annual rent increases to 10% plus CPI. Additionally, HB 1217 places strict limits on late fees and security deposits.
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Two bills adversely impacting workers are near legislative finish line
By Elizabeth New
SB 5292 promises workers in the state pay decreases, while forcing low-income workers to continue giving some of their earnings to those with higher wages.
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Parents told to have a seat; government knows best
By Elizabeth New
HB 1296 and SB 5181 would undo notification rights for parents. Both bill reports say that “rights related to notification of medical services and treatment are removed.”
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Cannabis unionization bill could mean bad news for agriculture
By Pam Lewison
The bill is ripe for a legal challenge to apply unionization to all agricultural workers. It is, in fact, the same basis for legal challenge that spurred the legislature to make a change for agricultural overtime.
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A non-solution in the state transportation budget
By Charles Prestrud
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5801 increases transportation taxes by about $500 million per year from a grab-bag of tax and fee increases. As you’d expect, those new taxes and fees are the focus of attention, but buried in the bill’s 132 pages are other provisions that merit scrutiny.
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More reasons for overtime flexibility
By Pam Lewison
Oregon State’s Dr. Tim Delbridge wrote, “We find that agricultural overtime will negatively affect farm profitability and, perhaps surprisingly, will decrease the weekly earnings of some farm workers.”
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