Latest Oregon Headlines

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Woman’s Oregon City Suit Blames Tear Gas for Impacting Menstrual Health

Dec 13 2021 // A woman is suing the city of Portland, Oregon, alleging that tear gas deployed by police during summer 2020 demonstrations caused lasting damage to her menstrual health.Lanora Vasquez’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, filed...

Risk Strategies Acquires Fournier Group in Oregon

Dec 9 2021 // Risk Strategies acquired Fournier Group in Portland, Oregon. Fournier Group is a commercial and personal lines retail insurance agency led by President Greg Kuhns. In 2018, Fournier Group acquired Aircraft & Marine, an...

Former Oregon Capitol Official Threatens to Sue

Dec 8 2021 // A former Oregon official who was tasked with fielding harassment complaints in the state Capitol before resigning in June says he was pushed out for revealing flaws in the Legislative Equity Office and is now threatening...

Homeowners of America Introduces Services in Oregon

Nov 22 2021 // Homeowners of America launched its service in Oregon. Oregon marks HOA’s 11th state of operation HOA is a property/casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. Porch is a vertical software company...

People Moves: Alliant Names Johnson Managing Director in Oregon; XPT Adds Mansfield in Washington

Nov 18 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Peter Johnson executive vice president and managing director.Johnson is based in Portland, Ore., and will focus on providing strategic risk management solutions for agribusiness clients...

People Moves: Wateridge Promotes Dorris; Alliant Names Barlow, Doerfler Senior Vice Presidents in Oregon

Nov 9 2021 // Wateridge Insurance/Assured Partners of California promoted John Dorris to president of the San Diego, Calif., operations.Dorris’ role will be to lead the agency to key financial goals, recruiting talent and leading...

Oregon Court Distills the Science of Cannabis to Find Insurance for a CBD Claim

Nov 4 2021 // Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally legal hemp and federally illegal cannabis.A new opinion from...

Grocer Sues Oregon Beef Producer for $2.7M Over Outbreak

Oct 25 2021 // Lawyers representing New Seasons Market have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against an Oregon beef producer accusing the company of negligence for delivering beef tainted with E. coli in 2019, court records show.Several...

Oregon Agency Inadvertently Releases Employees Vaccine Status

Oct 22 2021 // Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two media outlets.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported a spreadsheet sent to them and...

Oli Insurance Services Acquires Rose City Associates in Oregon

Oct 20 2021 // Oli Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Rose City Associates in Portland, Ore.Pete Lackner and Bob Asher created Rose City Associates in 2012 through a merger of their respective agencies, and will continue to lead their...

Oregon Doughnuts Workers Fired in Heat Wave Getting Jobs Back

Oct 13 2021 // Some workers at Voodoo Doughnuts who were fired during a deadly Pacific Northwest heat wave in June after going on strike are set to get their jobs back.KOIN-TV reports the National Labor Relations Board ruled the workers...

Lawsuit: Oregon Software Company Refused to Hire Man Who is Deaf

Oct 1 2021 // Federal watchdogs are suing Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software and its recruiting firm CampusPoint Corp., alleging they refused to hire a job applicant who is deaf.Viewpoint makes software that...

Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year

Sep 20 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced earlier this month.The decline in costs marks nine years of...

Family of Man Killed During Oregon Protests Files Suit

Sep 13 2021 // The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland, Ore., after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city, the mayor and the county district attorney, saying their negligence contributed to his violent death.The...

Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year

Sep 9 2021 // Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced on Thursday.The decline in costs marks nine years of average...

Firefighter Dies While Working Oregon Wildfire, Officials Say

Aug 25 2021 // A firefighter died this week while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Oregon, officials said.Bryan Cutchen, Oakridge city administrator and acting fire chief, said the death is suspected to have been caused by a tree...

Judge Tosses Most Claims in Oregon Armed Occupation Death Suit

Aug 19 2021 // A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an Arizona rancher who served as spokesperson for the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife...

Worker Death Leads to $11K Fine for Oregon Winery

Aug 10 2021 // Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Agency said this week it has fined a Dundee, Ore., winery $11,100 for alleged violations of confined space rules after an investigation into the death of a worker.A worker at...

Oregon Home Manufacturer Sued for Alleged Racism, Discrimination

Aug 2 2021 // Two former employees of a home manufacturing company in eastern Oregon filed a lawsuit saying they endured anti-Black racism and discrimination, and were fired after reporting the incidents to managers.The lawsuit was...

Oregon Home Manufacturer Sued for Alleged Racism, Discrimination

Jul 26 2021 // Two former employees of a home manufacturing company in eastern Oregon have filed a lawsuit saying they endured anti-Black racism and discrimination, and then were fired after reporting the incidents to managers.The...