Watershed case against Uber, Lyft heads to jury trial
FORBES: Case alleges drivers for rideshare companies are employees, not contractors.
Legislature hears strippers’ concerns about workplace standards
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Stripclubs are inspected about every 40 years; proposal made to require high school students to pass citizenship test; should daylight saving time be abolished?
Vaccine mandate sponsor drops bill
Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward casts aside prohibition of nonmedical exemption bill; pursues different policy.
Farmers wary of warm winter
February was 5.5 degrees warmer than average, triggering concerns about damage if plants bud early and then freeze.
Gov. Brown addresses ethics issues that cost Kitzhaber his job
New governor sends ethics and transparency reforms to legislature; commits to predecessor’s early-education plan.
Port of Portland director: Terminal 6 will shut down if current operator leaves
Officials believe they cannot replace ICTSI Oregon.
Portland Incubator Experiment plans to leave Wieden+Kennedy building
The ad agency has hosted startup accelerator for more than five years.
A zero-waste grocery store chain grows in France
EAT DRINK BETTER: Day By Day has four stores in France that operate without producing waste.
After testing in Portland, Starbucks will expand mobile ordering service
BLOOMBERG: Starbucks plans to allow mobile ordering in 650 cafes in Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Idaho beginning March 17.
Former Gov. Kitzhaber linked to other conflicts of interest
An adviser to the governor netted $400,000 from the state as a side job; emails show Kitzhaber suggested a friendly special prosecutor and sought to prevent Hayes’ emails from being released.