TriMet announces plans for $1.6M of improvements
The public transit provider announced 18 bus lines will be adjusted in hopes of decreasing crowding and delays.
Zillow: Racial divide in US housing ‘largely unchanged for more than a century’
Study finds whites own houses at 28 more percentage points than blacks in 1900, 2014.
The Dalles Rep: Avoid ‘knee-jerk’ bills in wake of Kitzhaber scandal
Republican won’t support legislation that doesn’t address specific issues.
Adidas launches search for new CEO; Under Armour strikes deal with Ali
BLOOMBERG: Sneaker company’s board begins its hunt for a successor to Herbert Hainer.
Feds: Wal-Mart biased against lesbians
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in favor of Jacqueline Cote for being “treated differently and denied benefits because of sex.”
Americans pocketing gas savings instead of bolstering economy
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Five-year-low gas prices have not pumped up the economy the way some analysts predicted.
Portland approves $15 an hour minimum wage for city workers
City Council roundup: Full-time workers, contractors get a raise; demolition reform passes; Uber’s coming, ready or not.
Brown as governor elicits praise, apprehension
Democratic leaders excited for Brown, as Republicans worry new governor will sidestep rural Oregon
Southern Oregon timber tract yields $855M in sale
A Singapore-based investor bought 197,000 acres in Oregon’s High Desert.
Feds slowly intervene on West Coast port strife
Local, state and national leaders are calling for an end to the labor breakdown.