Our lives are surrounded by regulations to influence behavior, from not smoking in public places to not polluting waterways and being civil in public. Usually, a violation of these regulations is associated with a fine or a tax to discourage greater use, as in the cigarette tax.
BBC: The rate of unemployment in the eurozone has hit 12%, official figures have shown.
NYTimes: Nearly one in five high school-aged boys has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
ABC News: It has become somewhat of a tradition for tech companies to publish jokes for April 1.
Portland State University, already Oregon’s largest university, is expected to grow immensely over the next decade.
Oregon BEST gave $150,000 to researchers who developed a window coating that cuts heat transfer, as part of its $1 million commercialization grants.
United Kingdom-based children’s bike maker Islabikes selected Portland as the location for its new U.S. headquarters.
Some Oregon lawmakers are trying to curtail a law that opens school boundaries.
Wilsonville-based Better Bean Co. is taking its once farmer’s market booth beans to stores nationwide.
Dave and Barbara Brazelton’s blueberry farm has grown over the past 35 years to become a leading supplier of blueberry stock to commercial growers all over the world.