Timber industry backs union initiative
Much of the support coming in for a ballot initiative to let public employees refuse to pay union dues is from the timber industry.
Year: 2013
Walmart to open with Portland’s largest green roof
The green roof on the new Walmart opening at Portland’s North Hayden Meadows is the largest in the city and the only roof like it that Walmart has on the West Coast.
Levi’s drops Wieden+Kennedy
Levi Strauss & Co. dropped Wieden+Kennedy as its advertising agency after five years.
Wells Fargo lays off 92 in Portland
Wells Fargo has laid off 92 employees at a Portland mortgage center over the past few months.
Kitzhaber joins zero-emission car alliance
Gov. John Kitzhaber joined leaders from seven other states in calling for 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles to be added to the road in the next 12 years.
Oregon must act quickly on CRC, ODOT head says
Oregon lawmakers must act this fall to recommit money to the Columbia River Crossing, Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matthew Garrett says.
Bank of the Cascades to buy Home Federal Bank
Bend-based Bank of the Cascades is buying Idaho’s Home Federal Bank. The deal gives Bank of the Cascades $2.4 billion in assets and 56 branches in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Button Joins Lane Powell’s Litigation Practice Group
Whitney S. Button has joined Lane Powell as an attorney in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group, where she will focus her practice on commercial litigation.
Genes may predict political inclination
TheAtlantic: Scientific research shows political partisanship transcends economics, environment, and upbringing.
Women better multi-taskers than men
BBC: It’s not a myth – women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says.